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First and foremost, and since you asked: Yes! The title of this post is a reference to the amazing movie by Boots Riley that was out last year! Go watch it! Already! Please!
First and foremost, and since you asked: Yes! The title of this post is a reference to the amazing movie by Boots Riley that was out last year! Go watch it! Already! Please!
Just an article I love.
Can we take a minute right here up top to appreciate Tim Blake Nelson?
Let’s get in on that true crime boom.
Firstly and most foremostly: my debut novel, Rape Jokes, got an ebook release on earlier this week! If you enjoy my recaps and would like to support my blog, please consider grabbing yourself a copy right here.
In which I call Luke a twink.
Happy Tuesday, one and all! I’m here to (hopefully) brighten your day with some delightfully exciting news, so let’s waste no time in getting to it, shall we?
Hong Chau, and her delightfully unsettling trillionaire Lady Trieu, is at the centre of this episode of Watchmen. And, for an episode titled If You Don’t Like My Story, Write Your Own, what a gift her introduction has been.
In the wake of IT Chapter Two, amongst the maelstrom of Reddie fanfiction that I was certainly not churning out at the rate of six per hour and Bill Hader actually becoming a sex symbol, Out.com released an article that swiftly shot to the top of the Discourse surrounding the movie: Pennywise is Surprisingly Anti-Queer in IT Chapter 2.
I want to make it very clear, right at the top of this review, that I am not the kind of person who believes that subtlety is necessary for good storytelling. My favourite genre of anything is the musical, a world often delightfully devoid of nuance; one of my favourite movies is Streets of Fire, a film which can’t even spell subtlety. I reviewed Riverdale for two entire seasons, not entirely unfavourably. I’m not asking for Barry Jenkins-levels of deep emotional wit here, is what I’m saying.