Bill Maher Will Never Know Happiness

October 27, 2024.Reading time 5 minutes.

Bill Maher gives off the energy of a petulant barfly with no one to go home to, sulking over his bourbon as he waits for some hapless fool to sit on the stool next to him. He is a loser facing the end of his life and wondering what he has achieved. He has never known true happiness, and I doubt he ever will.

Priscilla (2023) and Being Too Young

December 3, 2023.Reading time 2 minutes.

You are not really mature for your age, and that’s why he wants you. Your immaturity makes you pliant.

All The Fictional Sociopaths I’ve Loved

June 14, 2021.Reading time 27 minutes.

The sociopath boyfriend isn’t looking for a perfect little wife. He wants an accomplice.

Ryan From ‘Promising Young Woman’ Fucked Me Up

February 18, 2021.Reading time 8 minutes.

Watching Promising Young Woman felt like taking a fork in my fist and then jabbing it into my right temple. The film left me bleeding for days.

‘Happiest Season’ Breaks The Only Rom-Com Rule That Matters

November 27, 2020.Reading time 15 minutes.

If you’re making a romantic comedy, you need to write a relationship — and a love interest — worth rooting for.

I went to the Outlander premiere, where everyone laughed at domestic violence

April 5, 2015.Reading time 12 minutes.

I’m sitting in the beautiful Ziegfeld Theater in midtown Manhattan, watching a woman be beaten with a belt. The audience around me is laughing, clapping, and whistling. My plus one winces as he watches the scene through his fingers. I listen to the delighted howls echoing through the theater and wonder if I am missing […]