Charlie’s Angels doesn’t just have a feminist legacy, but a very specific type, or shall we say, brand. One that unapologetically places just as much emphasis on its female characters’ beauty and fashion choices as it does their kickass action…
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part Review: Everything is not awesome, and that’s okay
If The Lego Movie proved it was possible to see the good in an otherwise uniform society, then The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part proves it’s okay if everything isn’t always awesome. Sure, this second installment has a lot…
Movie Review: ‘Power Rangers’
About five minutes into the new live-action Power Rangers movie, there’s a joke about someone jerking off a bull. As lame and out-of-place this was in a movie about teens in jumpsuits kung-fu fighting, I couldn’t help but notice a…
Power Up With The New ‘Power Rangers’ Movie Trailer
I grew up watching Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. More than 20 years ago, it started airing a year before I even started kindergarten. (Yes, I’m that old.) In fact, you’re reading this from a guy who once dressed up as…
TV Review: The Muppets Premiere – “Pig Girls Don’t Cry”
There are very few things that had more of an impact on me as a child than The Muppets. I’m fairly certain I watched my VHS of The Muppet Movie so many times that it started to wear out and…
TV Review: Netflix’s Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp Recaptures the Spirit of Its Origin
When Wet Hot American Summer hit theaters over a decade ago, it flopped spectacularly at the box office–not a particularly surprising turn of events for a tiny indie film starring a bunch of people no one had ever heard of.…
Jon’s Movie Review: “Love & Mercy” Unveils Brian Wilson
There is an intrinsic, symbiotic relationship between an artist and his artwork. Neither can truly exist without the other. Most of the time, it is impossible to separate the two, but it is possible to hate one and like the…