a frank conversation about If It’s For My Daughter, I’d Even Defeat A Demon Lord, Kodomo no Jikan, Bunny Drop, and grooming in anime.
with an Anima Yell, she cried “go! fight! win!”
thoughts on a completely decent cheerleading anime from 2018 nobody remembers or really cares about
“oh boy, dragon ball!”
153 episodes over 23 years — and what Akira Toriyama meant to me.
the girls that saved spider-man
Madame Web undercuts its own strengths at every swing to remind audiences, “watch out — here comes the Spider-Man!”
get in, loser
thoughts on the unapologetic queer spectacle of ‘Mean Girls’ (2024) and the return of the American musical.
riders on the storm
‘Storm Warning’ is oft dismissed as a dated analog for communism. but the sobering 1950 drama still offers plenty of prescient insight into the seeds and roots of fascism — American-style.
happy, again
thoughts on ‘Singin’ In The Rain,’ the surrealism of musicals, and a brief review of the 70th anniversary 4K UHD Blu-Ray release
bees in the trap
‘The Beekeeper’ is a funny and socially prescient Statham action throwback, courtesy of David Ayer and Kurt Wimmer.
ranking Rogers, assessing Astaire: a filmic foxtrot with Fred & Ginger
Fred and Ginger danced their way through the depression. Almost a century later, how do their pictures stack up?
ginger, in person (kind of)
thoughts on ‘In Person’, the perfect vehicle for its larger-than-life lead.