Stories By Julia Rhodes
Movies
Movie Review: 9
April 6, 2025The film is truly gorgeous to behold. Starz Animation has officially given Pixar a run for...
Movies
Movie Review: Taking Woodstock
April 4, 2025Though his oeuvre includes everything from melodrama to martial arts, Lee’s most endearing projects are intimate,...
Movies & TV
Movie Review: Inglourious Basterds
April 4, 2025Smart though Tarantino may be, his self-aggrandizing filmic techniques grow old. Placing arrows and title cards...
Science Fiction and Fantasy
Movie Review: District 9
April 3, 2025It is perhaps the most dystopian vision of alien contact ever filmed: the aliens are not...
Movies & TV
Mad Men Recap: “At the Codfish Ball” (Season 5, Episode 7)
January 6, 2025Sunday’s Mad Men was a bit of a doozie, and I’m late to the ball due...
Movies
Movie Review: The Avengers
January 5, 2025Not to compare actors to superheroes, but this cast could easily have exploded in our faces;...
Movies & TV
Mad Men Recap: “Lady Lazarus” (Season 5, Episode 8)
January 5, 2025Can you believe we’re already two-thirds through season five? As Pete’s high school crush said a...
Movies
Movie Review: Dark Shadows
January 3, 2025As Ichabod Crane, as Willy Wonka, Ed Wood, the Mad Hatter, or Sweeney Todd, Depp’s persona...
Movies & TV
Mad Men Recap: “Dark Shadows” (Season 5, Episode 9)
January 1, 2025This week marks the return of Betty Francis, the wounded whale. Betty, struggling to lose weight,...
Movies & TV
Mad Men Recap: “The Christmas Waltz” (Season 5, Episode 10)
December 28, 2024The Christmas episode of Mad Men always feels strange, as the show airs in spring and...