Or how two of comic’s “coolest” heroes are overexposed jerks and mascots for every internet douche ever. As the middle child in a big blended family full of step siblings and very close cousins I had an obsession with setting myself apart. Particularly from my older sister. If she liked vanilla I liked chocolate. If [...]

I hate irony. I despise it with a passion. I hate how it’s used as an excuse to be racist and sexist and I hate how it’s an excuse actors and creators use to avoid criticism. For so long the people putting the Twilight Saga on our screens have winked at the audience and chuckled [...]

I generally try to review films without spoiling them. But every so often the story is so absolutely critical to my perception of the film that I have to get heavy with the spoilers. So apologies in advance. If you have not seen Skyfall then bookmark this and come back later. Ian Flemming’s James Bond [...]

There are a lot of different ways to characterize lost films. Some were destroyed. Some are missing in a vault in Argentina or LA. Some are sequestered away by the people who own the rights in the hopes no one will ever see them again. Roger Corman’s Fantastic Four, Jerry Lewis’s The Day the Clown [...]

When talking about women’s contribution to film it’s incredibly easy to be a bit myopic and only really acknowledge Hollywood women–those who moved there and those who became famous there. BUT film isn’t just sunny and incredibly comfortable temperature wise California. Until the Nazification of Germany that country had a more prolific and higher quality [...]

Gearbox got a lot of flack for Duke Nukem Forever and rightfully so. But then nobody played it and talking about misogyny in it almost seems like complaining about someone clapping in the forest even though no one could hear them you know? And then when describing a DLC playable character Gearbox dropped the dreaded [...]

I can only think of a single female cast member whose tits I did not see in the midnight showing of V/H/S. Friday, September 29th, was the first 11:59 PM showing of the Milwaukee Film Festival‘s Cinema Hooligante category: the brain child of the organization’s Programming Director, Angela Catalano. Tailored to midnight thrill seekers, opening weekend’s late [...]

Gloria Steinem and Ms. Magazine are one of the main reasons you know about Wonder Woman. They grew up on her stories in the fifties and early sixties and with fond memories of a childhood heroine they put her on the cover and fashioned an icon. Because in 1972 Wonder Woman was anything but. Her [...]

It took thousands of years, but I had finally achieved the rest I deserved after a life of misery. My earthly life was full of sorrows, even though my body my bangin’ and there were hella pyramids. I had to keep doing this one pharaoh dude who I didn’t love, when really I just wanted [...]

The Emmys is television’s chance to lay on the prestige and play Oscars dress up. It isn’t quite as prestigious and often times it’s about as genuinely meritorious of quality art as the Golden Globes and maybe Oscar-Winner Kevin Costner called it a joke last night, but it’s still very important. It’s the Emmys! Growing [...]