Tag: London
Bridgerton Season 2 Still Comes Through Despite a Physical Chasteness in Contrast to Season 1
While some viewers (including the type who buy bodice-ripping paperbacks at the grocery store) might have been initially miffed over the lack of sex that [Read More…]
Anita Is Estella and Cruella Is Baroness in 1996’s 101 Dalmatians
The Devil Wears Prada angle of Cruella might, for many, be seen as “new” in terms of approaching the world of Cruella de Vil, but [Read More…]
Public Anger Turns “Fever”-ish When Dua Lipa and Angèle Are Spotted Having A Good Time Through the Small Hours of the London Night
There is a timely sense of rage bubbling to the surface at every turn in Dua Lipa’s latest video co-starring Angèle, who collaborated with her [Read More…]
Kylie Minogue Loses Some of Her “Magic” With Latest Song
While the first single for Disco, “Say Something,” was a hopeful glimpse (and apparently a source of inspiration to Miley Cyrus’ “Midnight Sky” video) into [Read More…]
Sexual Assault Sleuthing Doesn’t Always Lead to Ego Death: I May Destroy You
Just when you thought millennials might have been finito with bum-rushing the spotlight to secure their “me me me” place in the sun, Michaela Coel [Read More…]
Love Won’t Save You: An American Werewolf in London
There is a common trope in every love story that begins with a seemingly insurmountable obstacle that actually is, in the end, insurmountable (though many [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…]
Shaun of the Dead: That Joke Isn’t Funny Anymore, It’s Too Close to Home & It’s Too Near the Bone
Remember what a levity-laden time 2004 really was? Sure, there was the usual contempt for Republicans and their latest “faux cause” (paying Afghanistan back for [Read More…]
Life Imitates Art, Art Imitates Life: The Souvenir
That Joanna Hogg’s latest film is named after Jean-Honoré Fragonard’s famed painting, “The Souvenir,” is a fitting homage to the pining nature of the movie’s [Read More…]
Banksy Proves Art Is Only As Valuable As the Rich Make It
While some artists–whether musicians, writers, what have you–only get softer in their old age, it would appear Banksy is just getting warmed up in terms [Read More…]
