I need to figure out exactly who I am. What identity crisis? From Norse mythology to comic book superhero to unlikely blockbuster movie star, “Thor” has long been a game of hot potato between creative hands, carelessly tossing away the…
Mad Men Men S1E2: ‘Ladies Room’ [Podcast]
On Episode 2 of Mad Men Men, we return to Madison Avenue to discuss the second episode of Mad Men. We continue our conversation from last week about the show’s handling of sexism and out-of-place 60s references. Plus we start digging into…
Mad Men Men Pilot: ‘Smoke Gets in Your Eyes’ [Podcast]
The year is 1960. Sorry, 2022. Three men who are mad about Mad Men are smoking herbal cigarettes and getting a little chatty about one of the greatest television dramas of all time. We begin with the show’s pilot, of course, titled…
‘Elvis’ review: The king of messy biopics
Baz Luhrmann couldn’t help but make his take on the king of rock and roll, simply titled Elvis, as outlandish, style-obsessed, and paranoia-stricken as possible, perhaps to outrun the easy comparisons to Walk Hard through sheer speed of gyration. That’s…
‘Marcel the Shell with Shoes On’ review: Little shell, big emotion
Prepare to have your heart grow bigger and louder in just one day. Marcel the Shell with Shoes On started out as a series of deliriously sweet, viral short films in 2010, uploaded to YouTube by Dean Fleischer-Camp. Fleisher-Camp returns…
‘Lightyear’ has three end-credits scenes, because it’s not like you have anything better to do
Pixar’s latest brazen attempt to end the Toy Story franchise on a low note has culminated with Lightyear, their first outing in theaters since March 2020. In their defense, they probably expect you to linger in the theater for an…
‘Cha Cha Real Smooth’ review: The latest from Cooper Raiff is refreshingly in step with its weird masculinity
Cooper Raiff’s sophomore feature film, Cha Cha Real Smooth, is more or less an extended epilogue of his wonderfully, comfortably contained debut, S#!%house. If that coming-of-age film was about the awkward, sensitive kid in all of us trying to adjust…
