I’ve written a review of Sam Rockwell’s new movie “Moon,” and you can read it here, at pinkraygun.com.
Thank you!
An excerpt:
“The two exceptions to this mostly male cast are Tess, Sam’s wife, and Eve, Sam’s daughter, who are never seen in real time. It’s like Gladiator all over again! But seriously, I didn’t need to recognize that pattern to know that this movie was written by a guy – the focus (Oh, the FOCUS!) on female boobage is a dead giveaway. Only in a man’s (Sam’s) fantasy is a woman’s underwear the subject of fetish-like detail: here it is pure white, and trimmed with lace and a pink ribbon. On the other hand, we don’t get to see Sam’s underwear at all, so my question of boxers or briefs goes unanswered. (The union suit does not count.)”
You can read my review of the Supernatural episode “When the Levee Breaks” at pinkraygun.com. Thank you!
An excerpt:
“And oh, what a torment. The scene is beautifully filmed in the throbbing light as it passes through the fan, with touches of red lantern and glowy sun, smudged with shadows that lay inky and dark in the rounded corners of the panic room. The jewel here is Sam himself, all sweaty and miserable, alternately calling for Dean and talking to ghosts of Winchester past, figments of his fevered imagination. And all the while, he’s dressed in a provocative snap-button shirt, with his Samhair lank and messy along his neck, his eyes artfully marked by the dark circles beneath them. True suffering could not be any more beautiful than it is here.”
Oh, my WORD this was a good movie! So good that I went to see it multiple times during opening weekend. I also wrote a review for Pink Raygun, which you can read here.
Here are some additional pics that didn’t make it into the review….
You can read my review of the Supernatural episode “The Rapture” at pinkraygun.com. Thank you!
An excerpt:
“To me this was a Sam episode. Not a Samhair episode, though there was lots of that to sigh over, but a Sam episode. Yes, I do realize there were other characters abounding, most notably Sam’s older brother. But for me, this ep was about Sam. The younger son. The baby of the family. The guy with the birthday in May. Astrology sign of Taurus. Tall. Handsome. Fabulous hair. Green eyes. Sweet smile and gorgeous dimples. Manly shoulders and a voice that could sing Grendel to sleep. Remember Sam? The guy who’s story we’ve been given such a paucity of so as to render him almost invisible? Yes. Him. Sadly, Show mucked about for most of the ep wasting time telling someone else’s story, namely that of the Soap Angel.”
You can read my review of the Supernatural episode “The Monster at the End of the Book” at pinkraygun.com. Thank you!
An excerpt:
“First up: Interior motel room, day. Dean is spread out artfully on the bed reading the books while Sam does research on his laptop. It’s a pretty basic scene, nothing we’ve not seen before, except Dean is complaining about being naked and having sex all the time in the books, and has anyone bothered to tell him how provocative it is when he poses like that? Then Sam shows Dean the fansite about the books, which, when Dean looks at, he remarks that fans sure do complain a lot. Hey! I resemble that remark and I’d like to lodge a complaint! Of course we complain, we wouldn’t complain if we didn’t care, you know? I also wanted to jump up and defend my status as a Samgirl, too, which is just silly, because why on earth would I need to defend my choices to a fictional character? Such is the power of an ep like this that comes very close to breaking through the fourth wall, and manages to make a running commentary about both itself and its devoted audience.”
You can read my review of the Supernatural episode “It’s a Terrible Life” at pinkraygun.com. Thank you!
An excerpt:
“One of my favorite conversations involve Sam suggesting to Dean that they give everything up and travel the country together doing good works, and it’s not just because of the First Aid. (Really!). Dean objects, bringing up his portfolio, and asking how they would live. “What are we supposed to do,” he asks, “apply for fake credit cards, eat bad diner food, and share crap motels?” I know the answer to that, even as Sam admits that it’s all a little shaky. But it’s interesting to see Dean objecting to a lifestyle that he previously embraced to his manly bosom with everything he had. And then Sam adorably follows up with the fact that in his dreams, he and Dean were friends, and more than that, they were like brothers. Which is, of course, what the whole show is about, and I love the fact that Show acknowledges this out loud.”
You can read my review of the Supernatural episode “On the Head of a Pin” at pinkraygun.com Thank you!
An excerpt:
“There is a saving grace to this ep and its name is Dean Winchester. Not that I’m not a Samgirl forever and for always, but I’m a little fickle in that if the one boy isn’t on the screen, then there’s the other boy who is, and just as easy on the eyes. Though, this time around, not so easy on the psyche, my psyche, which got all jumped up and anxious and worried about Dean from the moment the first reel starts to run to the closing credits. Though I dare you to try juxtaposing that sort of fannish love with the equally fannish desire to see him get the crap beat out of him, just try. You’ll come away as I did, needing more wine.”
You can read my review of the Supernatural episode “Death Takes a Holiday,” which is now up at pinkraygun.com. Thank you!
An excerpt:
“Favorite scene, hands down, was the opening scene. Dean and Sam are in a diner. It could be any diner anywhere in the country, but it is, in essence, their diner, for it is the same diner they always go to: a slightly worn, of questionable health code, non-chain diner. The kind of real place you hope to find on your travels along the blue lines, an out-of-the-way discovery that will have the best biscuits and gravy your mouth has ever had the pleasure to experience, the fluffiest flapjacks with plenty of butter and fake maple syrup (or Kayro, if you prefer), and coffee perky enough to rattle the bones in your toes and keep you flying down the highway for miles and miles. (I love diners and eating breakfast at them, can you tell?)”
BenBella Press asked me to review their latest pop culture book, this one entitled “In the Hunt: Unauthorized Essays on Supernatural.” Which I did and which you can read at pinkraygun.com.
