Category: Film
Angel-A: City of Angels (a.k.a. Wings of Desire) Meets It’s A Wonderful Life
While the ending of Angel-A has a certain taint to its “forced hand” nature in terms of “persuading” (with physical coercion) a girl that she [Read More…]
Jesus Chose Not to Revive After Being Forced to Dance With Rebecca Leeman
There is a certain type of Christian, of course. Whether Presbyterian, Methodist, Baptist or, in Rebecca Ann Leeman’s (Denise Richards) case, Lutheran. The kind who [Read More…]
Did It Really Happen That Way?: Kid 90
Because it’s impossible to think of precocious (read: drug prone) teens in L.A. in the 90s without also thinking of Bret Easton Ellis’ writing style, [Read More…]
Bikini Kill Gets Passed Down to a New Generation in Moxie
A girl runs through the woods in a panicked frenzy. It’s the stuff of nightmares (and also something out of Chilling Adventures of Sabrina)–and that’s [Read More…]
The Only Thing That Could Excuse Coming 2 America Being So Bad Is If It Actually Took Place in America for More Than Five Minutes
There is a moment when Lavelle Junson (Jermaine Fowler) tries to ease the pain of watching Coming 2 America (and yes, it is actually stylized [Read More…]
To All the Boys: Always and Forever Provides Little More Than An NYU Ad
As the final filmic installment in the To All the Boys series, this particular one holds an especial weight in terms of concluding the narrative [Read More…]
The Present Purpose of Rockumentaries Is A Little Blurry
“Are you okay? I’m okay because you’re okay,” Billie Eilish announces at the final show of her 2018 Where’s My Mind Tour in Salt Lake [Read More…]
Ronny Cammareri Said, “Hit Me Baby, One More Time”
As one of the most iconic scenes in movie history, Cher as Loretta Castorini smacking the shit out of Ronny Cammareri (Nicholas Cage) and telling [Read More…]
I Care A Lot Doesn’t Care A Lot About Plot Holes
In a case of one of those movies where we’re meant to focus on the message instead of the various sharp detours away from plausibility, [Read More…]
She Has A Type: Starman
While it might be deemed “every woman’s fantasy” (from the viewpoint of the patriarchy) for a “moldable man” to land in one’s house in the [Read More…]
