Marissa    the    Cinephile

It's an extraordinary feat, one I prematurely criticized as garbage but have come to settle in the cloud of realization, that body horror...

The world is coming to an end! Its political satire, obviously where all the jabs are hit in all the right places. Yeah, this could...

There's nothing more surreal than real life. In fact, sometimes it feels like watching fireworks in slow motion. I often wonder sometimes...

An oddity with an offbeat demeanor, scavenging on the side of life, with ruthless compromise, vacant of familial bonding where survival...

I was really skeptical when I saw the trailer for Aaron Sorkin's BEING THE RICARDOS but after much trepidation and predisposed judgment,...

I am so fascinated in studying the genesis and ethos of Paul Thomas Anderson's latest feat that is LICORICE PIZZA. He's delved up...

The opening monologue given by Michael Stuhlbarg’s character Richard Sackler in Hulu's latest mini series DOPESICK hovers sharply on the...

OK, so it's a poorly acted film. It's plot is recognizable, absolutely predictable from a universal standpoint. The dialogue is too...

I’m going to say it. This would have made for a better short film. Two hours is too long. Trim off the fat, tighten the story line, have...

PIG is like a weird, quiet, simply profound piece of art. It calls attention to loss and grief, treading in a puddle of existential...

Personally, I'm not the greatest player but I find myself drawn to the game especially among those I love. Chess is an alluring game....

These are trying times. We all know that and perhaps collectively we feel the despair of the simple liberties that have been stripped...

With movies like All the President’s Men, Network, His Girl Friday, Deadline USA, The Post, Spotlight, and Bombshell, or TV shows like...

The hype did nothing for me. In fact, it really makes me ponder and cringe about humanity’s direction sometimes. Wild animals are wild...

Given the world's current condition, my weariness returns to the man who made me a cinephile. Perhaps, its dumb luck or a coincidence or...