This Week, Human Stupidity Made Several Advances on the Left and Right, Both At Home and Abroad This is a sentence I can’t even believe I have to write, but here we go: William Shakespeare does not want you to kill Donald Trump or his followers. That’s a pretty basic notion, yeah, but it …
The Upcoming 7th Season Looks Familiar, Which Could Mean Either a Return to Form or Just More of the Same Anyone who has been looking forward to the new season of Game of Thrones purely for the spectacle of the many battles that are sure to come has forgotten how this show began. In Season …
Peaking Tensions in Sherpa Shrouded in mist, sinisterly brooding, stands the towering Mount Everest. Over the years, this awe-inspiring natural monument has been harnessed by man into both a challenge and a commodity. Jennifer Peedom’s sweeping images of the mountain, and real footage of snow, still and falling, often remind us that this should not …
The Very Fact That This Franchise Has Managed to Last So Long Says a Lot About Where We Are As a Species I’ve never seen a Sharknado movie because life consists of only a finite number of hours and I would rather use them for something more productive. Sometimes I watch people fall down on YouTube …
Before There Were “Frenemies”, There Was Ginger & Rosa Female friendships by any standards involve a fascinating dynamic, so when the Cold War plus one very uncomfortable betrayal is added to the mix, psychological mayhem ensues. But the jazzy music and distinctive lighting, also, make for a stylistic ride.
Just as Many Trump Associates Have Been Under Investigation for Weeks, So Now is the President Himself As confirmed by the Washington Post (and if your involuntary reaction to reading that is to punch your computer screen with the “!FAKE NEWS!” knuckle duster you bought online from a Russian teenger two weeks ago, then just… …
The Best-Selling Pop Artist’s Fifth LP is Too Safe to Be a Proper Mess and Too Boring for a Clusterfuck Whatever you might think of Katy Perry, her longevity is undeniably impressive, as is the versatility she’s exhibited throughout her career. Think I’m giving her too much credit? Cool, yeah, but did you know …
Tom Cruise’s Latest Starring Role Seems Like a Remake of Every Film Like it From the Last Twenty Years It’s hard not to get the feeling, watching the trailer for the new Tom Cruise film American Made, that all of this has been done before, and better. Just… not in the one movie. I gotta …