Enola Holmes: A Thinly Veiled Barb at the England of the Present
One supposes the leap from directing most of the episodes in seasons one and two of Fleabag to a narrative about Sherlock Holmes’ teenage sister [Read More…]
“Franchise” This
It’s almost as if Travis Scott is trying to tell us something about his strategy for world domination in the titles of his songs of [Read More…]
Art For Art’s Sake Don’t Pay the Bills: The Burnt Orange Heresy
As though director Giuseppe Capotondi and screenwriter Scott B. Smith unwittingly took a key kernel of a driving plot point in Tenet, The Burnt Orange [Read More…]
Kylie Minogue Loses Some of Her “Magic” With Latest Song
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Babyteeth: This Shit Ain’t The Fault In Our Stars
The cancer movie is always a hard sell. Particularly when it’s in the so-called “teen genre,” meaning, basically, the subject is a teenager with cancer [Read More…]
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What feels like long ago now, in a magical time called 2018, Cardi B put out another single from her debut album, Invasion of Privacy. [Read More…]
The Streets of Salvador Are a Runway in Anitta’s Video For “Me Gusta”
With the clout (no song allusion intended) of Cardi B’s recent “WAP” success, Anitta has picked the perfect moment to feature her on her latest [Read More…]
An Imagining of Madonna’s Biopic With A Jennifer’s Body Tone
While Jennifer’s Body continues to be vindicated as time wears on and people suddenly realize how on-trend a boy-eating bisexual cheerleader is, it appears as [Read More…]
Ratched: A Show That Could Just As Easily Not Be Billed As Being About Nurse Ratched, So Much As One About Psychos in Positions of Authority in The Mental Health Industry
While Ryan Murphy does so love to make his shows centered around icons of pop culture, his latest series, Ratched, the supposed origin story of [Read More…]
After They Wake Up: There’s A Reason John Carpenter Couldn’t Give an Epilogue to They Live
As the 80s drew to a close, the hangover that was to come as a result of the excess was already brewing. The effects of [Read More…]
