Joker: Put On A Smile

Heavy is the head that wears the crown and no one shows us that like Joaquin Phoenix as the Joker. There will be spoilers here so if you have NOT seen the movie go ahead and save this read for after you have! The movie opens on Arthur Fleck, the Joker’s given name in this…

Dark Sharp Girls 1: Discreet Malice

Celebrated author, Gillian Flynn, has given me some of the greatest reads and subsequently some of the greatest watches of my life. As an avid reader, that is saying A LOT….. David Fincher said something to the effect of “she’s that 13yo girl watching a movie with a bucket of popcorn. She writes like an audience…

What’s Love Got to Do With It? Part 1

Love is the biggest reason of all. It’s also the biggest cliché of all… those three words can be the purest form of expression or the biggest excuse in the world. Love can blind us or set us free, it can shackle us to our past or push us into a new life. But in…

An Amazonian Dress Code?

Justice League was released two weeks ago. One of the first complaints I saw about it was the costumes of the Amazons. This bugged me to no end. The complaint was that they were less covered in JL vs Wonder Woman. The main difference here? a male vision vs a female vision. Now these people…

Meme Culture: easy entertainment & dangerous influence.

Memes… they have become our go to form of entertainment. They’re free, prevalent, creative, varied, and readily available on almost every social media app. With an image and a few lines of text at most an entire message is conveyed. You can see Kermit the frog in a black cloak or with a tea cup,…

Surrender To The Music

Everyone can dance. Not everyone can dance well, mind you, but everyone can dance! 😉 My earliest memory of dancing is twirling in my parent’s kitchen. Whether by myself or swept in my dad’s arms, or holding on tight to mama’s hands; I remember the joy of the dance. My big sister is a crazy…