Inventing Anna might have been a good little limited series if it wasn’t so outrageously bloated for about 10 hours of repetition and redundancy. As a matter of fact, I’m not really sure who is the central character of this based on a true story Netflix series. We’re led to believe it’s Anna Sorokin (JuliaContinue reading “I Watched 10 Hours of ‘Inventing Anna’ So You Don’t Have To”
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‘Peacemaker’ One Big Middle Finger To MCU
Without a doubt, Peacemaker, which just concluded its first season on HBO, was a shot in the dark concept. James Gunn, who had been tapped by Warner Brothers to direct The Suicide Squad said that he wrote the Peacemaker series while stuck in lockdown from Covid-19 pandemic just to get his mind off things. WarnerContinue reading “‘Peacemaker’ One Big Middle Finger To MCU”
‘Tinder Swindler’ Exposes Predators On The Prowl
People tuning in to the Netflix true-crime documentary The Tinder Swindler will probably think how someone will be so easily duped. Easy. In the animal kingdom, predators don’t go after the toughest one of the pack. You don’t pick fights you know you’re going to lose. Simon Leviev, the center of the documentary and theContinue reading “‘Tinder Swindler’ Exposes Predators On The Prowl”
‘Texas Chainsaw’ Massacres Franchise’s Exploited Legacy
I’m going to cut to the chase, forgive the pun, but the latest Texas Chainsaw Massacre entry, intended as a direct sequel to the 1974 original is a total piece of dog shit. As a matter of fact, comparing this movie to dog shit is an insult. I will say this, for a movie that’sContinue reading “‘Texas Chainsaw’ Massacres Franchise’s Exploited Legacy”
‘Kimi’ A Hitchcockian Thriller For The Digital Media Age
Steven Soderbergh’s Kimi is a movie that spends half of its run time in the apartment of its protagonist Angela Childs (Zoe Kravitz). One might easily draw parallels with Alfred Hitchcock’s famous Rear Window, in which Jimmy Stewart was an injured photographer stuck in his own apartment. I’m sure that’s what Soderbergh and writer DavidContinue reading “‘Kimi’ A Hitchcockian Thriller For The Digital Media Age”
Olympics Figure Skating Scandal Reinforces Pressures We Place On Youth
For what it’s worth, the women’s free skating competition at the Olympics was a no-win situation. The scandal and controversy all week is that Kamila Valieva, who is only 15, had tested positive in December for the banned drug trimetazidine. But here is the issue? Did she knowingly take it or was it given toContinue reading “Olympics Figure Skating Scandal Reinforces Pressures We Place On Youth”
‘Boba Fett’ Series Takes Star Wars Franchise In A Better Direction
Why in the blue fuck do people who call themselves Star Wars fans hate everything else about the franchise other than the original trilogy? It seems for the past 20 years of so, fans have gone to extreme lengths to voice their distaste for the franchise. Not even Star Trek fans have this intolerable hatredContinue reading “‘Boba Fett’ Series Takes Star Wars Franchise In A Better Direction”
Super Bowl Halftime Shows Generational/Cultural Gaps Still Wider Than Ever
It’s hard to believe for some people, but Dr. Dre’s seminal album The Chronic turns 30 this year. It was one of the first CDs I bought through Columbia House or BMG. And there was nothing that sounded like it before and nothing that has sounded like it since. Dre had risen to fame throughContinue reading “Super Bowl Halftime Shows Generational/Cultural Gaps Still Wider Than Ever”
Ivan Reitman Revolutionized Irreverent Comedies
It’s an odd coincidence the same day Ivan Reitman passes away, a Super Bowl commercial airs starring Eugene Levy as an action star. Levy had appeared in Cannibal Girls, a horror comedy that was Reitman’s first movie as a director. Born in Czechoslovakia in the post-WWII era the son of Jewish Hungarians, his mother hadContinue reading “Ivan Reitman Revolutionized Irreverent Comedies”
‘Antlers’ Pokes Through Some Creature Feature/Body Horror Stalemate
When it comes to horror movies, creature features and body horror always seem to be less popular than supernatural or psychological horror. Antlers, released in 2021, after almost a year of sitting on the shelf due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Scott Cooper directs and co-writes a screenplay based on the short story “The Quiet Boy”Continue reading “‘Antlers’ Pokes Through Some Creature Feature/Body Horror Stalemate”
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