In true girlboss fashion, Jennifer’s Body surged back into the modern pop culture landscape after being tarnished by critics and general audiences when it hit theaters back in 2009. Its cult following has steadily grown since the film’s release, but it became more mainstream after the Me Too Movement along…

(Originally published on Glen’s Lens at WordPress on May 5th, 2020) Back when I frequented nerdy social circles (as if I ever really stopped), one of my favorite pastimes was telling them that I’d never seen Star Wars. Their shock was immense and immediate; it was as if I told…

(Originally published on Glen’s Lens at WordPress on February 16, 2021) If I were to call any film “underrated”, it’d be the 1997 version of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella. Though the film broke records in viewership of the original broadcast and home video sales, the film which starred Brandy as…

(Originally posted on Glen’s Lens at WordPress on October 8, 2020) When a mysterious assailant shockingly attacked a male celebrity last week, people across the country expressed not just their outrage but also the great amount of respect they held towards that celebrity. …

(Originally published on glenslens.wordpress.com on September 29, 2020) It’s an understatement to say that people across the country have strong feelings towards the film Cuties. Though the film received critical acclaim at Sundance in January (then under its original title Mignonnes), countless Americans were outraged when its international poster and…

Mean Girls needs no introduction. Since its premiere in 2004, the teen comedy directed by Mark Waters and written by Tina Fey permeated the public consciousness in a way no other teen movie has done since. Its online presence alone has transformed in the 17 years since its premiere, evolving…

If there’s one thing to count on in this unpredictable world, it’s that millennials will respond to anything that references their childhood nostalgia. …

This review will contain mild spoilers. I have to admit I avoided watching Moonlight since it came out. It’s not that I didn’t want to see it. The coming of age film written and directed by Barry Jenkins received a ton of hype from both film critics and fans since…

At the end of my original trilogy review, I wrote that I considered myself more of a Trekkie because I claimed to not be into these “war movies”. It’s been almost a year and I have yet to watch Star Trek. Over the past several months, I gained an unexpected…