‘My Wicked So-Called Life’: Celebrating the Angst of Elphaba and Angela Chase

There are tons of easter eggs in Jon M. Chu's first installment of the two-part movie musical movie juggernaut Wicked -- specifically in the "One Short Day" moment, one of many expansive musical sequences that dance across the screen with enthusiastic electricity as...

How Jon M. Chu’s ‘Viewfinder’ Interrogated AAPI Identity Politics and Spoke to my Mid-Life Crisis

During a Zoom hang with two friends in different time zones we shared life updates and talked shit about people whilst eating forkfuls of our respected Pepperidge Farm cakes (yes, we planned it). As we chuckled and reminisced, then we started to talk about our age....

‘Trap’: The Shyamalan Effect, Resurgence of Josh Hartnett, Legend Hayley Mills, and Kid Cudi’s Lacefront

When I Googled "The Shyamalan Effect" I expected to find a New Yorker article diving deep into the cinematic and cultural impact of M. Night Shyamalan and his movies. Instead, I found a definition in Urban Dictionary that defined "The Shyamalan Effect" as "the feeling...
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Film Independent Spirit Awards 2022 Nominees: ‘Zola’, ‘The Novice’, ‘Reservation Dogs’, ‘Rutherford Falls’, ‘Blindspotting’ Get Some Well-Deserved Shine

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Here’s the tea: the Film Independent Spirit Awards are the Hollywood I want and that we all should strive for. It’s hella inclusive, gives underdog projects a moment to shine and recognizes that these storytellers are the future of the industry so we...

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