Tag: Genna Rivieccio
Trinkets: Shoplifting’s The Most Fun A Girl Can Have Without Taking Her Clothes Off
When Natalie Portman as “Alice” in Closer delivered her infamous line, “Lying is the most fun a girl can have without taking her clothes off,” [Read More…]
Don’t Talk to Madonna About Using Gas Masks (or Riding a Disco Ball) In Your Performance
While Madonna and Lady Gaga may have played nice for the cameras at M’s illustrious Oscar after party last year in 2019 (which is ten [Read More…]
Disclosure Defibrillates 2020 With A Bit of Energy
While a seemingly generic album title, there can perhaps be no better name than Energy for Disclosure’s third record, and their first full-length one to [Read More…]
Katy Perry Doesn’t Quite Bring a Full Smile to One’s Face With Latest Album
In terms of being an “apology” record for 2017’s Witness, which might one day be vindicated in the same way Christina Aguilera’s Bionic has been, [Read More…]
The Lolita Shtick Ain’t Workin’ in Blackpink featuring Selena Gomez’s “Ice Cream”
Even the mention of Moses can’t lend much depth to the latest single from Blackpink, a group that might be better off either not singing [Read More…]
Would You Go to Hell To Wank To the Titanic Sex Scene?: Yes, God, Yes
To heighten the viewer’s perception of just how “1999” Yes, God, Yes is, the closing credits winkingly play Mandy Moore’s debut single, “Candy.” The tie-in [Read More…]
You Are Inverted, The World Is Not/The World Is Inverted, You Are Not: Tenet
Reteaming with cinematographer Hoyte van Hoytema, Christopher Nolan’s long-delayed Tenet proves yet again that the director knows the value of collaborating with a maestro of [Read More…]
Set During The Great Depression, Mannequin Assures Its Audience They Can Live on Love
With a script written by playwright Lawrence Hazard, the repartee of Frank Borzage’s 1937 film, Mannequin (pre-dating the one Andrew McCarthy would star in fifty [Read More…]
Reminder: No Good Comes From Being Eager to Return to the U.S., Or: Aaliyah Died For Her Art on August 25, 2001
While “Rock the Boat” was certainly not a video worth dying for, it bears noting that Aaliyah still did, technically, expire for her art. And [Read More…]
The Betty Broderick Story: A Study in Gaslighting and Its Psychological Effects
“Maybe he was afraid,” Berger’s friend tells Carrie. Carrie returns, “Interesting, how so?” His friend notes, “Women can get really angry.” Carrie retorts, “Well I [Read More…]
