Tag: John Corbett
Party of One: With the And Just Like That… Series Finale, Michael Patrick King Gives Carrie the Ending He Always Wanted To—Albeit Poorly Executed
As has been Michael Patrick King’s wont throughout the third and final season of And Just Like That…, there have been a lot of callbacks to previous [Read More…]
Carrie Gives Aidan the Forgiveness She Didn’t Get After a Cheating Confession, Or: The “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” and “Silent Mode” Parallel
The full-circle moments in season three of And Just Like That… (including “Outlook Good” and “Apples to Apples”) keep coming with its sixth episode, “Silent Mode.” A [Read More…]
The “Apples to Apples” Episode of And Just Like That… Continues to Cement Carrie’s Disdain for the “Country”
Things never go well for Carrie Bradshaw when she attempts a foray into “country life” (which is what going to Virginia amounts to for New [Read More…]
On Carrie Bradshaw Developing the Idea for Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Although it’s easy to shit on Sex and the City in the present, there are occasional moments in the show when one realizes how truly [Read More…]
The Boons and Banes of Memory Erasure in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and Blink Twice
Romy Schneider once said, “Memories are the best things in life, I think.” But are they, really, if some of them serve only as a [Read More…]
Why Aidan’s Visceral Reaction to Not Wanting to Go Into Carrie’s Apartment Ever Again Is Emblematic of New York-Specific PTSD
With the latest episode of And Just Like That…, the one everyone is raving about/saying it’s marked a shift for the better in the series, [Read More…]
To All the Boys: Always and Forever Provides Little More Than An NYU Ad
As the final filmic installment in the To All the Boys series, this particular one holds an especial weight in terms of concluding the narrative [Read More…]
Possessed by Aphrodite: To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before
Jenny Han’s widely successful To All the Boys YA series was, of course, always destined to be adapted into an according film trilogy. The tale [Read More…]
Sure You Hate America Now, But Maybe You Should Re-Watch Sex and the City 2 to Be Grateful You Can Still Be Who You Want to Be There
Sex and the City 2 was already feeling dated in all the ways that the show itself does now with the hindsight that comes with [Read More…]
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2: Worth the Wait
It doesn’t typically take fourteen years for a sequel to be released (just look at the one-two punch of Charlie’s Angels in 2000, followed by [Read More…]
