Defiant Success
Movies, books, and God knows what else.
Wednesday, June 26, 2019
Late Night
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There's no denying that life isn't easy for women in the workplace. Sexism, bias, harassment, fewer benefits...just the tip of the...
The Old Dark House
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How does someone like James Whale follow up a success like Frankenstein ? Simple: do something within the same genre. A year after making ...
The Hours and Times
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In April 1963, John Lennon and his manager Brian Epstein embarked on a four-day holiday in Barcelona. Naturally, the rumor mill started sp...
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Monday, June 3, 2019
Goodbye Charlie
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Bloodshed, gender-bending, Tony Curtis as the male lead, a curvy blonde as the female lead...no, this isn't a description of Some Like...
Saturday, January 26, 2019
Mandy
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Panos Cosmatos' Mandy starts off rather innocuous. Red Miller (Nicolas Cage) and his girlfriend Mandy Bloom (Andrea Riseborough) live...
Friday, January 25, 2019
Unsane
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The opening moments of Steven Soderbergh's Unsane provides an unsettling narration, one that waxes poetic over how the narrator adore...
Monday, December 31, 2018
Film and Book Tally 2018
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Man, this year has been sporadic. I didn't watch or read much (in comparison to the past few years), was a contributor for Talk Film Soc...
Friday, December 28, 2018
Can You Ever Forgive Me?
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The opening moments of Marielle Heller's Can You Ever Forgive Me? establishes the coarse nature of Lee Israel (Melissa McCarthy), how...
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Friday, December 7, 2018
The Doorway to Hell
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Louie Ricarno (Lew Ayres) has it made early on in Archie Mayo's The Doorway to Hell . Running a thriving bootlegging business, he also...
Monday, November 19, 2018
BOOK VS MOVIE: Wildlife
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What causes some people to behave in certain situations? Is it the result of bottled up emotions? Or is it from combined stressors happening...
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