Disclaimer: I haven't read the book. This review is based solely on the movie. Obviously, there's no chance I'm going to steer you any way but toward watching Nicholas Galitzine, well, full stop, but, in this case, from watching him make sparks fly with Anne Hathaway as she plays the December to his May, as … Continue reading THE IDEA OF YOU (2024): Is It Cake?
BOTTOMS (2023): Everything and More
You know how sometimes you don’t even know you need something in your life, and then you stumble across it and you can't imagine how you EVER lived without it? That’s how I feel about the movie Bottoms (2023). Yesterday, I hadn’t really considered if my life needed a movie about two queer and unpopular … Continue reading BOTTOMS (2023): Everything and More
BOAT STORY (2023): A Funny, Compelling, Wildly Violent, and Very Human Story
As of two days ago, the series Boat Story (2023) wasn't even on my radar. I thought I'd just check out a bit of the first episode and, just like that, I was carried away on a strong tide of outsized and sometimes gruesome violence, dark and idiosyncratic comedy, compelling characters, pitch-perfect narration, and a … Continue reading BOAT STORY (2023): A Funny, Compelling, Wildly Violent, and Very Human Story
UPGRADED (2024): Perhaps Not a First-Class Rom-Com, But Still Worth Flying Its Friendly Skies
Generally speaking, when a rom-com opens with a voiceover of someone expounding upon the merits of some esoteric piece of art, it’s waving a red flag of pretension and posturing; it wants you to know it’s not going to be one of those mindless rom-coms. While Upgraded (2024) definitely isn’t the exception that proves the … Continue reading UPGRADED (2024): Perhaps Not a First-Class Rom-Com, But Still Worth Flying Its Friendly Skies
ROLE PLAY (2023): Taking a Nap Might Be More Exciting Than Watching This Movie
This may be hard to believe, given the ratio of snark to non-snark words on this site, but I often start watching a movie, realize that it’s just Not Good At All, and decide it’s better to back away slowly than to hack at it with my proverbial Sword of Snark. And that’s exactly what … Continue reading ROLE PLAY (2023): Taking a Nap Might Be More Exciting Than Watching This Movie
THE OTHER ZOEY (2023): It’s Not Good, And Yet I Mostly Don’t Regret Watching It.
The Other Zoey (2023) is not, even by mediocre rom-com standards, a particularly good movie, and yet I couldn't stop watching. Make of that what you will. It has a bajillion callbacks to rom-coms of yore, but it's unclear if people involved in making the movie have actually watched those movies or if the simply … Continue reading THE OTHER ZOEY (2023): It’s Not Good, And Yet I Mostly Don’t Regret Watching It.
TOTALLY COMPLETELY FINE (2023): A Funny, Weird, Deeply Empathetic Show About The Ferociously Dark Side of Life
CW: References to depression, suicide and suicidal ideation—a lot and everywhere. It's not everyday that you get watch a show about depression and suicide that's funny, heartwarming, and wildly humanizing, with a sucker punch of gnarly howling darkness when you're least expecting it. Totally Completely Fine (2023) offers up a pleasingly jaunty mix of macabre, … Continue reading TOTALLY COMPLETELY FINE (2023): A Funny, Weird, Deeply Empathetic Show About The Ferociously Dark Side of Life
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