Movie
Pretty Woman
Edward Lewis, a powerful corporate raider hailing from New York, acquires and dismantles struggling companies, selling their assets for profit. He invites his girlfriend, Jessica, to join him on a business trip, but she grows weary of being at his constant beck and call and decides to end their relationship. One night, while leaving a business party in the Hollywood Hills, Edward takes his lawyer's Lotus Esprit sports car and unintentionally finds himself in the city's red-light district on Hollywood Boulevard. It is here where he meets Vivian Ward, a prostitute. Struggling to operate the manual transmission car, Edward pays Vivian to drive him to the Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel. Impulsively, Edward hires Vivian for the night and, despite initial awkwardness, finds her charming and ultimately has sex with her.
By Judith Akabs3 years ago in Critique
The Shape Of Water
Elisa Esposito, who was found abandoned by the side of a river as an infant with scars on her neck, is mute and communicates through sign language. In 1962, during the Cold War, Elisa works as a custodian at a secret government laboratory in Baltimore, Maryland, and lives a very routine life in an apartment above a movie theater. Her only friends are her closeted gay next-door neighbor Giles, a struggling middle-aged advertising illustrator, and her co-worker Zelda Fuller.
By Judith Akabs3 years ago in Critique
Disney-?
Since Disney+’s launch and the capitalistic acquisition of media outlets, Disney has sacrificed quality for quantity. Sure, Disney had past sloppy VHS/DVD-only releases, but their theatrical productions were still enjoyable. The most grievous examples are the Star Wars franchise (vii-ix trilogy with its director debacle) and the chaotic MCU Phase-5.
By Christopher Michael3 years ago in Critique
Critique - Oppenheimer. Top Story - August 2023.
Roughly 50% of the frames were close-ups of Cillian Murphy's face either thinking hard about quantum, noticeably aging or rocking an amazing hat. Watch Barbie instead - it's an extravaganza of pink vomit with its own problems, but at least your bladder won't burst two-thirds of the way through it.
By L.C. Schäfer3 years ago in Critique
Repo! The Genetic Opera - Reminding Us All What Distopian Hell Our Future Could Turn Into
A dark and twisted future; vanity leads to debt-ridden body modifications. A morbid substance is illegally drawn from the corpses in the graveyards. The Repo Man forcibly removes organs owed...
By Megan Baker (Left Vocal in 2023)3 years ago in Critique
Jurassic Park - Does the First Film Hold Up 30 Years Later?
It started on Isla Nublar in 1993! Ranger Baker, at the ready! I had the good fortune to work Jurassic World: the Exhibition (Denver, CO. in 2022). This was me in the Indominus Rex paddock! Oh, I miss that job... I never thought I'd work something remotely related to Jurassic Park! Read more about my experience working there here!
By Megan Baker (Left Vocal in 2023)3 years ago in Critique
2001 Space Odyssey
An epic cinematic masterpiece that addresses the age-old questions of who are we, where did we come from and where are we going. The journey explores our past, present, and future and takes us to our ultimate destination in some far-flung Utopia, deep in outer space. To infinity and beyond.
By Liam Ireland3 years ago in Critique
