Tag: 00s movies
Millie Bobby Brown and Lindsay Lohan: A Teen Star Correlation
Being that Lindsay Lohan was the same age as Millie Bobby Brown when her career was reaching a zenith, it seems somewhat fitting (or at [Read More…]
Charli XCX’s “Hot Girl” As Regina George’s Thesis Statement
“White Capitalist Bitch” might be a more to-the-point name for Charli XCX’s new single, “Hot Girl” (not to be mistaken for her other temperature-as-aesthetic new [Read More…]
Quel Choc: Another Ad Where Lindsay Lohan Clings to the Past
With such a scant filmography to behold after “life” (read: addiction) kept getting in the way, the continued standout among Lindsay Lohan’s oeuvre remains 2004’s [Read More…]
Ginger Snaps and Jennifer’s Body: Making Women’s “Rage” Acceptable Through Supernatural Circumstances
Among many underrated “Halloween” movies, both Ginger Snaps and Jennifer’s Body remain unappreciated by the vast majority. Although, at the very least, the latter has [Read More…]
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…]
Megan Thee Stallion As Regina George Subverts a Common “Tradition”
The so-called subversion that occurs when a Black person takes on the persona of a white character is not something discussed very often. Mainly because [Read More…]
The Madhouse Instigator in Quills & One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
In every “madhouse” (even though we’re all mad here on Earth), it seems as though there’s one “ringleader” who is a bit more “sane” than [Read More…]
Billie Eilish’s “No Time To Die” Video Offers A Lounge Singer Trope & Not Much Else
Where music videos for Bond themes are concerned, there has been no shortage of memorable ones. From Duran Duran’s “A View To A Kill” with [Read More…]
The Day After Tomorrow Is Today
With the prognostication that polar bears are doomed to go the way of the dodo by 2100, one can’t help but think of paleoclimatologist Jack [Read More…]
Regina George Probably Would’ve Been Praised for Her Burgeoning Badonkadonk Rather Than Made Fun of For It in the Now
Back in 2004, when Mean Girls served as ostensibly the last truly iconic high school movie at the same level as Heathers or Clueless, our [Read More…]
