Tag: Barry Keoghan
The Poetry of Tommy Shelby Working Toward Becoming the Ultimate Capitalist Until Finally Deciding to Burn It All (i.e., a Mound of Cash) to the Ground
When Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man was released, the phrase “money to burn” was given a whole new meaning. And one that was ripe with [Read More…]
The Hope in the Bleakness of Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man
In many ways, perhaps Tommy Shelby’s (Cillian Murphy) “grand finale” ought to have been something that everyone saw coming. After all, his eventual (and, as [Read More…]
Hurry Up and End, Or: Hurry Up Tomorrow
Of course, The Weeknd isn’t the first musician to come face to face with a botched film project a.k.a. critical and box office bomb. For, [Read More…]
Sabrina Carpenter’s Short n’ Sweet Packs Some of Her Biggest n’ Bitterest Songs
Apart from Charli XCX and Chappell Roan, 2024 in music (much to Taylor Swift’s dismay) has belonged to Sabrina Carpenter. When “Espresso” first came out [Read More…]
A Reluctant Bonnie to Her Clyde: Sabrina Carpenter Ushers in the Short n’ Sweet Era With Barry Keoghan…and A Slight Who’s That Girl Narrative
Although “Espresso” might technically be the “first” visual to signal what Sabrina Carpenter has now confirmed as her Short n’ Sweet era, it is “Please [Read More…]
Oliver Quick Joins the Millennial “Villain” Hall of Fame
While pop culture has been eager to put a spotlight on a number of real-life millennial villains (including Mark Zuckerberg via The Social Network, Elizabeth [Read More…]
Saltburn: Emerald Fennell’s 00s Era Homage to Brideshead Revisited, The Talented Mr. Ripley and Single White Female
Emerald Fennell’s Academy Award-winning debut, Promising Young Woman, had a promising start indeed at the beginning of 2020, before anyone knew that movie theaters worldwide [Read More…]
Breaking Free of A Friendship Prison Is Especially Challenging on an Island: The Banshees of Inisherin
It’s a simple, yet largely unaddressed subject matter: when one friend wants out of a long-standing friendship and the other doesn’t. But now, Martin McDonagh’s [Read More…]
The Best Movies of 2017 (For Real!)
In a year that saw the movie industry crumble as it once knew itself under the weight of sexual assault accusations as heavy as Harvey [Read More…]
Dunkirk: A Philosophy of Ethics Landmine
Like all requisite major Hollywood war movies that come about roughly every five to ten years, the deaths in Dunkirk set the stage of urgency [Read More…]
