Tag: Hugh Grant
Sadly, There’s Nothing Heretical About Heretic
For a movie with a title as “provocative” as Heretic, one might be expecting the ultimate message of the story to be, well, heretical. In [Read More…]
Wonka’s Saccharine Tincture Will Give Those With Functional Tastebuds A Stomach Ache
It is said that one is supposed to get more jaded (read: wiser) with age. That’s obviously not so with director Paul King, best known [Read More…]
Love Actually Is All About the Desperation Invoked By Loneliness
In the years since Love Actually was released, it’s been analyzed in hundreds of different ways. Not least of which is the shudder-inducing, super creepy [Read More…]
So Daniel Craig (De Facto Hugh Grant) Can Play Gay to Public Delight But No One Else Can?
Among the most talked-about “moments” from Rian Johnson’s Glass Onion, the latest edition to the Knives Out “saga,” isn’t so much a moment as a [Read More…]
Death to 2020: A Mockumentary As Flat Yet Jam-Packed As The Year Itself
Death to 2020. It’s the most popular sentiment of the year. One that has reached a crescendo during the final month that has been almost [Read More…]
No “Gentlemen” in England…Nor in the Tacit Generational Power Struggle: Guy Ritchie’s Latest Is A Biting Statement on Young Vs. Old
After the overt “for the paycheck” movie that was the live action remake of Aladdin last year, Guy Ritchie has seen fit to re-prove his [Read More…]
The Double Standard of Actresses Being Viewed As Prostitutes While Actors Are Heralded As “Artists”
There is a scene in the underrated rom-com masterpiece that is Notting Hill that says everything you need to know about the double standard in [Read More…]
The Master-Slave Model of Romance in Love Actually
As time moves further away from 2003 and the accepted flagrant sexism that came with it–paraded with perhaps the most glee of all in film [Read More…]
Bridget Jones, “Geriatric Mother,” Has Still Got It at 43
In a world–particularly a British-portrayed one (see: Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie)–where it’s increasingly acceptable to get your shit together later on in life, it makes [Read More…]
Florence Foster Jenkins: The Caterpillar Who Wanted So Badly to Use Money To Become A Butterfly
“Was everyone laughing at me the whole time?” This question, demanded in earnest on her deathbed by socialite Florence Foster Jenkins (Meryl Streep) could easily [Read More…]
