‘Michael’: The Glossy Michael Jackson Biopic Wades in Shallow Sterility

SPOILER ALERT: This article contains details about Michael. Michael plays out as if it were a film adaptation of Michael Jackson’s Wikipedia page. Although the film has good intentions (or does it?), the execution falls obnoxiously short, making the entire film feel...

‘Half Man’: A Tale About Insecure Lonely Boys and Masculine Self-Righteousness

SPOILER ALERT: This article contains details about Half Man. Richard Gadd went from an unhinged stalker and the effects of sexual abuse trauma in Baby Reindeer to examining the intersection of toxic masculinity and male loneliness in his latest venture: Half Man. Gadd...

A Refreshing, Highly Melanated ‘Hamlet’ With a Reasonable Run Time

The first Hamlet movie that comes to mind has always been Kenneth Branagh’s full-text adaptation. I only remember it because I watched his word-for-word version of the William Shakespeare tragedy in high school English. It was four hours. It took us four days to get...

Thoughts on ‘Marty Supreme’, ‘Rental Family’, ‘Kokuho’, ‘Happy Birthday’, ‘Cover-Up’, ‘Sentimental Value’, and More

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