Molly (Beanie Feldstein) and Amy (Kaitlyn Dever) have been living under a false assumption. Wanting to get ahead, they decided to eschew social lives and spend high school with their noses in the books. And with the walls of their … Continue reading BOOKSMART
Some movies are better left misunderstood. A Long Day’s Journey Into Night might be one of those movies. Sure, if you wanted to, you could noodle out the plot, the main characters’ desires, and what it all means. Or, you can surrender … Continue reading LONG DAY’S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT (地球最后的夜晚)
There’s no point in rehashing the plot of Aladdin, Disney’s 2019 live-action remake of their similarly titled 1992 animated film—screenwriters John August and Guy Ritchie (who also directs) closely follow the story of a diamond-in-the-rough street rat and his monkey sidekick … Continue reading ALADDIN
Science fiction writers and dreamers have long been fascinated with the concept of life beyond Earth. Maybe it’s on the dark side of the moon, maybe Mars; maybe Titan, maybe another solar system altogether. Surely we can’t be the only … Continue reading ANIARA
Tim Goodman (Justice Smith) just received a phone call that Dad is missing, presumed dead. No matter, Goodman and pops have been estranged for some time now—ever since Goodman lost his mother years ago—and with all the emotional attachment of … Continue reading POKÉMON DETECTIVE PIKACHU
Few words in the English language come as charged as “Satanism.” Conjuring images of blasphemy, ritual, sacrifice, and perversion, Satanism seems to be the sort of thing people can oppose on name alone. Then again, few know what Satanists believe. … Continue reading HAIL SATAN?
Let’s talk about sex. Or better yet, let’s talk about Dr. Ruth Westheimer, a 4-foot-7, 90-year-old Holocaust survivor who loves to talk about sex. For 40 years, she’s been “America’s sex therapist,” an honor she wears with pride. But Westheimer … Continue reading ASK DR. RUTH
When it comes to the movies, sin never goes out of style. And on April 28, it’s back on your TV screen when TCM presents a three-film series looking back at Hollywood’s pre-Code era with three films: Little Caesar (1931), Red-Headed Woman (1932), and Baby Face (1933); all … Continue reading Now Playing on TCM: FORBIDDEN HOLLYWOOD
Where we had thought to slay another, we shall slay ourselves … And where we had thought to be alone, we will be with all the world. —Joseph Campbell, The Hero With a Thousand Faces 2008’s Iron Man may have been a small … Continue reading AVENGERS: END GAME
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