The Film Canon: Working Girl (1988)

After watching Dakota Johnson in Fifty Shades of Grey recently, I couldn’t help but be reminded at times of her mother, Melanie Griffith. In no way is Anastasia Steele comparable to Tess McGill, a Staten Island secretary determined to break…

Monday Morning Moan: Stop Talking About Kim Kardashian, Please? Also Let’s Play: Female Empowerment or Pandering?

What is the Monday Morning Moan? Just a compilation of the week’s most groan-worthy moments. Have you had your cup of coffee yet? You’re going to need it. This week we need to stop talking about Kim Kardashian (after this…

The Film Canon: The Graduate (1967)

WARNING: YES, THERE ARE SPOILERS. What is it about the disenchanted youth that plays so fascinatingly well on film? Whether it be Brick, Less Than Zero, My Own Private Idaho or Harold and Maude there is something, some key element,…

Coming Soon: Looper

Bruce Willis is making another time-travel/science fiction movie in which he is to be killed by his younger self. Starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt as the “younger Joe” and Emily Blunt as Sara, this film has been controversial on many message boards…