The Gonger Reviews...Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Did the film rise like a phoenix or rise like an odious fart? Let the Gonger lay out the facts.
Read MoreDid the film rise like a phoenix or rise like an odious fart? Let the Gonger lay out the facts.
Read MoreIn total, 45 actresses and counting have come forward to share their accusations of sexual harassment or assault against former producer Harvey Weinstein. But Weinstein didn't come out of nowhere. Hollywood has admitted this for decades - it's been right in front of our faces. They make us pay for it.
Read MoreIn 2016, Rhys watched 227 movies. That’s a movie every one-and-a-half days. How can he remedy a habit that takes up 227 moments, 27,240 minutes, and 19 full days of his life? Quit Netlfix.
Read MoreThere’s a dumb saying, ‘You don’t know what you’ve got til it’s gone.” That’s stupid. Sometimes you know exactly what you’ve got, which is why you get super-duper pissed when it’s taken away. I feel that way about The Knick.
Read MoreWe were told Rogue One would be a ‘standalone’ story. We were told it would be a genre film with heavy doses of a war and a heist films. Guess what? Neither really is it, hmm!
Read MoreConor McGregor has been cast for a role on Game of Thrones. We imagine just how that conversation went.
Read MoreThis is the kind of movie that, on paper, sounds like a million bucks to a studio. An old-fashioned romance between two box-office powerhouses shot expensively. But that can't even explain just what the hell Passengers is even about.
Read MoreAs the winter faded, there was a decided appetite for a new true-crime/injustice tale to remind audience that we hate the world. Because make no mistake: that is a major appeal of Making A Murderer.
Read MoreWe fans aren't great at putting on blinders. If we could, all of this fervor would matter. But our appetite for answers has turned bitterly on those that delight in our not knowing. When Kit Harrington insists he’s not coming back, he has a vested interest in our thinking him gone.
Read MoreI have become a fan of South Park lately. The joyful upraised finger of its profane offensiveness was the soundtrack to much of my kids’ upbringing. Kenny, Kyle, Cartman et al was their bulwark against the authority figures drawing up gay / straight alliances and mediating schoolyard scraps. They loved it.
Read MoreThe Coen Brothers make their long-anticipated return to their comedy roots, HBO is set to release another exciting series, the Point Break remake gets wild, and Spike Lee returns.
Read MoreThe Knick took a big, bloody pair of Finochietto retractors and cracked it open. It tore out the heart and didn’t even bother putting it on ice.
Read MoreIn this LP, one discovers that the yearning, clear-headed, ambitious young woman's viewpoint in Taylor's lyrics work well no matter what musical context they're put in.
Read More‘It’s showtime.’
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