Reporting on the Goings-On of Trump Went From Exciting, To Repetitive, To Exhausting and, Eventually, Very Boring The number one rule of getting a lot of traffic on your blog is to use a clickbaity title and then make a shameless attempt to clarify the parameters of it in your opening paragraph. It’s the …
Heart Pumping Action In New Aussie Film Project Eden: Vol. 1 This is an Australian-made film that is practically bursting at the seams with cinematic force. It is designed with the very purpose of being watched at the movie theatre: drenched in sound, surrounded by tense bodies hidden in the darkness, gasping together as …
“Say Yes” Says The Walking Dead… And I Almost Did, ‘Cause I’m A Sucker A dim light shines through yonder trees, a breach of risen morning upon a secluded forest, casting the dim world into an incandescent blaze of warmth and clarity. Does this striking opening shot signify a new dawn for The Walking Dead? If …
A Painter’s Vision Soars in the Illustrious Frida There are many disparate elements within this film, as there are many aspects to the life of the famous Frida Kahlo: Mexican, woman, survivor, lover, artist, icon. Early on in the biopic, an event of irreversible consequence occurs when the bus Frida (Salma Hayek) is riding on …
America Has Traded Political Stability for the Chaos of Reality Television. That’s… Just Soooo Stupid Oprah Winfrey might seriously be considering running for President of the United States. If Kanye sticks to his guns about doing the same, then that means the 2020 election could be a race – initially, at least – between …
“Hostiles and Calamities” Departs From the Main Group to Tell the Story of a Cowardly Lion and a Grinning Jackass We open on Dwight discovering the body of Fat… uuh, I wanna say… Billy*? Y’know, the guy who got in Daryl’s way as he was making his escape from Negan’s compound and had to …
The Oscars Deliver Basically What We All Expected, Give or Take a Single Riotous Upset Look, I’m not a monster: Justin Timberlake is a veritable G and a consummate entertainer; he can get definitely get it, and should on the regular. Then again, do we really need him to open both the Golden Globes …
Each Faction of Government Can Only Withstand So Much Opposition Before the Levee Finally Breaks Over the past few weeks, Republican Senators and Congressmen (as well as some moderate Democrats) have been swamped by their constituents at town hall gatherings. They are being taken to task for supporting – tacitly or otherwise – President …