I was fairly horrified by the film ‘A Promising Young Woman’, especially the murder at the end.
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A Promising Young Woman
Posted in Film, Pretensions toward cultural theory, violence against women with tags A Promising Young Woman, Alex Garland, Carey Mulligan, Dredd, Genre cinema, I Spit on Your Grave, Judge Dredd, Rape, Rape/Revenge, Variety on May 18, 2021 by Jarrod Boyle
Is ‘Joker’ the Best Film of 2019?
Posted in Film, Observation, Real Men with tags Anthony Lane, Arthur Fleck, Barack Obama, Batman, Breaking Bad: El Camino, Donald Trump, Gary Glitter, Gotham City, Hitler, Incel, Jesus Christ, Joachim Fest, Joker, Martin Scorsese, Robert De Niro, Rock and Roll Part 2, Sam Peckinpah, Sandy Hook School Shooting, Taxi Driver, The Art of the Deal, The King of Comedy, The New Yorker, The Wild Bunch, Thomas Wayne, Vice, Wim Wenders on December 26, 2019 by Jarrod Boyle
“Hitler, as the point of convergence for so many nostalgias, resentments and anxieties, became a historical figure.”
– Joachim Fest, Hitler
In the wake of the Sandy Hook School Shooting in 2012, President Obama gave a press conference during which he beseeched Americans to support the introduction of basic mental health screenings for gun buyers. Continue reading
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Sauvage
Posted in Film with tags cinema verite, Jean Genet, MQFF, Sauvage on March 24, 2019 by Jarrod Boyle
Lady Gaga: Magnificently Ugly
Posted in Film, Real Men with tags A Star is Born, Bradley Cooper, Lady Gaga, Naomi Wolf, The Beauty Myth, The Hangover on December 13, 2018 by Jarrod Boyle
If Hollywood filmmaking is spellcasting, A Star Is Born seduced me absolutely. Continue reading
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Why Game of Thrones Has Come to Fascinate Us
Posted in Film, Observation, Pretensions toward cultural theory, Real Men with tags CCTV, Coppola, Denis Rader, Game of Thrones, George R.R. Martin, Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson, Irreversible, Jamie Lannister, Joffrey Lannister, John Hobbes, Leviathan, Lord of the Flies, Marquis of Queensbury, Mountain, Navy SEAL, Oberyn Martell, Piggy, Polanski, Ralph, Robert Towne, Salo, Target Focus Training, Tim Larkin, Tyrion Lannister, Verys, Viper, William Golding on November 4, 2014 by Jarrod Boyle
Lord of the Flies is one of the world’s best-loved allegories of civilization and the way it has played out through violence. Continue reading
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9 Minutes of Sheer, Unadulterated Awesome
Posted in Film on July 23, 2013 by Jarrod Boyle
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/19/breaking-bad-9-minutes_n_3625106.html
Breaking Bad returns early August.
Gird thy loins.
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Drag-Racing in the Desert of the Real
Posted in Film, Observation, Pretensions toward cultural theory, Reading with tags Baudrillard, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Cambodia, concentration camp, Dawn of the Dead, Dexter, George A Romero, Germaine Greer, Irreversible, Killer Joe, Matthew McConaughey, Naomi Wolf, Raders of the Lost Ark, Salo, Sam Peckinpah, Sergei Eisenstein, Straw Dogs, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The American Nightmare, The Exorcist, The Wild Bunch, Tobe Hooper, Tom Savini, Walking Dead, Wes Craven, Wliiam Freidkin on March 17, 2013 by Jarrod Boyle
I had an argument with some friends of mine recently about Dexter. Personally, I think that is a show for which the script is a poorly-written pretext for the violence. Continue reading
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Why the Left is Being Left Behind
Posted in Film, Observation with tags A Tale of Two Cities, Argo, Ben Affleck, Canada, Charles Dickens, French Revolution, George Clooney, Good Night and Good Luck, Iran, Michael Collins, Mohammed Mossadegh, Shah Reza Pahlavi, Syriana, Trojan Horse on December 7, 2012 by Jarrod Boyle
Amazing Porn
Posted in Film, Jokes, Pornography on December 6, 2012 by Jarrod Boylehttp://video.xnxx.com/video2980836/amber_deluca
This is the most stone-cold bizarre – and remarkable – porn I have seen. I’m not sure what it is that I like best about it; perhaps it is the scenario, the performances, the amazing stunts or the soundtrack.
It has, however, alerted me to the fact that I must be a very boring, mundane person in the boudoir.
WARNING: This is pornography. Do not watch if you are under eighteen, offended by graphic representations of sex, yadda yadda.
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Magic Mike
Posted in Film on July 29, 2012 by Jarrod Boyle
This is exactly the kind of film I want to see when I go to the movies. Continue reading
Theme Park at its Darkest 