In Defense of ‘The Secret Life of Walter Mitty’: Toward a New Sincerity
Photo: ‘The Secret Life of Walter Mitty’/20th Century Fox Daydream, daydream, O to live life inside a daydream! Then again, most of us already find ourselves there: in make-believe worlds, wanting, always wanting. While something can be said for having a rich...
How Freeform’s ‘Good Trouble’ Continuously Tackles Important Issues in Today’s Current Society
Photo: ‘Good Trouble’/Freeform For those that are unfamiliar with Freeform’s drama series ‘Good Trouble’, I’m here to break down what it is and why exactly you need to watch it. This series continues to break boundaries that many other shows tend to shy away from....
Netflix’s ‘Ride or Die’: ‘Thelma & Louise’ Meets ‘Bound’ With These Lesbian Fugitives
Photo: ‘Ride or Die’/Netflix ‘Thelma & Louise’ meets ‘Bound’ in ‘Ride or Die’, the new Japanese Netflix original film in which lesbian Rei Nagasawa (Kiko Mizuhara) kills the wife-beating husband of old schoolyard crush Nanae Shinoda (Honami Sato), who undresses...
An Analytical Look, and Listen, into 2021 Oscar Nominees for Best Original Score
Photo: Best Original Score/Academy Awards As we gear up for the 93rd Academy Awards, here’s a quick look into the nominees for Best Original Score in terms of personality, backstory, and odds (starting with the films with the most buzz). For each film, there’s a...
