The Last Man on Earth, whose first season finale aired two Sundays previous, on FOX, theoretically could be–and arguably should be–sued for false advertising, for the high concept bait-and-switch it perpetrates at its own expense. […]
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The Strawberry Criterion: To Pimp A Butterfly
Musicians faced with great expectations have a tendency to disappear up their own asses. Either out of courage or cowardice, albums like Low, In Utero, Kid A and Yeezus consciously subvert the sound for which their predecessors won acclaim, garnering in those […]
The Strawberry Criterion: Chappie
Editor’s Note: The following review of Neill Blomkamp’s Chappie was written by the fictional robotic star of Chappie, Chappie. All opinions expressed are his own. The Strawberry Criterion: Chappie Chappie good movie, no? Chappie like. Chappie seen it. […]
Leave Jonathan Franzen Alone
The first sentence of “Father Away,” Jonathan Franzen’s essay about spreading the ashes of David Foster Wallace off the coast of Masafuera, ingeniously ends with the word “lobsters.” Over the course of seven clauses, Franzen semantically ferries […]
The Strawberry Criterion: 50 Shades of Grey
Boredom isn’t particularly titillating. If a simple imperative exists for both fucking and filmmaking, it can summarily be expressed as, “Don’t be boring.” This principle applies doubly so to making films about fucking. A great force of […]
The Strawberry Criterion: American Sniper
Editor’s Note: This review of American Sniper contains mad spoilers. Clint Eastwood’s American Sniper is a notable war film, if not for the hundreds of deaths it depicts, then for the single death it leaves out. In its dramatization […]
The 2014 BPoFD Chill and Fraud of the Year
After twelve months of cultural foundering, three weeks of contentious deliberation, a lengthy celebration of the year’s chills and a denigration of its many frauds, Baby Pictures of Famous Dictators is pleased to announce the recipients of The 2014 BPoFD […]
The 2014 BPoFD Chill of the Year: Honorable Mentions
Bonafide chills were few and far between in 2014. Subtle fraudulence belied even the most promising candidates, with perennial chills like Chris Pratt and Bill Cosby falling prey to corporate subjugation and being a rapist, respectively. At […]
The 2014 BPoFD Fraud of the Year: Honorable Mentions
History has forever been written by the conquerers, and conquerers are nothing if not fraud. When future generations learn of the yearlong nightmare known as 2014, the blighted stretch of space-time will likely seem no less fraught […]
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