Tag: Michelle Pfeiffer
On Cooper from What Lies Beneath Being Neglected and Taken for Granted
In the annals of “movie dogs,” there was perhaps never one so underused (and undervalued) as Cooper in What Lies Beneath. Written by Clark Gregg (who [Read More…]
Dangerous Minds: The Rare Conundrum of A Movie Being Offensively Condescending & Also Good
From the moment LouAnne Johnson (Michelle Pfeiffer) walks into the classroom of Parkmont High, she is branded as “white bread” by the students she’s been [Read More…]
Maleficent Fails to Deliver on Being Much of a “Mistress of Evil”
For a woman who has long been painted as one of the most iconic evil villains of Disney’s repackaged and sanitized fairy tales, Maleficent (Angelina [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…]
mother!: Probably PTSD-Inducing for Every Woman
The terrifying element about Darren Aronofsky’s latest, mother!, has nothing to do with things that go bump in the night, creaky stairs or phantom blood. [Read More…]
Some Like It Hot & Married to the Mob: Correlations
With Swing Shift and Something Wild, director Jonathan Demme established himself as a comedic force to be reckoned with in the 80s, much of his [Read More…]
Charli XCX Brings Us A Futuristic Grease 2 Tableau With “Vroom Vroom”
As Charli XCX continues down the path of prolific, her work has shown a remarkable ability to take risks in a short span of time. [Read More…]
1992: The Year of Sexual Revolution in Film
While some might find the films of the 1990s to be a bit, shall we say, hokey, there are actually a plethora of cinematic endeavors [Read More…]
Michelle Pfeiffer’s Catwoman: A Lifestyle Choice
Few film characters have managed to combine the perfect level of chicness and bitchiness all in one persona. Although the character first appeared in 1940 [Read More…]
