Tag: Marion Cotillard
In Fatal Attraction Fashion, Contagion Undercuttingly Positions Infidelity/Hoedom As the Cause of Society’s Woes
The beginning of Steven Soderbergh’s now iconic film, Contagion, wastes no time in making a point about how bad girls who do bad things (and [Read More…]
Contagion’s Unemotional Approach To Presenting A Novel Virus’ Creation and Chaos
Back in January, when coronavirus was nothing more than “China’s problem” to most Americans, Contagion, as a “relevant revisit,” started to rise up the ranks [Read More…]
There’s A New WWI Movie in Town, But It’s Still Not A Very Long Engagement
In the realm of World War I movies, there is an extreme paucity of majors in “comparison” to, say, World War II with all of [Read More…]
Neurotic, Neurotic/Put Your Paws All Over Dolittle’s Neglected Body
In the face of Dolittle’s unanimous, Serenity-level panning (an unfortunate turn of events for the studio responsible for its release–Universal–that perhaps overly delights in the [Read More…]
Midnight in Paris Was Predicated on the Fallacy of Wistfulness for a Different Time Before We Were Actually Living in the Worst Time Ever
In 2011, Woody Allen had not completely lost all respect as a result of that unshakeable accusation of sexual assault from his adopted daughter, Dylan [Read More…]
Allied: Like if Mr. & Mrs. Smith and Inglourious Basterds Had a Baby
“French” Morocco, 1942. A man drops down in the middle of the desert by parachute, walks a while and gets into a car where he’s [Read More…]
Why “Pitt”ing Aniston and Jolie Against Each Other Misses the Point
For those who have long wanted to turn back the clock to that simpler era (in spite of the Bush II presidency), 2005, the time has [Read More…]
Kristen Stewart Winning a César Award Can be Attributed to the French Love of Camp
If you asked most American fans of Kristen Stewart what a César Award was, they would probably scratch their heads quizzically and belch. Best known for [Read More…]
