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Movie Curiosities: MaXXXine
July 8, 2024 in Blogs, Curiosity Inc.
“Marge, I’m confused. Is this a happy ending or a sad ending?”
“It’s an ending, that’s enough!”The Simpsons (1989) – S05E04
Movie Curiosities: Kinds of Kindness
July 7, 2024 in Blogs, Curiosity Inc.
Hello, Yorgos. Again. Read the rest of this entry →
Movie Curiosities: Thelma
July 4, 2024 in Blogs, Curiosity Inc.
With the tragic losses of Bea Arthur and Bettie White, it seems that June Squibb is quietly poised to take their place as our sweet little old cultural grandma. As such, I was perplexed and disappointed to hear that June Squibb’s appearance in Inside Out 2 wasn’t more heavily promoted. And I was confused as hell to see that she only got four lines in the whole freaking movie. Read the rest of this entry →
Movie Curiosities — A Quiet Place: Day One
July 3, 2024 in Blogs, Curiosity Inc.
As I was saying a month ago, nobody gives a shit about the aliens in A Quiet Place. They are only important as a plot device to serve the basic premise, and a means of exploring the franchise themes. Nobody wants to know what they are or where they came from or why they’re here. It would only be a distraction from what really matters. Nobody fucking cares. Read the rest of this entry →
Movie Curiosities: The Exorcism
July 2, 2024 in Blogs, Curiosity Inc.
When I’m this far behind on my backlog, I like to make a game of simply showing up to my local multiplex and going to see whatever’s on my watchlist that happens to be playing next. And my luck of the draw could charitably be described as “uneven” on the whole. Read the rest of this entry →
Movie Curiosities: Inside Out 2
July 1, 2024 in Blogs, Curiosity Inc.
Yes, I know I’m late to this one. I was out of town for a while. And a lot happened while I was away. Read the rest of this entry →
Movie Curiosities: Whiskey Dixie & The Big Wet Country
June 15, 2024 in Blogs, Curiosity Inc.
Time for another dive into the world of Portland indie cinema. Read the rest of this entry →
Movie Curiosities: Ezra
June 12, 2024 in Blogs, Curiosity Inc.
In the past, I’ve been open (often to the point of embarrassment) about my life history on the autism spectrum. Most especially with regards to autism’s portrayal in movies, how it can go horribly wrong, and how it can go brilliantly right. But looking it back and thinking it through, I’m honestly not as interested in the authenticity of the portrayal itself. After all, autism is a spectrum, and a great many on the spectrum are misdiagnosed or undiagnosed. No two experiences will be the same. Read the rest of this entry →
Movie Curiosities: The Watchers
June 9, 2024 in Blogs, Curiosity Inc.
“This is getting out of hand — now there are TWO of them!”
Superhero fatigue is clickbait bullshit and the MCU did not kill cinema. This has been thoroughly proven by now, in a year with historic box office lows and only one superhero movie to date. And that one superhero movie was Madame Web, a dreadful mistake separate from the MCU and pre-emptively disowned by pretty much everyone associated with it. Read the rest of this entry →
Movie Curiosities: In a Violent Nature
June 3, 2024 in Blogs, Curiosity Inc.
In a Violent Nature comes to us from writer/director Chris Nash, who made a respectable name for himself as a special effects artist before making a few short horror films. Nash here presents his feature debut, made and marketed as a “prestige horror” deconstruction of the slasher horror genre. Sounds interesting. What have we got? Read the rest of this entry →
Movie Curiosities: The Young Woman and the Sea
June 2, 2024 in Blogs, Curiosity Inc.
No two ways about it, folks, this summer movie season is off to a BAAAD start. Read the rest of this entry →
Movie Curiosities: Babes
May 29, 2024 in Blogs, Curiosity Inc.
Babes comes to us from the writing/producing team of Ilana Glazer and Josh Rabinowitz, both of whom worked extensively on “Broad City”. Director Pamela Adler also comes from a television background, here making her feature directing debut after thirty years in too many TV and voice-over roles to list here. This one was a bold choice for a first-time director, and I don’t think it was the right one. Read the rest of this entry →
