Lana Del Rey Balking at the Cedric Gervais Remix As Compared to Madonna Seizing the Opportunity to Capitalize on the Sickick Remix
Long ago, in a time called 2012, Lana Del Rey was actually even more polarizing to people than when she offered up that apropos-of-nothing “question [Read More…]
The 355, James Bond and Why Heavy-Handed Feminism Doesn’t Work in Female Spy Movies That Take Themselves Seriously
With a cast as star-studded as The 355’s, it was one of many box office shocks in 2022 (including the runaway success of Top Gun: [Read More…]
In Les Amours d’Anaïs, Acting on Attraction Can Be More Than a Mere “Experience”
It’s no secret that something happens to “old people” to make them disbelieve in such “jejune notions” as “true love.” For, after disappointments and/or abandonments, [Read More…]
On How Sean and Madonna Should Have Starred in Blind Date Instead of Shanghai Surprise
Blind Date is one of many 80s movies that serves as more of a footnote in pop culture than a “main event” (à la E.T. [Read More…]
Morrissey Should Have Been at the Jubilee to Sing “The Queen Is Dead”
While Morrissey has, over the years, often become a greater source of polarization than the monarchy itself, he is perhaps more “unapologetically British” than said [Read More…]
Body is (Un)Reality: Crimes of the Future
With such a title, one would think Crimes of the Future might show a more escalated version of cyber warfare or even technological advancements in [Read More…]
On the Count of Three Serves That Rare Genre: The “Suicide Buddy Movie”
Addressing suicide “comedically” is one of the impossible feats in general, but most especially in film. Maybe that’s why the “suicide buddy movie” doesn’t happen [Read More…]
Mondo Ironico #6: Lady Gaga Soundtracking a “Butch” Movie
In a series called Mondo Ironico, let us discuss how fucking antithetical something in pop culture is. Arriving before Pride Month, Lady Gaga’s single designed [Read More…]
Ageism Is the Safe Bet for “Humor Rebranding” in Top Gun: Maverick
“Oh my god. This thing is so old,” Rooster (Miles Teller) says at one point when he’s given no choice but to board an F-14 [Read More…]
Top Gun Is Homoerotic Republican Porn
It feels like one of many ironies that Top Gun was ultimately the product of an Israel-born Jewish man. For in writing an article for [Read More…]
