When we look at music history, many elements of each movement and subgenre, from visuals to sound, can usually be traced back to gay culture. Even long before LGBTQ+ was in the cultural zeitgeist, a lot of rock’n’roll pioneers were…
The reason ‘Jurassic Park’ devolved as a franchise? It never learned its own lessons.
During my latest revisit of 1993’s Jurassic Park, I was struck by this thought: You can learn everything you ever need to know about blockbuster filmmaking just by watching this movie. From its technical wizardry — which almost seamlessly blends…
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…
‘Roswell, New Mexico’ 4×04 review: “Dear Mama” offers the first decent episode of the show’s final season
Finally this final season of Roswell, New Mexico delivers a decent episode with “Dear Mama.” There have been some enjoyable things in the first three episodes, but the fourth episode is more coherent in its characterizations, and plot details, and…
‘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…
‘Jerry and Marge Go Large’ review: Mediocre in the middle
How times can change. Only a decade or so ago, a mid-budget character drama like Jerry and Marge Go Large, which recently premiered on Paramount+, would’ve gotten a modest, but wide release in a theater near you. Much like the…
‘Love, Victor’ season 3 review: A brave Victor-y
They say there’s no such thing as a happily ever after, but in the world of Hulu’s Love, Victor, dreams can come true. After a season of careening from his ex-boyfriend Benji (George Sear) to dating-apps-gone-wrong to a casual-hookup-turns-potential-boyfriend, Victor’s…