Guest review by Nell Minow Grade: C In 2007 a female astronaut, furiously jealous because the male astronaut she was sleeping with was also sleeping with someone else, drove from Texas to Florida with the intention of attacking the other woman. Lucy in the Sky tells us it is inspired by a true story, and while it draws some of its details from what really happened, there is very little inspiration evident on screen. Natalie Portman plays Lucy Cola, who has made up for the chaos and dysfunction of her family by being competitive and ultra-capable. Her mother drank, her father… Read more »
First, Peter Parker lost Uncle Ben. Then he got snapped out of existance in ‘The Blip’. Next, his mentor and father-figure friend, Iron Man, died saving the universe from Thanos and his pack of baddies. It looked like after his already pretty traumatic young life he was also going to be snatched out of the MCU. For some time Sony and Disney were unable to come to an agreement over how they would split the massive profits from the latest crop of Spidey films. The latest news shows Spider-Man remaining in the MCU for a third film on the original… Read more »
Conrad’s Heart of Darkness meet’s Gerrold’s Chtorr series by way of Vandermeer’s Annihilation.
James Gray, the writer/director of Lost City of Z, has given us another story of a father and son who leave women behind to explore unknown territory.
Sisterhood is a blanket and it is a blade (and dammit it’s wonderful).
When a predator hunts women, it takes women to bring them down.
Pennywise is back and the Losers have to stand against him once more, even if it costs them everything.
Basslines and Protest Signs is Brett Callwood’s column looking at the intersection of music and politics. This week shares some musicians’ opinions on today’s politics.
Once was chance. Twice was coincidence. Three times is a habit. And Gerard Butler is definitely back to old habits but this time he has to save himself…oh, and the President…again.
This one is for those of us who want to change our clothes, our hair, our face but then we glow up…
