Tag: Keira Knightley
Love Actually Is All About the Desperation Invoked By Loneliness
In the years since Love Actually was released, it’s been analyzed in hundreds of different ways. Not least of which is the shudder-inducing, super creepy [Read More…]
Chaos Is the New Cocaine & Other Revelations Seeking A Friend For the End of the World Taught Us
In a year that has rendered many apocalypse movies (in addition to zombie ones) freshly relevant, Lorene Scafaria’s directorial debut (after writing the script for [Read More…]
Now We Start All Over Again: Collateral Beauty As A Christmas Carol Update
While it goes without saying that any movie Will Smith is willing to sign on for is probably going to be unforgivably maudlin (even Bad [Read More…]
Far From The Madding Crowd: A Faithful Adaptation That’s Still All Its Own
In general, movie adaptations–especially ones that have already been done before–rarely offer anything new to enliven or enrich the original literature on which they are [Read More…]
What the 2015 Golden Globe Winners Say About American Pop Culture Right Now
The Golden Globes have continued to gain more recognition as an awards ceremony that isn’t merely a bastard precursor to the Academy Awards. As its [Read More…]
The Best Movies In Which Musicianship Is A Key Plot Point
The life of a musician is no easy existence, particularly if he struggles to find an audience that understands and appreciates his work. The filmic [Read More…]
Kim K: Continuously Solidifying the Notion That You Don’t Need Talent in America, Just a Body
Just when you thought Kim Kardashian had run out of ways to get attention after appearing in a disgustingly maudlin video with Kanye West, having [Read More…]
Topless “Activism”
To quote Lily Allen, “I’ll take my clothes off and it will be shameless ’cause everyone knows that’s how you get famous.” Indeed, this still [Read More…]
