Tag: Los Angeles
He’s Probably at The Probe: American Gigolo
Naturally, a movie called American Gigolo would ultimately be billed as a love story in the 80s. For what could be more romantic at that [Read More…]
Critical Mass (Murder): Velvet Buzzsaw
Perhaps only feeling comfortable enough to get at his freakiest with Jake Gyllenhaal as his muse, mostly screenwriter Dan Gilroy has seen fit to, once [Read More…]
“If You Really Love Nothing,” You’re Probably Living In L.A. & Are Kristen Stewart
As all bands tend to do once they get big enough and have established the longevity that proves they deserve a bigger budget for their [Read More…]
Going Through Hollywood to Get to the Presidency: A Symbol of the Ever-Deteriorating Meaning of Politics
Not that Hollywood really means anything anymore–at least in terms of being held up as an impenetrable beacon of light that we should all aspire [Read More…]
The Final Season of Love Reverts to Standard Happy Ending Mode
One of the things that made the Lesley Arfin/Paul Rust/Judd Apatow-created Love so engaging for its lack of engagement in the first season was that [Read More…]
Hallie Meyers-Shyer Is Almost at Home in the Writer-Director’s Chair of Home Again
When your parents are auteur Nancy Meyers and Charles Shyer, there’s most certainly an undeniable amount of pressure to “be good”–at the very least–when making [Read More…]
Circe & Psychology: The Feminist Undertones of Molly’s Game
While the criticism levied specifically at Jessica Chastain–as opposed to the other white actresses she appeared on the tone deaf cover of The Los Angles [Read More…]
The Disaster Artist: Money Is the Answer to (Vague Artistic) Success
As far as directors/actors/writers/producers go, perhaps the only person in the history of filmmaking ever to be as lambasted as Tommy Wiseau is Ed Wood–and [Read More…]
The “Summit” That Defined a Decade: Happy Anniversary to The Paris/Britney/Lindsay Hangout Session
It was eleven years ago tonight that one wild evening in Hollywood sent the paparazzi of TMZ and beyond into a frenzy. An epilepsy-inducing amount [Read More…]
The Simple Life as Blueprint for Borat, Ire for Rich White Girls
The Simple Life was not exactly lauded critically in its time. It had a larger viewership at the outset, sure, with thirteen million viewers tuning [Read More…]
