Amazon Prime: ‘Wonder Woman’&‘City Of Z’ Explore Uncharted Territory
This just in: WOMEN can direct MOVIES. Despite their menstruation and inability to lift heavy things, females are either as capable or even more capable than men at making films that involve punching...
View ArticleYour Mother’s A Tracer (When We Were Young, Episode 18)
“It was a mistake. I didn’t hate her. I wasn’t disgusted with her. I was afraid. At that moment, I felt small, like… like I’d lacked experience, like I’d never be on her level, like I’d never be enough...
View ArticleYou Could Never Be Jell-O (When We Were Young, Episode 19)
“Maybe Michael couldn’t commit to this marriage, so he created a delusion… produced an unconscious, psychosomatic manifestation of… I’m better with food. Okay? You’re Michael. You’re in a fancy French...
View ArticleYou Remind Me Of The Babe (When We Were Young, Episode 20)
“You remind me of the babe.” “What babe?” “Babe with the power.” “What power? “Power of voodoo.” “Who do?” “You do.” “Do what? “Remind me of the babe.” I don’t have all that much to say about The Dark...
View ArticleEinhorn Is Finkle, Finkle Is Einhorn (When We Were Young, Episode 21)
“Your gun is digging into my hip.” Somebody stop us! In Episode 21, When We Were Young says “alrighty, then!” to a trip back to 1994, when Jim Carrey soared to superstar status in three back-to-back...
View ArticleFolie À Boo: A Bleak, Haunting ‘Ghost Story’ Refuses To Go Toward The Light
Every once in a while, a movie comes along that is not really a movie. Technically, yes, it is a movie, but the experience I have watching it is something different. Upon viewing Lars Von Trier’s...
View ArticleDirt In The Skirt (When We Were Young, Episode 22)
“Are you crying?” Did a baseball diamond used to be your playground? If so, you’re probably one of the fans who made the Rockford Peaches stars of the most successful baseball movie of all time. Penny...
View ArticleGlitter In The Dark (When We Were Young, Episode 25)
“I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time....
View ArticleBack To The Future: ‘Blade Runner 2049’ Just Might Be The Greatest Sequel...
I hate to react too quickly to any movie, because opinions settle over time. I often see a movie and have a negative reaction, only to find that it sits better over time. Sometimes, I leave a film...
View ArticleSmart, Clean, Totally Decent Human Being… Gay! (When We Were Young, Episode 26)
“Now, repeat after me: ‘Yo!'” “Yo!” “Hot damn!” “Hot damn!” “What a fabulous window treatment!” “What a fabulou—” “That was a trick!” Come one, come all, and come out already for When We Were Young’s...
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