Category: Film
Camp Honors Camp in Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
Of course it’s a movie that will be easy for critics and casual viewers alike to attack. Picking apart a cockamamie plotline and a comedy [Read More…]
The Lovebirds Is A Rom-Comified Criticism of Rightful POC Paranoia About Police Discrimination
For a “lighthearted” comedy about a couple forced to rethink their breakup when they find themselves in the midst of a cultish crime, Michael Showalter’s [Read More…]
The Politician Season 2 Is Ryan Murphy’s Battle Cry for Gen Z
With Trump’s rally in Tulsa having recently been bamboozled by so-called “TikTokers and K-pop fans”–just roundabout descriptors for saying Gen Z–the generational war has never [Read More…]
Y’all Couldn’t Have Just Taken The Teddy Roosevelt Statue Down BEFORE Night at the Museum Could Be Made?
For every great movie set in New York, there are at least five shitty ones to counteract it (consider the likes of Just My Luck, [Read More…]
You Should Have Left: A Father’s Day Overture That Demonstrates There Is Nothing Scarier Than Your Own Guilt
Whether intentional or not, it’s only right that the latest from writer-director David Koepp (known for blockbusters like Jurassic Park, Spider-Man and Mission: Impossible), You [Read More…]
Get Out Takes A New Shape in the Wake of “Protest Chic”
Everyone is very concerned of late with how to be a “white ally.” As though it’s a term that could be put on a t-shirt [Read More…]
The Help Is (Still) What (White) People Are Watching To Make Themselves Feel Aware
In one of many classic examples of how Hollywood has fucked over black people since the film industry’s inception, the very existence of The Help [Read More…]
The Conspicuous Alignment of LA ‘92 and USA ‘20
In a 2017 documentary called LA 92, the revisiting of the Los Angeles riots sparked by the “not guilty” verdict of four police officers who [Read More…]
The Brittany Murphy Documentary Deserved the Amy Treatment
As the possible murder of Brittany Murphy in 2009 begins to spark interest again in the wake of a documentary called Brittany Murphy: An ID [Read More…]
Capone: The Tommy Gun Titan Goes Deranged in Latest Biopic Focusing on His Final Year
When it comes to movies about criminals, particularly of the Italian-American mafioso variety, there is never a shortage. Least of all on the subject of [Read More…]
