Tag Archives: Jesse Buckley

The Bride! review — An ode to disobedient geometry

Written and Directed by Maggie Gyllenhaal | 126 min | ▲▲1/2  | Crave A raucous, semi-inspired reimagining of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and the way Universal turned the myth into a franchise, not to be confused with this one from the 1980s. This is a deeply feminist vision, coming from actor-turned-filmmaker Gyllenhaal, whose solid first film,… Read More

Fingernails review — It’s a vibe

Directed by Christos Nikou | Written by Nikou, Sam Steiner and Stavros Raptis | 113 min | ▲▲▲▲△ | Apple TV+ For a lot of us secular folk, love is the last vestige of spirituality in our lives — if you don't count astrology. This movie imagines an alternate but completely recognizable world where a… Read More

Academy Award Nominations #Reaction

The nominations for the '22 Academy Awards dropped on Tuesday morning, and as with every Hollywood awards season there were expectations met and expectations dashed. There's also the few naysayers who took to social media to say these awards are antiquated and irrelevant. They groused. They whined. They said, "Who cares?" That question's been asked… Read More