cultural criticism
Why Stephenie Meyer’s Regret About Edward Changes Everything You Thought You Knew
The moment Stephenie Meyer admitted she wouldn’t pick Edward Cullen today, a collective shiver passed through the Twilight universe. It was never just...
Chris Marks2 Mins read
Aziz Ansari’s Apology: The Uncomfortable Mirror of #MeToo
The silence after the storm is often the loudest part. When Aziz Ansari finally spoke—a personal apology wrapped in the complexity of his...
Chris Marks1 Mins read
“When Aliens Show Us Our Own Monsters”
I felt something watching the screen breathe—an alien not so distant: it was the whisper of our own reflection, the thing we pretended...
Chris Marks1 Mins read
Martin Scorsese’s Last Stand: Can a Gun Save “Taxi Driver”?
There is a fracture in the polished surface of cinema history. Martin Scorsese, who shaped modern film with Taxi Driver, now flirts with...
Joseph Bennett2 Mins read
When Eddie Murphy Spilled Beyoncé’s Dreamgirls Secret: What We’re Really Missing
The bright lights of Dreamgirls were never just about the music or the film. They shimmered with the unseen—whispers backstage, half-told stories, the...
Kirsten Collins2 Mins read
Still in His Socks: The Scene That Made—and Haunts—Tom Cruise
It wasn’t a dance. It was a declaration. When Tom Cruise, barely 21, slid into the frame in Risky Business, socked feet gliding...
Chris Marks2 Mins read
Jennifer Lopez’s Marriage Farewell: End of an Era or New Beginning?
The phrase “I’m done with marriage” has never sounded quite so electrifying—or so quietly defiant. Jennifer Lopez, a woman whose life has long...
Joseph Bennett2 Mins read
When Stitch Stitched the Planet: Disney’s Billion-Dollar Riddle
Stitch grins on the screen—and suddenly the world is buying it, literally. Over thirty years after the first ti-lele (that’s Hawaiian for ‘television...
Chris Marks2 Mins read
Finding Solace: The Enigma Behind “This Was His Happy Place”
He stands before the empty swing set, his smile brittle as early autumn light. The headline “This Was His Happy Place” flutters like...
Kirsten Collins1 Mins read
