The Power of the Dog isn’t bad because it has homoerotic content or because a woman directed it. It’s bad because it is listless, uninspired, and overwrought, and doesn’t have anything interesting to comment on regarding the topics it purports to examine. Cumberbatch’s central performance is just there, giving his…

Aside from a few instances of inelegant exposition, I thought it was a great movie. I’d say I enjoyed it more than Black Widow (a movie I quite liked), particularly the cinematography, pensive tone, and the fairly dramatic action scenes. I enjoyed the family dynamics and the way the characters were able to embody both …

I think you’re right that Luca’s “smallness” is its strength and that its relatively modest ambitions made it much more effective than recent Pixar films like Onward and Soul. Perhaps that’s also why it also rang true to me as an unmistakably queer narrative. Sure, the metaphor of queerness-to-sea monster is imperfect…

I’m finally getting around to finishing Dishonored 2 before Horizon: Zero Dawn comes in the mail on Tuesday. I actually didn’t really play the first one and don’t normally enjoy first person stealth games, but the grimy Victorian aesthetic of the game is pretty compelling for me. I should probably check off the Fallout…