In 1972 John Berger, an English art critic, used the concept ofthe gazeas the representation of women ‘as passive objects to be seen’ in the broader art world.Laura Mulvey, a British film theorist and filmmaker introduced the concept ofThe Male Gazewhich in media studies and film theory,...
The CGI was not the greatest. You Raise Me Up: I enjoyed all of the imagery – poor deflated wind man - and felt for the male lead. I can’t relate to erectile dysfunction, but I can relate to having low self-esteem and feeling like you are falling behind. I just wanted to give...
Night & Day is an anthology of fiction. Well, half of it is. In the first half of the book, there are the expected short stories, and they’re just as good as you think they are. If you haven’t read the first two anthologies, Nocturnes and Night Music, you should. And when you...
But with that comes the pain and grief that has been a part of Spider-Man's story in just about every incarnation — which the second act makes very clear! Like the live-action Spider-Man No Way Home, Miles and his Spidey fam touch on these tropes of their similar origin stories. ...
These sketches often utilize the stylistictropesof a movie or TVgenre(Film Noir, Action,Horror, etc). And they either apply it to mundane situations or heighten the genre tropes until they create a “sketch world” completely detached from reality. ...
The season of woolen garments, fun-sized candy, and scary movies. But this is a crime website, so rather than tell you about a bunch of straight-up scary movies to stream this month, I’m going to suggest a bunch of scary movies that are NOT horro...
There are so many things we got to do in this final episode, but also so many things we didn’t get to do—there are a lot of thank yous owed to peeps like web sherpa Adam Knave, the fine folks at American 9th Art Studios, Dominic L. Franco, and of course Empress Audrey. Really...
When Rosario’s uncle, a heart surgeon, operates on Juan, he discovers that the boy is able to embody The Darkness, the powerful demonic force that the cult believes can ultimately offer a form of immortality to those who are devoted to its secrets. Those who can manifest The Darkness are...
The Age of Adaline New to streaming:Blake Lively stars as Adaline, a woman who stops aging after an accident at age 29. Trying to avoid being studied by scientists, Adaline commits to spending her life on the run. But when she falls in love, her rules are tested. Arrives on streamingAu...
Popular literary techniques can become so widely known that most audiences will recognize them instantly; these are called tropes. Properly used, these can generate a sense of familiarity with the story and characters and reduce the amount of time normally spent on exposition. When the literary tec...