Tag: Bobby Cannavale
Maxxxine: What Ryan Murphy Wishes He Could Do
Over the past decade, Ryan Murphy has positioned himself as the “go-to” for all things campy/pop culture-oriented. More than that, all things “retro” pop culture-oriented. [Read More…]
Blonde Is A Bomb Rather Than the Story of A Bombshell
When you reach a certain level of “icon status,” there is no coming back from being subjected to “the right” people feel they have to [Read More…]
New Girl On (Hippo)Campus, Or: Homecoming Season 2 (Lacking in the Same Level of Intrigue as Season 1)
Despite losing Julia Roberts’ “Old Hollywood” clout from season one, her “replacement,” of sorts, by Janelle Monáe makes up in equal measure in terms of [Read More…]
The Irishman: A Mafia Epic That Can Only Exist in the Past
“As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster,” says Irish-American mafioso Henry Hill (Ray Liotta) at the beginning of [Read More…]
Homecoming: If Gob Bluth Ran A Veterans’ Center Contingent Upon Forget-Me-Nows
As Julia Roberts’ first foray into television after a thirty-one year career, it was significant to everyone involved to pull out all the stops in [Read More…]
Don’t Ever Get Married: The Purple Rain Mantra Applies to Tonya Harding Biopic I, Tonya
As The Kid’s father (a.k.a. “Francis L.”), warned him in Purple Rain, “Don’t ever get married.” Or at least don’t let someone’s abusive form of [Read More…]
From New York to Italy and Back Again: Master of None Season Two
It’s a bit uncanny, really, that when the first season of Master of None came out, I was in Milan. Now, here I am for [Read More…]