Category: Film
Don’t Be Afraid of Beau Is Afraid—Unless the Overbearing Jewish Mother Trope Is Your Worst Nightmare
As one of those movies that has so much psychological buildup surrounding it before one even goes into the theater (or rather, if one goes [Read More…]
When Legacies Are Slightly Obfuscated by White Girls Dancing: Harry Belafonte and Beetlejuice
In the wake of Harry Belafonte’s death on April 25th, there’s no doubt that an embarrassing number of people likely had to be reminded of [Read More…]
Death Becomes Her and Beef: On Being Attracted to the Energy of a Person You Despise
In 1992’s Death Becomes Her, the long-standing “friendship” between Madeline Ashton (Meryl Streep) and Helen Sharp (Goldie Hawn) quickly reveals itself to be a frenemyship [Read More…]
The Super Mario Bros. Movie: Why Is This Damaging Italian Stereotype Still “Okay” in 2023?
Despite the phenomenon of so-called woke culture coming for everything under the sun with regard to accusations of being offensive, the one glaring ethnicity that [Read More…]
Cameron Frye and Connor Roy: “My Old Man Pushes Me Around” No More!
Just as it is for the Roy family at large, for many viewers of Succession, Connor Roy (Alan Ruck) is pure background. It hasn’t really [Read More…]
Fatal Attraction: A Tragic Easter Movie for Rabbits
It’s said that Fatal Attraction is a cautionary tale about having an affair, but what few people fail to mention is how it qualifies as [Read More…]
Why the Tagline for Barbie Is So Resonant
Of all the things about the latest round of the Barbie marketing blitzkrieg, perhaps the most standout element to the (feminine) masses was the tagline [Read More…]
Dark City: The Matrix’s Underappreciated Precursor
For some reason, Dark City remains little revered or appreciated not only as a standalone film, but as something of the unwitting source material for [Read More…]
Murder Mystery 2 Will Murder Your Mind
It’s the usual “rule” that a sequel is required to be spectacularly inferior to its original. But Murder Mystery 2 seemed to take that unspoken [Read More…]
Bears Just Wanna Have Fun, Or: A Tragedy Becomes A Comedy in Cocaine Bear
Elizabeth Banks noted that it might be the movie that could end her career. In contrast, the antics of the eponymous bear in Cocaine Bear [Read More…]
