Joe’s recent grumpy review about Frozen I & II got me thinking about the stories we tell our children. Those movies, and often their soundtracks, have been on a constant loop in my busy household for sometime. I even reviewed… Read More ›
My son is young enough that I did not need to endure the instant Disney classics of Frozen and Frozen 2. I chose this journey because I seek to understand the most successful commercial property for children in my lifetime…. Read More ›
“This isn’t a good place for someone who likes books,” Gorent, the main character of the movie The Platform, directed by Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia, is told over and over after waking up in a uniquely structured prison that allows two prisoners… Read More ›
In Ari Aster’s nightmarish Midsommar, a group of graduate students travel to a remote Swedish community to study its unique religious beliefs. Eager to escape the tragedy of her parent’s murder/suicide perpetrated by her sister, Dani (Florence Pugh) asks her… Read More ›
There’s a charm and beauty to the stark Viking-themed horror film, DRAUG, where these gorgeous, dark forests seem to echo with the terror of old monsters. A Christian warrior with his foster daughter journey into the dark forests to seek… Read More ›
By Emilia Barrett Speaking on condition of anonymity at a three martini breakfast, a former casting exec recalled the events leading to the studio’s pursuit of Brad Pitt for the role. “It had such a boring inner monologue of a… Read More ›
I have a lot of things in my head right now. I’m teaching books that aren’t easy to leave at the door: Maus, a book about the Holocaust, and The Things They Carried, which if you don’t know is one… Read More ›
“That was an opportunity I didn’t want to pass up, because who funds short sci-fi about women’s issues?” – Jennifer Phang, interviewed for Wired about Advantageous So, I discovered this quiet, little gem of a film in the Netflix backlog.It… Read More ›
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By definition, the very notion of Santa Claus riding down from the toy workshop hidden in the frosty wasteland of the North Pole to deliver toys to all the good boys and girls of the world in a single nocturne… Read More ›