“I Got Mouths to Feed”: Nope’s Commentary on the Unavoidable Capitulation to Capitalism
Apart from Jordan Peele’s Nope being a sinister “love letter” to Hollywood moviemaking and all the spectacle it can provide (where at-home streaming still cannot), [Read More…]
M.I.A. Offers A Touch of Severance For “Popular” Video
As predicted, M.I.A. was never really going to make 2016’s AIM her “last” album. And it’s good to be vindicated about that because the world [Read More…]
The Eloi and Morlocks Representing the Outies and Innies of Severance
It’s something, to be sure, that everyone has thought about, in one form or another. The idea of being able to get “another person” to [Read More…]
Robert Zemeckis Remaking Pinocchio: Why?
Just when you thought no interpretation of an Italian accent could be more offensive than what occurred in House of Gucci, Robert Zemeckis comes along [Read More…]
The Ultimate Twenty-First Century Celebrity Luxury: “Picking and Choosing” How You Want to “Fight” Climate Change
As Jennifer Lawrence has recently made clear, we no longer live in an era where anyone (except celebrities, that is) can afford to be “neutral” [Read More…]
Only Chill Vibes in the Building: There’s No Harshing Rema and Selena Gomez’s Mellow in the Video for “Calm Down”
Selena Gomez’s determination to come fully into her own as she embarks upon her thirties seems to be continuing with the release of a new [Read More…]
The “Expiry” of Elizabeth II, Or: Well, Shit–Death Really Is Real
She was one of those rare figures one never could have imagined dying. Like Putin or Cheney (because evil never dies). Elizabeth II has been [Read More…]
Now’s the Time: Abolish the Monarchy
Let’s not ignore the elephant in the room when it comes to “mourning” the queen. Because, for the better part of her reign, she was [Read More…]
X Marks the Gerontophobic Spot
It’s perhaps one of those ideas that no one immediately realizes is brilliant because it’s so simple: to make aging—and the fear of it—the key [Read More…]
Saucy Santana Essentially Said, “I Hated Rich People Until I Was One”
By now, it should be evident that we all say it’s not “okay” to be a shitty human being… until money enters the picture. At [Read More…]
