Movie Review: ‘Poor Things’ Is Emma Stone’s Graphically Sexual Homage to ‘Frankenstein’
If Greta Gerwig’s Barbie was about an artificial woman rejecting gender roles and romantic relationships for independence, Yorgos Lanthimos’ Poor Things goes about this theme by having an artificial woman embrace sexuality. The plot is very much James Whale’s Frankenstein (1931) and Bride of Franken
Movie Review: Ridley Scott’s Sweeping ‘Napoleon’ Epic Fails by Focusing on Josephine
Film fans have long been aware auteur legend Stanley Kubrick’s dream project was a big, sweeping epic about French officer-emperor Napoleon Bonaparte. Fate would not be on the filmmaker’s side despite his many attempts, and he would eventually settle on making Barry Lyndon (1975) to a worthy recepti
San Diego Weekend Guide: Dec. 22-24 – Christmas Edition
The 2015 Christmas tree at the end of Crystal Pier in Pacific Beach. Photo by Chris StoneHome stretch, folks. Christmas is Monday. Ready? There’s still holiday gaiety to be had and some places to take your guests in town to fill the time until Santa pops in.Need to de-pressurize? How about a cocktai
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