Stories By Julia Rhodes
Movies
Heat Wave: Movies that make us feel
February 13, 2024Dreamy, steamy summertime: Kirsten Dunst in The Virgin Suicides. I’ve no idea how the rest of...
Movies
The Weekly Listicle: Remakes We Love
February 12, 2024Jaden Smith and Jackie Chan in June 11’s remake of The Karate Kid. This week’s release...
Movies
QUIT IT! (A Moviegoer’s Pet Peeves)
February 9, 2024In the last year or so I’ve become almost as comfortable in the local theater as...
Movies
Movie Review: Sex and the City 2
February 9, 2024Abu Dhabi, in case you were unaware, is the “new Middle East” and Dubai is “over.”...
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The Weekly Listicle: Epic Movies of Epic Epicness
February 8, 2024Aside from questionable casting and probable cheesiness, this week’s Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time...
Movies
Bret Easton Ellis: Film requires the male gaze, female directors need not apply
February 7, 2024Movieline printed an interview with author Bret Easton Ellis, whose most famous work is probably American...
Television
What summer should have been: Camp in Movies and TV
February 6, 2024It’s already mid-May, guys. Summer’s nearly upon us. “Summer” means something different to everyone, but universally...
Movies
The Weekly Listicle: Action Heroines!
February 5, 2024For some reason Ridley Scott decided another retelling of Robin Hood was a good idea, and...
Movies
The Final Word: Is horror better left off-screen?
February 4, 2024Welcome back to The Final Word, a running feature from me (Julia Rhodes) and William Bibbiani,...
Television
Discussion: The Best TV of the Last Fifteen Years
February 4, 2024TV: Is it making us dumber, and how is it changing? (Aside from the fact that...