Quite the Summer Approaches: Superheroes, Steroids and Asterisks!
While this spring is riddled with the resonance of winter, summer can always be looked forward to, where eventually the threats of storm warnings and…
Hard Candy – Coffee, Croissant and Castration: Quite the Monday Morning
Over the weekend, Hard Candy was cast into the “Not bad, but probably not going to watch this film again” pile, not so much because…
Taxi Driver – Beautifully Disjointed and Chaotic
Admittedly, there’s little to be said about Taxi Driver that hasn’t been noted already. Scorsese’s 1976 look at slightly off-kilter cabbie Travis Bickle (Robert De…
Confession of a Superhero – I’d Be Green Lantern to Make My Love of Rings More Socially Acceptable
Working for many years as a waiter and bartend in high-end Manhattan restaurants, I found myself wearing standard-issue ties by designers who turned on customers…
12 Angry Men – Timelessness … Not Always a Positive
A few years ago, I sat on a jury that was charged with deciding the innocence or guilt of an eighteen-year-old Dominican male who had…
Catfish – Where Can I Find a Second Chance App on Facebook?
The main quandary surrounding the 2010 documentary Catfish is whether it is real or staged, but this is one of those documentaries for which the…
Date Night – Blue Valentine*
The Liberian Girl and I were running 20 minutes late for a late Sunday Brunch on U Street with our favorite lesbians. After the light…
Buried — There’s Enough Filler Here to Suffocate Anyone
Of all the ways to seek revenge, immurement’s a good way to go, and this notion isn’t a new one. In Ancient Rome, a vestal…
Younger! Hipper! More Indifferent!
I heard there was an Oscar broadcast last night, but when looking back on the evening, it seemed that there was less of an awards…
Unforgiven – A Western’s Take on Identity and Value
What’s ostensibly a Western driven by the remedying of an injustice, Unforgiven is really an exploration into how perceived identity defines value, whether it centers…