Category: Film
34+35 = Austin Powers Allusions Don’t Exactly Make Anyone “Randy”–And They Never Did
After taking on the presidential role (as literally anyone can now) in the “Positions” video, Ariana Grande has seen fit to experiment with a new [Read More…]
Mrs. Danvers Is Every Trump Loyalist
With the latest addition to the pile of Alfred Hitchcock remakes being Rebecca, one can’t help but study with more double take curiosity the utterly [Read More…]
Rebecca Redux: A Sumptuous Effort That Takes Understated Liberties With Hitchcock’s Original
Remaking anything from the Alfred Hitchcock oeuvre is always an emboldened move. And yet, at the same time, in the present climate of a total [Read More…]
Flashdance Repackaged the American Dream to Women of Color at a Time When It Was Particularly Antithetical To Do So
With Joe Biden transcending into the “working man done good,” attention has been turned once again to the blue collar nature of Pennsylvania. A state [Read More…]
“The Craft”: Not a “Legacy” So Much As An Abortion
Because everything old must be made new again and also repurposed for an apparently more lily-livered audience called Gen Z, we’ve been given The Craft: [Read More…]
An Amalgam of 00s Tabloid Stars Makes the Case for a Lack of Feminine Agency in Dollhouse: The Eradication of Female Subjectivity From Popular Culture
Perhaps the most grim of realities are best expressed by puppets (via stop-motion animation, in this case). Filmmaker Nicole Brending likely knew that harsh truths [Read More…]
Hocus Pocus Still Accents the Reality That People Would Rather Be The “Pretty Girl”
Although Sarah Jessica Parker may have naturally crone-like features, she was the obvious “pretty girl” of the Hocus Pocus trio when the movie came out [Read More…]
Sofia Coppola’s Integrity Goes On the Rocks After Her Foray Into Later Woody Allen Territory
It was only last year that A Rainy Day in New York, with its wet behind the ears perspective of the city, graced foreign theaters [Read More…]
Lightning Strikes Twice: Borat Sequel Packs As Much of a Punch As Original in Showing Americans For What They Are
Many moons ago, during a period called the Bush administration, people believed America couldn’t possibly become more parody-able than when Borat first showed up in [Read More…]
Regina George Fucked The World, Or: Popular Girls Should Be Deemed Losers For Promoting Fossil Fuels
It is the high school trope that any girl who is popular has a car, and, obviously, the most au courant model, to boot, depending [Read More…]
