A sequel to the 1992 film, it continues the story of baby Anthony as a grown man (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II), now a painter living with his girlfriend Brianna (Teyonah Parris). He’s drawn to create an art installation about Candyman, complete with a piece that invites museum-goers to call him themselves. Candyman’s turf Cabrini-Green has beenContinue reading “Nia DaCosta’s ‘Candyman’: Not for Everyone, but Beauty is in the Eye of the Bee-holder”
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Lucky McKee’s ‘May’: A Savage Look at Unrealistic Beauty Standards
May (Angela Bettis) is an extremely lonely young woman looking for that perfect somebody. She mourns the fact that people have “pretty parts, but no pretty wholes.” She meets Adam (Jeremy Sisto), who is initially interested, but soon creeped out by her, particularly when she bites him. She then tries to make a relationship withContinue reading “Lucky McKee’s ‘May’: A Savage Look at Unrealistic Beauty Standards”
Top Ten Performances by Actors in Drag
It’s been a long road for depictions of LGBTQ people in the movies. From the beginning of film history, men who dressed as women were depicted as a joke. As Quentin Crisp said, “There’s no sin like being a woman.” There is still a lot of room for improvement, especially in the department of genuineContinue reading “Top Ten Performances by Actors in Drag”
Whispering Corridors: Memento Mori is Heartfelt, Pensive, and Lovely
Korean movie, the second in the Whispering Corridors series. Min-ah (Gyu-ri Kim) is a teenager at a girls’ school who finds a journal written by her classmates, couple Shi-eun (Yeong-jin Lee) and Hyo-shin (Park Yejin). They love each other, but the pressure surrounding them doesn’t make anything easy. When their relationship ends in tragedy, noContinue reading “Whispering Corridors: Memento Mori is Heartfelt, Pensive, and Lovely”
‘The Vampire Lovers’: Homophobic, but Undeniably Hot
Hammer/American International film. Marcilla (Ingrid Pitt) is a deadly vampire intent on wooing and feasting on virgin daughters, namely Laura (Pippa Steel) and Emma (Madeline Smith). She has a bit too much to eat and her victims’ daddies General von Spielsdorf (Peter Cushing) and Morton (George Cole), along with vampire hunter Baron Hartog (Douglas Wilmer),Continue reading “‘The Vampire Lovers’: Homophobic, but Undeniably Hot”
‘Theater of Blood’: Vincent Price, the One and Only (Plus Some Other People, I Guess)
Edward Lionheart (Vincent Price) is a mediocre stage actor who, upon being denied the Critics Circle Award, attempts suicide, is rescued by a bevy of homeless men, and plots an elaborate revenge on the nine critics who panned his performances. Since he refused to do anything but Shakespeare, the killings are copied from the Bard’sContinue reading “‘Theater of Blood’: Vincent Price, the One and Only (Plus Some Other People, I Guess)”
2004’s The Stepford Wives: Riddled with Plot Holes, but Still Pretty Socially Relevant
Harried television executive Joanna (Nicole Kidman) moves to a Connecticut suburb with her husband Walter (Matthew Broderick) and their two children. Once there, she finds the women a little…strange. They’re happy, they love to cook and clean, and they’re just a little personality-deficient. When her new friends Roger (Roger Bart) and Bobbie (Bette Midler) surrenderContinue reading “2004’s The Stepford Wives: Riddled with Plot Holes, but Still Pretty Socially Relevant”
‘Soul Survivors’: Creepy, but Not in a Good Way
Cassie (Melissa Sagemiller) is a college student plagued by the ghost of her dead boyfriend Sean (Casey Affleck), whom she accidentally killed in a car accident. She also continuously hallucinates two guys in masks who keep trying to kill her—and occasionally succeed. Her friends Matt (Wes Bentley) and Annie (Eliza Dushku) don’t believe her, butContinue reading “‘Soul Survivors’: Creepy, but Not in a Good Way”
Alfred Hitchcock’s ‘Rope’: Murder! Wit! More Gay Coloring Than You Can Shake a Stick at!
Brandon (John Dall) and Phillip (Farley Granger) kill their acquaintance David (Dick Hogan) because they want to test their theory that “Moral concepts of right and wrong don’t hold for the intellectually superior.” Phillip immediately regrets it, while Brandon is “tremendously exhilarated” (that’s ‘40s talk for orgasmic). They then proceed to throw the body inContinue reading “Alfred Hitchcock’s ‘Rope’: Murder! Wit! More Gay Coloring Than You Can Shake a Stick at!”
‘Psycho Beach Party’ is a Wacky Comedic Romp
Florence (Lauren Ambrose) is a teenage girl who wants to be a surfer. Despite protests from the all-male surfers, big kahuna the Great Kanaka (Thomas Gibson) teaches her. Things become complicated when Florence discovers she has two split personalities; soon her friends and acquaintances start dying off. Is it Florence’s sinister side? Her suspicious motherContinue reading “‘Psycho Beach Party’ is a Wacky Comedic Romp”
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