Katy Perry’s “Smile”: No Lily Allen’s “Smile”
As Katy Perry gradually regains all of her confidence back after the critical massacre of her 2017 album, Witness, yet another single slated for what [Read More…]
Among the Wreckage: Kim Petras in the “Broken Glass” Video
As snow cascades down over a tire in the opening scene to the latest single from Kygo featuring Kim Petras, “Broken Glass,” Griffin Stoddard’s dramatic [Read More…]
All Superheroes Wear Capes: Mucho Mucho Amor: The Legend of Walter Mercado
Walter Mercado was in the business of psychic energy before it was a co-optable millennial trend. Shit, even before Miss Cleo made it to TV. [Read More…]
The Old Guard: Death Becomes Her But With Purer Intentions
The ennui–the sheer “I’ve seen it all” aura–that goes with the territory of living for “too long” (which, yes, is very much a thing) already [Read More…]
I Can See Your Halo: Warrior Nun
While Sister Shannon Masters might have remained as the central figure of Ben Dunn’s manga-style comic book series, Warrior Nun Areala, audiences watching the Netflix [Read More…]
Mondo Bullshittio #23: People Losing The Same Sense of Outrage They Had in 2017 When Kim Kardashian West Was Deemed America’s New First Lady
Continuing to experience outrage at this point is almost a herculean effort. For how does one keep up anymore with all the myriad facets of [Read More…]
God Is Time… And A Fucked Up Family Tree: Dark
While the genre of time travel in film is robust, including everything from Donnie Darko to 13 Going on 30, there has possibly never been [Read More…]
Hans Zimmer, You Ain’t Shit: RIP Ennio Morricone
In the annals of film score history, there will never be another like Ennio Morricone. Unless, of course, we’re looking at fellow Italian composers, like [Read More…]
Beauty and the Beast With BDSM: Why 365 Days Is Simultaneously Loved and Despised By Women
With the reckoning on how to portray male-female relationships in the wake of #MeToo, a film like 365 Days could, of course, never get made [Read More…]
Why Drop Dead Gorgeous is the Perfect 4th of July Movie Now More Than Ever
In 1999, America was still riding high on the buzz of its prosperity, wrought in large part by Bill Clinton, whose personal scandals overshadowed many [Read More…]