Author: kaitlinduffy

HBO’s ‘The Penguin’ has me fully invested in the war for Gotham City’s underworld

HBO’s ‘The Penguin’ has me fully invested in the war for Gotham City’s underworld

I do not remember the first time I had heard about The Penguin nor did I really know at first that this new HBO show was a continuation of the 2022 Batman movie The Batman until after starting it, but I was just coming off…

Weathering desert storms on planet Arrakis with the Freman, surprise enemy attacks by the Harkonnens, and riding on giant spice worms: lots to uncover in <i>Dune: Part 2</i>

Weathering desert storms on planet Arrakis with the Freman, surprise enemy attacks by the Harkonnens, and riding on giant spice worms: lots to uncover in Dune: Part 2

“This clear time of seeing embers—A gold-bright sun’s lost in the first dusk.What frenzied senses, desp’rate muskAre consort of rememb’ring”—from Frank Herbert’s Dune: Book Two People say they like reading the book before seeing the movie version of something, but I actually tend to prefer…

Why Bella Baxter is the best female movie character of all time

Why Bella Baxter is the best female movie character of all time

If you saw Poor Things directed by Yorgos Lanthimos (based on the book published in 1992 written by Alasdair Gray), then you would have been so pleasantly surprised at just how fabulous and truly special it was in its entirety—from the black and white to…

The man, the myth, the legend: an inside look into the life and songs of Bob Marley in One Love Movie

The man, the myth, the legend: an inside look into the life and songs of Bob Marley in One Love Movie

“Open your eyes / and look within / Are you satisfied / with the life you’re living?” – Bob Marley, “Exodus” Something happens when reggae music starts playing. I mean, prove me wrong: there is just this certain vibration through the innermost part of our…

Saltburn review: when an obsession takes new extremes in a funny yet crazy psychological black comedy directed by Emerald Fennell

Saltburn review: when an obsession takes new extremes in a funny yet crazy psychological black comedy directed by Emerald Fennell

“We’re all cold-blooded” Going into Saltburn, one must drop all expectations and just enjoy Saltburn—because if you are looking for a “normal” and not totally twisted dark comedy that takes place on the English countryside in the early 2000s with the coolest soundtrack ever, then…

Things were just different in the 60s: Sofia Coppola’s ‘Priscilla’ film from the eyes of Elvis’ longtime lover

Things were just different in the 60s: Sofia Coppola’s ‘Priscilla’ film from the eyes of Elvis’ longtime lover

When it comes to falling in love as a teenager, it is not every day you’re sitting there at the diner journaling in your diary and a random man approaches you to go party at a famous rock and roll musician’s house—I mean really, let’s…

Long Live the Emperor!: Ridley Scott’s <i>Napoleon</i> review

Long Live the Emperor!: Ridley Scott’s Napoleon review

“France. Army. Josephine.” I am not a history buff by any means nor do I claim to be some sort of expert on the French Revolution, but for one reason or another I felt compelled to go see Ridley Scott’s Napoleon and write this review. Maybe…

Never trust a money-hungry man in a cowboy hat: Martin Scorsese’s <i>Killers of the Flower Moon</i> review

Never trust a money-hungry man in a cowboy hat: Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon review

“History is a merciless judge. It lays bare our tragic blunders and foolish missteps and exposes our most intimate secrets, wielding the power of hindsight like an arrogant detective who seems to know the end of the mystery from the outset”   —David Grann, Killers…

<I>Bottoms</I> is so unrealistically funny and exaggerated yet so relatable at the same time

Bottoms is so unrealistically funny and exaggerated yet so relatable at the same time

I grew up in the 90s / early 2000s so to say I’m experienced in high school comedies would be an understatement. And to have a gay / queer indie HS movie directed by a woman hit the big screen (with a soundtrack that I am…

A tweet went viral about going on an ice cream date and people have officially lost their minds

A tweet went viral about going on an ice cream date and people have officially lost their minds

While I am definitely not proud to admit it, I have been in the NYC dating scene for almost a decade (yikes, I know!). And as you can imagine, I encountered many different amazing (and not so amazing) people from all over the world working…