Tag: Cillian Murphy
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…]
Taylor Swift’s “Opalite” Video: Another Example of How Everything Has to Be a Reference (Especially to Something Esoteric, Like a Graham Norton Show Episode)
Maybe the only thing that “come[s] back stronger than a 90s trend” (as it was said on 2020’s “Willow”) is Taylor Swift with a new [Read More…]
Homage to Red Eye or Not, Drop Is Still the Kind of Movie Designed for an Immediate Streaming Release
In 2005, it made sense to release a movie like Red Eye in theaters. After all, streaming hadn’t taken an unstoppable hold over audiences yet and Red Eye was [Read More…]
The 2024 Golden Globes Does What It Can to Keep Itself on the Train Track
The Golden Globes is no stranger to being riddled with scandal. Even in the 1950s, when it was still a relatively germinal organization (with the [Read More…]
28 Days Later Proves Humans Keep Going Even When They Should Very Clearly Commit Suicide
Among the greats in the pandemic movie pantheon is a film from the not so distant past: Danny Boyle’s 2002 post-apocalyptic classic, 28 Days Later. [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…]
