amanda plummer – Pop Culture Thoughts

Freeway (1996)

July 4, 2021 julienhoule

When I first saw “Freeway” in high school, I didn’t quite know what I had just watched but I knew it was weirdly compelling, and

Small Apartments (2012)

January 30, 2021 julienhoule

Watching Jonas Åkerlund’s “Small Apartments,” it’s impossible not to be reminded of his own 2002 druggie opus, “Spun.” Like “Spun,” “Small Apartments” focuses on a

So I Married an Axe Murderer (1993)

November 16, 2020 julienhoule

I revisited this early Mike Myers vehicle for the first time since its video release, only to find that, well, maybe I shouldn’t have. It’s

Needful Things (1993)

August 15, 2020 julienhoule

Out of all the Stephen King adaptations to be released in the 1980s and 1990s, I remember “Needful Things” getting one of the better receptions

The Prophecy (1995)

June 5, 2018 julienhoule

There’s a whole lot going on this religiously themed horror effort. Christopher Walken is perfectly cast as the avenging angel Gabriel, although his menace is