Tag: Jamie Lee Curtis
Trading Places: Providing A Seasonal Message That Reminds Just How Fucked Up Rich People Are
In terms of joining the category of movies classified as “could never be made today,” 1983’s Trading Places is definitely up there. Not just because of its [Read More…]
Are You Surprised A Visual Effects Extravaganza About Paying Your Taxes and Honoring Family Was the Oscar Darling?
Triangle of Sadness never stood a chance as a major Oscar contender, of course. And as a skewering of the rich and a society that [Read More…]
No, Nepo Baby Isn’t An “N Word” That Can Be Reappropriated By Its Own Kind
It was rather incredible that Hailey Bieber had lived in the celebrity bubble for so long that she truly believed her decision to don a [Read More…]
Halloween Ends, Evil Never Does
A year after the events of 2018’s (rather lackluster) Halloween Kills, mild-mannered Corey Cunningham (Rohan Campbell) is asked to babysit a boy named Jeremy (Jaxon [Read More…]
Everything Everywhere All At Once: No, It’s Not About Trying to Absorb Mass Media in the Twenty-First Century
Who among us has not wondered what more we might be? How our lives could be altered (read: better) if we had just made one [Read More…]
GAYLE Channels Lindsay Lohan’s Freaky Friday Character in “ur just horny”
As the only one left in the 2006 car trio (a.k.a. “the summit” that defined a decade) to never really get “justice” after the way [Read More…]
Not Exactly Killin’ It: Halloween Kills
“This was a safe place and now it’s not anymore,” says a woman on the news after the latest batch of Michael Myers killings in [Read More…]
It’s No Mystery That Knives Out Cuts to the Quick of Family Discord: Money
Rian Johnson has taken an approach to his career that few writer-directors do: slowly. Starting in 2005 with the acclaimed neo-film noir Brick (starring his [Read More…]
Generational Trauma, the Continued Immovability of Fate Pervade Halloween Reboot
“Haven’t you ever liked a girl that didn’t like you back?” asks Oscar (Drew Scheid), the predictably disposable friend zoned male of Allyson Nelson (Andi [Read More…]
When Satire is Too Satirical for Mass Consumption: Scream Queens Cancelled
It goes without saying that if you’re going to give any Ryan Murphy show a chance, you’re going to need to come armed with a [Read More…]
