Anomalisa: Sounds Like A Black Woman’s Name, Feels Like An Indictment of Sameness
One supposes the ideal setting for any personal hell of loneliness and alienation couldn’t possibly be anywhere else other than a hotel in Cincinnati. Thus, [Read More…]
By The Sea: Like A Macabre Sequel to Mr. and Mrs. Smith
As Angelina Jolie (sometimes Angelina Jolie Pitt) continues on her career shift into the writer-director realm, it’s clear that once you have enough money, taking [Read More…]
The Beauty of “Brooklyn”
To be an immigrant in 50s-era Brooklyn was hardly for the faint of heart. The passage to America alone, followed by the harsh appraisal at [Read More…]
Forever 21 Pulls an Urban Outfitters-League Move With “Don’t Say Maybe If You Want To Say No” T-Shirt
Ah the controversial world of cheaply made clothing. There’s never a dull moment–though the last time we had this much excitement was probably when Urban [Read More…]
Flaked: Like A More Jank Version of Californication–In A Good Way
As Netflix keeps the barrage of original series coming, Flaked is one that has come to the website with little fanfare, lacking the same level [Read More…]
Love Is A Losing Game, But A Winning Show
There’s no denying that Paul Rust is having a moment right now. Seemingly rising out of nowhere from the ranks of the Upright Citizens Brigade [Read More…]
Grandma, An Indication of The 21st Century-Style Matriarch
As time goes on, the conventional perception of the archetypal “granny”–an aging hag with a hunched back, glasses and bad hearing–continues to wane. Paul Weitz’s [Read More…]
Black Mass: Another Gangster Movie to Fall Into The Abyss of the Genre
Like the action/adventure genre, the gangster movie always means a box office draw for Hollywood. One supposes that’s why ever since The Godfather was released, [Read More…]
Bad Chemistry & Fairly Good Music Comprise Tumbledown
As the rom-com becomes evermore stigmatized, it’s easy to understand why screenwriters like Desiree Van Til would try to go outside the norm of the [Read More…]
Trumbo, Or: Hedda Hopper Was A Bigger Cunt Than Perez Hilton
For as glamorized as Hollywood’s Golden Age tends to be, it was a dark time for most writers and actors in the business subject to [Read More…]
