Marissa HernandezMay 30Disturbed Ruthlessness: TITANEIt's an extraordinary feat, one I prematurely criticized as garbage but have come to settle in the cloud of realization, that body horror...
Marissa HernandezJan 2Baked in Apathy: DON’T LOOK UP 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...
Marissa HernandezDec 31, 2021That Escalated Fast: ZOLAThere's nothing more surreal than real life. In fact, sometimes it feels like watching fireworks in slow motion. I often wonder sometimes...
Marissa HernandezDec 30, 2021Idiosyncratic Recluse: KAJILLIONAIRE An oddity with an offbeat demeanor, scavenging on the side of life, with ruthless compromise, vacant of familial bonding where survival...
Marissa HernandezDec 24, 2021Trailblazing: BEING THE RICARDOSI was really skeptical when I saw the trailer for Aaron Sorkin's BEING THE RICARDOS but after much trepidation and predisposed judgment,...
Marissa HernandezDec 2, 2021Charming & Heartwarming: LICORICE PIZZAI am so fascinated in studying the genesis and ethos of Paul Thomas Anderson's latest feat that is LICORICE PIZZA. He's delved up...
Marissa HernandezOct 23, 2021SINISTER YUCK YUCK PT 1: DOPESICKThe opening monologue given by Michael Stuhlbarg’s character Richard Sackler in Hulu's latest mini series DOPESICK hovers sharply on the...
Marissa HernandezSep 27, 2021Let's Roll: ROLLER BOOGIE OK, so it's a poorly acted film. It's plot is recognizable, absolutely predictable from a universal standpoint. The dialogue is too...
Marissa HernandezSep 1, 2021Existential Crisis in Paradise : OLDI’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...
Marissa HernandezJul 29, 2021The Man in the Arena: PIGPIG is like a weird, quiet, simply profound piece of art. It calls attention to loss and grief, treading in a puddle of existential...
Marissa HernandezDec 30, 2020A Dissimilar Universe: THE QUEEN'S GAMBIT 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....
Marissa HernandezMay 16, 2020Shared Despair: REQUIEM FOR A DREAMThese are trying times. We all know that and perhaps collectively we feel the despair of the simple liberties that have been stripped...
Marissa HernandezMay 3, 2020Gripping Journalism: SPOTLIGHT With movies like All the President’s Men, Network, His Girl Friday, Deadline USA, The Post, Spotlight, and Bombshell, or TV shows like...
Marissa HernandezApr 5, 2020TIGER KING: AN ALL AMERICAN DEBACLEThe hype did nothing for me. In fact, it really makes me ponder and cringe about humanity’s direction sometimes. Wild animals are wild...
Marissa HernandezMar 12, 2020A Love Letter to Tarkovsky's SOLARISGiven the world's current condition, my weariness returns to the man who made me a cinephile. Perhaps, its dumb luck or a coincidence or...