"Purple Hearts" is More Propoganda than Romance
…in Southern California, who is as politically “blue” as one can be. Luke, played by Nicholas Galitzine, is a troubled Marine with a complicated relationship with his father, who is…
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Four Latina Final Girls Who Beat the Odds
…in X (where she shared the screen with Goth), the Addams Family spinoff Wednesday, and Tim Burton’s long-awaited Beetlejuice Beetlejuice. One of our favorite Latina final girls, she often uses…
"Back to Black" Doesn't Do Amy Winehouse Justice
…to have children. For a woman who wrote and sang the blues like Billie Holiday and Etta James, the suffering went much deeper than that. I didn’t hate the film…
"Beetlejuice Beetlejuice" Is Funny at Times, But Squanders Stakes
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, the long-awaited sequel of the ghost with the most, delivers comedic beats despite some tonal misfires. It’s not so much bad as it is commitment-shy, as reticent and…
Natalie Martinez Talks the Heat and Humility Baked Into “Bad Monkey”
…summer thunderstorm – came out of the blue for Martinez. After finishing a previous project, the plan was for Martinez and her hubby to vacation for a month. But in…
“Las Azules” Tells the Story of Mexico City's First Women Police Squad
Following the remarkable success of productions filmed in Mexico such as Acapulco and The Mosquito Coast, Apple TV+ brings us Las Azules aka Women in Blue, a Spanish-language crime drama…
Coupling Weddings and Death in Cinema
…ceremonies trump their friendship, learning that they had more humanity when they were “dead.” Some films weave weddings and death much more literally. In Beetlejuice, aside from a miniature model…
5 Reasons To Watch BookTok’s Current Obsession, “My Lady Jane”
…between its lead actors, and in My Lady Jane, the chemistry between Emily Bader and Edward Bluemel is electrifying. Bader and Bluemel explode on screen, bringing life and color to…
Jessica Alba’s "Trigger Warning" Pushes Harmful Rhetoric
…that our backgrounds are interchangeable and we’re only capable of being blue-collar workers. This movie dismisses our experiences, providing instead just another example of how Hollywood prefers others to step…
“Furiosa” is A Sprawling Epic of Grief and Rage
…own firey Valhallas, etc. Visually, Miller and company have done something interesting: taking the same world and imbuing it with an altogether different feeling. Furiosa’s vistas and inky blue nights…