Tag: Amy Adams
Lana Del Rey’s “Bluebird” Establishes A “Countrier” Sound (in the Style of Bob Dylan), With Thematic Hints of “I Can Fly”
So soon after the release of “Henry, Come On,” Lana Del Rey is already giving listeners another taste from her now as-of-yet unnamed album (The [Read More…]
Post-2020, Agoraphobics Are The New Empathetic Character: The Woman in the Window
Like Rear Window, Alfred Hitchcock’s 1954 classic that makes for such an obvious comparison to The Woman in the Window, the latter Amy Adams-starring “slow [Read More…]
Jesus Chose Not to Revive After Being Forced to Dance With Rebecca Leeman
There is a certain type of Christian, of course. Whether Presbyterian, Methodist, Baptist or, in Rebecca Ann Leeman’s (Denise Richards) case, Lutheran. The kind who [Read More…]
Teacups, Wife Manipulation and Bateman Possession: Vice
Adam McKay, a longtime collaborator of former George W. Bush impersonator Will Ferrell (whose Gary Sanchez Productions had a hand in creating Vice), has a [Read More…]
L’amour Nocturne: Love is Dark as Night in Nocturnal Animals
“If you love someone, you work it out. You don’t just throw it away. You have to be very careful with it–you might not find [Read More…]
The Harmonious Melding of the Styles of Margaret Keane, Tim Burton & Lana Del Rey in Big Eyes
While Natalie Portman as Alice Ayres/Jane Jones in Closer may have said, “Lying is the most fun a girl can have without taking her clothes [Read More…]
The Discomfiture of the 2014 Golden Globes
There is no awards show like the Golden Globes. It does its best to hide behind a carefully cultivated veil of refinement, but glimpse briefly [Read More…]
