Morticia Morgendorffer

Why you mustn’t miss the magic of Timothee Chalamet’s Wonka The best way to receive art is to absorb it like a sponge absorbs water. The sponge knows not the nature of the liquid - it embellishes itself to retain anything it is given with its whole soul [don’t ask me if I’m saying that inanimate objects have a soul]. A lot of times I don’t go watch a movie in the theatres if I’m not particularly excited about it, or if people everywhere are talking shit about it. Sometimes I don’t like when a classic has been remade with actors I don’t care about. What I’m trying to say is, there’s a million reasons you’d give yourself to not go watch a movie in the theatre and wait for it to be streamable from the comfort of your home. So when Wonka finally came out to theatres, I was skeptical at first. The last time I saw Timothee Chalamet in a movie, he was staring at a fire with Sufjan Stevens’ Visions of Gideon playing in the back which felt like a deliberate punch in the gut nobody asked for. ...

  Watch if you liked: Tenet Directors:  Justin Benson & Aaron Moorhead Year of Release: 2019 Running Time: 1 hr 36 mins. Rotten Tomatoes (not that it matters): 80% Violencemeter: Sword wound, snakebite, open fracture, bullet wound, burns, death from falling down an elevator shaft “People like us who believe in physics know that the distinction between past, present and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion .” -Albert Einstein For starters, I’m a Netflix hater. I don’t think anything ever good ever comes out of surfing Netflix. All you can ever find there are shows with a great first season followed by 5 more lousy ones. Or shows with hype in the mainstream media. I was wrong. Plus sometimes, something good can come out of morons hyping up good shows. Like The Queen’s Gambit. Dark. A Series of Unfortunate Events. Sex Education. Unbelievable. Stranger Things. One Day at a Time. [ Titles of your sex tape? ] If someone were to say that a series of events is ‘synchron...

Watch if you liked: The Haunting of Hill House Director: Jennifer Kent (her directorial debut. You go, girl) Year of Release: 2014 (Really, it’s been that long) Rotten Tomatoes (not that it matters): 98% Violencemeter: 02 deaths, a broken nose, a stabbed leg, a hit to a forehead, loads of screaming A friend and I recently got into a debate. My friend was of the view that people who perpetually stay happy are dumber than those who’re sad and depressed. Say what you will about my friend, she may have a point there.  If there were a blue pill that could make you 10x smarter and a red pill that could make you dumber, which one would you go for? Would you choose intelligence along with the awareness of worldly despair, or would you choose the bliss of ignorance? Would you like to be smart enough but let your dark thoughts consume you or would you want to be dumb enough to not care about them? The Babadook tries to challenge you to ask yourself something similar - whether the movie is s...