Monthly Archives — "January 2012"

Note: Contains spoilers I saw this movie a few months ago, and I’ve come to appreciate it much more in retrospect. It’s not an easy movie to watch. It’s NC-17 for a reason, and deserves that rating (there’s a lot of male, full-frontal nudity and sex scenes). It’s for adults who want to see a ...

Lana Del Rey is, famously, the self-proclaimed gangsta Nancy Sinatra. She’s also one of the best new singers to debut in 2011. “Video Games” is on a ton of top 10 lists-of-the-year, and the video has over 18 million views on YouTube, so I’m certainly not the first to say so. But her second single, ...

Note: contains spoilers Surprisingly, I did not enjoy this movie. How Lars Von Trier can go from Antichrist to this, is not necessarily beyond me; it does actually feel like a natural progression. But Melancholia is just so tedious and slow in parts. I was hoping for much better. I get it. It’s an honest ...