Being in any kind of relationship can be hard work – and it’s even more difficult when your recently deceased partner returns from the dead as a reanimated corpse, completely oblivious to the fact that she had supposedly crossed into the ultimate inevitability, returning as a result of some otherworldly occurrence that begins to sweep…
Author: The Postmodern Pelican
Albert Brooks: Defending My Life (2023)
One of the great quirks of 20th century culture is that there were two public figures with the name Albert Einstein – an iconic physicist who made invaluable contributions to the world of science, and the other a comedian and actor who changed the face of comedy over the past few decades, and therefore both…
Frankenstein (1931)
When we speak about horror across both film and literature, there are two names we cannot ignore – Mary Shelley, the incredibly talented young writer who conceived of the subject of a mad scientist who decided that he would use all of his skills to bring his creation to life, and James Whale, who took…
Mrs. Winterbourne (1996)
I’d assume that we all tend to have the fantastical idea of being given the chance to start a new life, one filled with luxury and excess that our ordinary minds could never truly comprehend as being possible. In the case of Mrs. Winterbourne, Richard Benjamin’s strange but oddly compelling adaptation of the novel I…
Human Capital (2013)
It only takes a single moment or one ill-timed decision to change the course of one’s entire life, which is a concept that we should all be familiar with, either through firsthand experience or by proxy, since we all inevitably hear stories of people whose entire future was changed (whether for better or worse) in…
The Killer (2023)
While it may be an unpopular opinion, the past decade has not been the peak of David Fincher’s career in terms of his cinematic output – he successfully helmed Gillian Flynn’s Gone Girl, but couldn’t prevent it from descending into pulpy cliche on more than one occasion which has prevented it from being seen as…
Shadows in Paradise (1986)
If you were to list the directors whose work best reflects the intricacies of the human condition, you’d likely find Aki Kaurismäki appearing quite prominently. He is a director who has successfully turned his incredible empathy into a formidable career, crafting many charming, compelling films that are all distinct and cover different subjects but are…
Dicks: The Musical (2003)
If you happened to be in New York City around 2016 (or at least were aware of the shows that were being produced around the time), and had a penchant for theatre of the absurd, you likely encountered F***ing Identical Twins, a two-man show written and performed by Aaron Jackson and Josh Sharp, who put…
Quiz Lady (2023)
Nothing is simultaneously as comforting and frustrating as family, which is something that many of us should hopefully be blessed to have experienced, even if it comes from a chosen family. There is something so poignant about a story that focuses on two contrastive individuals trying to find common ground based solely on being born…
Straight Talk (1992)
Starting over is never easy, but it’s often something that needs to be done if someone wants to truly find happiness. There’s nothing quite as simultaneously exciting and terrifying as a fresh start, especially when it sees you venturing far beyond your comfort zone, willing to play yourself in a precarious position in which life…
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