Tag: Sebastian Stan
Academy Awards 2025: Conan Lands Flat, Political “Rants” Are Nonexistent, The Substance is Shut Out and Anora Ascends to “Oscar Darling”
On the long road to the Oscars a lot can happen. One minute, you’re hot shit (Emilia Pérez), the next you’re canceled (Emilia Pérez). Or [Read More…]
“…And Good Business Is The Best Art”: The Apprentice
Although director Ali Abbasi and writer Gabriel Sherman are certain to put a disclaimer title card at the beginning of The Apprentice that notes creative [Read More…]
When the Plebes Had Diamond Hands: Dumb Money
Toward the end of 2020, the only thing more pervasive than COVID-19 was “WAP” by Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion. A song whose prowess [Read More…]
Okay But…Jennifer Aniston Has A Point
In another recent example of celebrity tone deafness (see also: “Get your fuckin’ ass up and work”), Jennifer Aniston—formerly “America’s sweetheart” material—has come under fire [Read More…]
The 355, James Bond and Why Heavy-Handed Feminism Doesn’t Work in Female Spy Movies That Take Themselves Seriously
With a cast as star-studded as The 355’s, it was one of many box office shocks in 2022 (including the runaway success of Top Gun: [Read More…]
Recapturing a Time and Place: The Vivid 90s-Era Zeitgeist Shifts in Pam and Tommy
Because every story from the (recent) past is rife for being dredged up again for the sake of a #MeToo-inspired slant, perhaps the tale of [Read More…]
Fresh: The Dating “Meat Market” of Mimi Cave’s Debut Reminds That Abuse of Women Comes As No Surprise… No Matter How “Creatively”
“I didn’t think people still met in real life anymore,” Noa (Daisy Edgar-Jones) tells her best friend, Mollie (Jonica T. Gibbs), after experiencing just that [Read More…]
“You Know What Successful People Do? They Move On”: But That’s Too Much to Ask For a…Destroyer
Another story about a cop in L.A., another tale of moral corruption. Of course, that’s what Karyn Kusama’s latest film, Destroyer, is about on the [Read More…]
The Power of Luck: Steven Soderbergh’s Logan Lucky Is A Sort of Match Point Rumination
“You know, I don’t care if he’s great. I just hope that he’s lucky.” As the last line of one of Woody Allen’s best offerings [Read More…]
Don’t Ever Get Married: The Purple Rain Mantra Applies to Tonya Harding Biopic I, Tonya
As The Kid’s father (a.k.a. “Francis L.”), warned him in Purple Rain, “Don’t ever get married.” Or at least don’t let someone’s abusive form of [Read More…]
