The Gonger Reviews...Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Luke *laboured breathing*….
…I have asthma
Did the film rise like a phoenix or rise like an odious fart? Let the Gonger lay out the facts.
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Hollywood Has A Culture Problem? Of Course. We've Bought It For Years
In total, 45 actresses and counting have come forward to share their accusations of sexual harassment or assault against former producer Harvey Weinstein. But Weinstein didn't come out of nowhere. Hollywood has admitted this for decades - it's been right in front of our faces. They make us pay for it.
Read MoreThey Promised Me A Star Wars Story and All I Got Was This Crummy T-Shirt
We were told Rogue One would be a ‘standalone’ story. We were told it would be a genre film with heavy doses of a war and a heist films. Guess what? Neither really is it, hmm!
Read MoreWhen Disco In Space Does Well In Focus Groups, You Get Passengers...?
This is the kind of movie that, on paper, sounds like a million bucks to a studio. An old-fashioned romance between two box-office powerhouses shot expensively. But that can't even explain just what the hell Passengers is even about.
Read MoreThe Kids Are Alright
I have become a fan of South Park lately. The joyful upraised finger of its profane offensiveness was the soundtrack to much of my kids’ upbringing. Kenny, Kyle, Cartman et al was their bulwark against the authority figures drawing up gay / straight alliances and mediating schoolyard scraps. They loved it.
Read MoreYou Can't Kick The Knick
The Knick took a big, bloody pair of Finochietto retractors and cracked it open. It tore out the heart and didn’t even bother putting it on ice.
Read MoreRyan Adams, Taylor Swift, And Artistic Conversion
In this LP, one discovers that the yearning, clear-headed, ambitious young woman's viewpoint in Taylor's lyrics work well no matter what musical context they're put in.
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