Tag: Scarlett Johansson
The First Rom-Com to Spring From One of the Ultimate Conspiracy Theories: Fly Me to the Moon
As more and more movies seem to be returning to the past as a means to avoid how conflict-free a script can become thanks to [Read More…]
Asteroid City: Wes Anderson’s “Sci-Fi” Movie Is About A Collective and Resigned Sense of Doom More Than It Is 50s Americana
A palpable shift has occurred in Wes Anderson’s style and tone since the release of 2021’s The French Dispatch. One doesn’t want to use a [Read More…]
The Age-Old Coast War Between L.A. and New York is Alive and Well in Marriage Story
Carrie Bradshaw once asked, “If you love someone and you break up, where does the love go?” The answer, if you’re getting a divorce, seems [Read More…]
Jojo Rabbit: An Absurdist Nazi Satire in the Style of Moonrise Kingdom That Shows How Hate is Indoctrinated at a Formative Age
“You could teach me to be cruel/Like the way they torture you/Teach me to be cruel/Like the way they torture you/It’s alright, twist the knife,” [Read More…]
Scarlett Johansson, No Stranger to Rubbing and Tugging on Controversy, Strikes Again With Woody Allen Defense–But Will the Controversy Become Another Ghost in the Shell If She Decides to Back Down Again?
It tends to be the case that New York-born ilk stick together. Even when they each hail from the Montague-Capulet divide of Manhattan and Brooklyn. [Read More…]
Wes Anderson Has Always Been Secretly Appealing to Our Animal Instincts, But Ironically Less So in Isle of Dogs
The only other stop-motion animated film Wes Anderson has ever brought into the world was 2009’s adaptation of Roald Dahl’s 1970 children’s book of the [Read More…]
Rough Night Is the Female-centric Movie That’s Been Missing From the Buddy Comedy Genre
Yes, in the past there have been a fair amount of female-centric buddy comedies to sate the used-to-being forgotten about female audience. Who could forget [Read More…]
Are You Human or A Dud?: Ghost in the Shell
“We cling to our memories as though they define us. But it’s our actions that define us.” So regurgitates Mira Killian a.k.a. Motoko Kusanagi (Scarlett [Read More…]
No Desire If It’s Not Forbidden: Inhabiting the Life of Another in Personal Shopper
Olivier Assayas has been creeping into the hearts and psyches of American viewers since Carlos, a five and a half hour miniseries released in 2010 [Read More…]
Hail, Caesar! Reveals the Most Important Job of the Hays Code Era of Filmmaking
If one thinks that spinning the sordid personal lives of celebrities now is an impossible feat, look only to the Golden Age of Hollywood to [Read More…]
