I never thought any film would make me feel secure about my masculinity, but Hardcore Henry solidified that my insecurities do not run anywhere near as deep as those of director Ilya Naishuller. It isn’t as though unquestioned masculinity hasn’t always been a part of the action genre, nor is it as though that’s a [...]
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In a way, I’m grateful for 50 Shades of Grey because the Dom/sub relationships of that story have given me a culturally relevant way to explain how stand-up comedy works. Stick with me here — I swear I’m going to make this make sense. Functionally, a night at a stand-up show is signing a contract [...]
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For those unaware, or perhaps all too aware if you’ve picked up most any copy of the Wheel in the past year, my chief profession is as a film critic and, as of late, we film critics seem to have gotten quite a bit of negative attention from certain fan-based corners of the internet, mostly [...]
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THE MOST MASSIVE SPOILERS BELOW The world needs a Superman. There’s something immensely comforting about the Superman fantasy. He’s the best of us, of course. He was raised in Kansas and imparted with the values to do good, no matter the cost. But he’s something more as well. He’s something greater — someone who would [...]
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Deadpool is an R-rated film that features a prominent gag in which film star Ryan Reynolds engages in the act of pegging, wherein a woman wears a strap-on dildo, and well … goes all up in there. Deadpool is also a superhero film based on a Marvel Comics character set within the X-Men universe. It [...]
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