If Only One Could “Piggyback” Like Eleven Instead of Getting on a Tin Can to Travel
With the fate of Hawkins and humanity at large at stake (as usual) as the final two movie-length episodes of Stranger Things 4 commence, the [Read More…]
Stranger Things and Petty Things: Still Caring About Personal Bullshit in an End-of-the-World Situation
There are a few instances in the final installment of Stranger Things’ fourth season that, as usual, provide an allegory for what’s happening in the [Read More…]
Charli XCX’s Assessment of Herself As the Voice of a Generation on “Hot In It” Is More Accurate Than Lena Dunham Once Saying the Same
Known for her tongue-in-cheek bravado (especially during the Crash era), Charli XCX has truly perfected the art through her latest single with Tiësto, “Hot In [Read More…]
When Lana Tried to Heal the Coast War With Her Placement of “Brooklyn Baby” Before “West Coast” on Ultraviolence, But Just Ended Up Making the Divide More Palpable
Lana Del Rey, like many looking for that “perfect” place in the U.S. that doesn’t exist, is a notorious flitter between the coasts. If not [Read More…]
Quel Choc: Another Ad Where Lindsay Lohan Clings to the Past
With such a scant filmography to behold after “life” (read: addiction) kept getting in the way, the continued standout among Lindsay Lohan’s oeuvre remains 2004’s [Read More…]
Elvis and Britney: Their Pimped-Out-For-Profit Connection
After Britney Spears was supposed to make a “comeback” performance (all just because she shaved her head) at the 2007 MTV Video Music Awards, the [Read More…]
Elvis: Icon Up Front, Gigolo In The Back
The “gap years” between each Baz Luhrmann film have grown longer over time. Made obvious by the statistic that Luhrmann has “only” directed six movies [Read More…]
A Generational Divide Intermixes With the Amélie and Frances Ha Qualities of The Worst Person in The World
Amélie is arguably a film that defined a genre. Described as a “fanciful comedy about a young woman…creating a world exclusively of her own making,” [Read More…]
Senior Year: Never Been Kissed With A Coma Angle, Or: A Millennial Falls for the Gen Z Outlook
Speaking to us from the vantage point of having already endured “the shit” going down, there’s something very Easy A about the intro moments to [Read More…]
Beyoncé’s “Break My Soul” Calls For the Type of Action That Many Can’t Take
With an opening that is instantly identifiable to any 90s music scholar as Robin S.’ “Show Me Love” (which Charli XCX also recently took to [Read More…]
