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This column is a reprint from Unwinnable Monthly #102. If you like what you see, grab the magazine for less than ten dollars, or subscribe and get all future magazines for half price. ——— Three fingers of analysis when just two will do. ——— I recently wrote my boss a jokey email wherein I couched a legitimate but…
close story-meta Photo In the new film “I Feel Pretty,” Amy Schumer plays a cosmetics company peon who conks her head in a SoulCycle accident and awakens believing that she has miraculously become supermodel-hot. Credit STXfilms “I Feel Pretty” is based on a pretty little lie: Looks don’t matter. It’s what’s on the inside that…
A pair of women ride a LimeBike scooter. Photo by the author The Bay Area serves as America’s sandbox. The tech world’s most far-fetched ideas are often sketched and tested here, and if they’re successful, they’ll spread throughout the country. The latest trend to materialize here is motorized scooters you can rent through an app….
Illustration: Angelica Alzona (GMG) I, Tonya, director Craig Gillespie’s biographical film about figure skating legend Tonya Harding, contained multiple scenes of domestic violence, played up for humor. Though based on Harding’s real experience, and thus worthy of exploration, the film’s comical treatment of violence read to many as grossly sensational. In an interview in January,…
I sometimes feel like I’m the only feminist nerd who didn’t absolutely hate Ready Player One, and I think a large part of that has to do with how I was introduced to it. I didn’t read it when it first came out, and no one told me it was amazing, or that I would…
With Avengers: Infinity War quickly approaching, and the Marvel Cinematic Universe Phase 3 end game becoming clearer and clearer, set photos, interviews, and promotional material provide a steady stream of tidbits of information regarding the plot of the third Avengers movie. The latest trailer, seen below, gave us our clearest picture yet… while raising even…
Oh hai, Batman. Last month, Variety reported that Hangover director Todd Phillips was in talks with Joaquin Phoenix to star in the stand-alone Joker origin film—a compelling choice to play the Batman villain who could probably give the character a depth we haven’t seen since Heath Ledger. But following Variety‘s announcement, another actor unexpectedly threw…
One officer involved in the city’s massive corruption scandal said officers kept the replicas “in case we accidentally hit somebody or got into a shootout, so we could plant them.” Last week, the beginning of an explosive corruption trial involving eight members of Baltimore’s elite Gun Trace Task Force revealed that a handful of Baltimore…
Sunday AM: Disney dominated this weekend’s box office, commanding the top two spots with Marvel’s mighty Black Panther and Ava Duvernay’s’ A Wrinkle in Time. With an 84% from Friday to Saturday, Black Panther will gross $41.1M for the weekend as it pushes to almost $562M. A Wrinkle In Time will end its debut weekend with $33.3M….
Brendan Fraser wants me to meet his horse. “I got this horse because it’s a big horse,” he says, standing in a barn in Bedford, New York. He removes a green bandanna from his pocket and gently wipes the animal’s eyes. The horse’s name is Pecas—the Spanish word for freckles. Fraser met him on…