Tag: Lucy Boynton
Revenge Is A Dish Best Served In Subterfuge: The Pale Blue Eye
It’s easy to forget about Edgar Allan Poe’s “lost months” at West Point. For any cursory knowledge of the author would never lead one to [Read More…]
Locked Down: A Narrative Thread as Tenuous as Lockdown Orders Themselves
As Locked Down continues to receive some harsh criticism, including the decree that it’s not the pandemic movie we needed (apparently, only Contagion can still [Read More…]
The Politician Season 2 Is Ryan Murphy’s Battle Cry for Gen Z
With Trump’s rally in Tulsa having recently been bamboozled by so-called “TikTokers and K-pop fans”–just roundabout descriptors for saying Gen Z–the generational war has never [Read More…]
The Merciful Return of January Jones as a Blacked Out Housewife
While January Jones may have played the bizarre role of Melissa Shart in the equally bizarre cancelled Fox series (because you usually can’t say Fox [Read More…]
The Politician Oozes Royal Tenenbaums Absurdity–And Not Just Because Gwyneth Paltrow Is In It
With the cautionary opening title card, “The Politician is about moxie, ambition and getting what you want at all costs. But for those who struggle [Read More…]
Murder on the Orient Express Reminds Us to Embrace the Gray Areas of Life
Remakes of classic films–and worse yet, classic films based on equally as classic books–tend always to be dicey. And even with Kenneth Branagh’s faithful rendering [Read More…]
Gypsy: Like If Big Little Lies Were Set in New York & All Three Characters Were Rolled Into Naomi Watts
There’s a reason the trope about therapists being the most fucked up ones of all exists. And if there’s any solid pop culture evidence of [Read More…]
Sing Street Puts A Spotlight On What Music’s All About: Getting the Girl
The Irish maestro of interweaving stunning songs into film (see: Once and Begin Again), John Carney, disappoints not with his latest feature, Sing Street. A [Read More…]
