Tag: Genna Rivieccio
Madonna’s Unwitting “Plastic Surgery Costume”: A Commentary on Class and Age
Just when you thought Madonna might not have any sense of self-awareness, she goes and does something all too meta: puts scar makeup all over [Read More…]
Halloween Ends, Evil Never Does
A year after the events of 2018’s (rather lackluster) Halloween Kills, mild-mannered Corey Cunningham (Rohan Campbell) is asked to babysit a boy named Jeremy (Jaxon [Read More…]
Pearl Proves What Eminem Said Long Ago: “You Only Get One Shot”
Of all the movies released in the past year to end up offering a prequel and a sequel, X seemed among the least likely. After [Read More…]
Rihanna’s “Lift Me Up” Is A Return to Some of Her Most Iconic Ballads
Gradually getting the masses accustomed to her presence among us as a musician again (as opposed to just another beauty and fashion mogul), Rihanna has [Read More…]
And By the Way, Taylorella Is Going Out Tonight: “Bejeweled” Riffs On Cinderella With Cameos Galore
As Taylor Swift continues her Midnights blitzkrieg, a steady release of music videos for the album is par for the promotional course. And after only [Read More…]
Smile, Though Your Trauma Is Radiating
In numerous manners, Smile is rife with meaning about a certain karmic retribution against “the shrink.” The one who, like Dr. Rose Cotter (Sosie Bacon, [Read More…]
Honey, I Blew Up the Taylor in Wonderland: “Anti-Hero” Video Shows Swift Being Too Big For This World
After directing the aggressively white and heteronormative “All Too Well (Taylor’s Version),” Taylor Swift made it clear that she had plenty of other future directorial [Read More…]
Innovation Stalls on Midnights As Taylor Swift Does A Lot of 2012-Era Musical Recycling While Joe Alwyn Remains Her Eternal Muse
While most insomniacs would settle for watching TV all night, Taylor Swift has shown us yet again just how “Type A” she can be by [Read More…]
“Beautiful” 2.0 and What’s Changed Since Xtina’s Original “Beautiful” Video
To commemorate the twentieth anniversary of Stripped—the album that Christina Aguilera carved out for herself to assure the masses she wasn’t just another “cookie-cutter” pop [Read More…]
“Sunset” Video: Caroline Polachek Lives Her Best Life in Barcelona While Channeling Beth Orton and “La Isla Bonita”
When one is as well-traveled as Caroline Polachek, it’s probably hard to be “impressed” by much of any milieu. After all, this is the girl [Read More…]
