“Hell is a teenage girl”, is the opening line from ‘Jennfer’s Body’ . Penned by Diablo Cody, and directed by Karyn Kusama, it’s like a gender-flipped vampire tale set in senior high school. Megan Fox, foxy Megan, is the titular body, and hellish indeed: the local small town hottie with a nasty attitude. She’s theContinue reading “Film Review: Jennifer’s Body (2009)”
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Film Review: Lisa Frankenstein (2024)
Jesus And Mary Chain, neon pink, Bauhaus poster, set of hair crimpers and a novelty telephone means we’re firmly in the 1980s, in a teen horror comedy. But this is penned by Diablo Cody, so it’s much smarter than your average ‘American Graffiti Risky Time Machine Scream’. In actual fact, it’s more like ‘Sexy Beetlejuice’.Continue reading “Film Review: Lisa Frankenstein (2024)”
Overlooked Classic: Young Adult (2011)
“She wears denim wherever she goes/Says she’s gonna get some records by The Status Quo/Oh, yeah”… You’ve got to love a film which begins with Teenage Fanclub’s ‘The Concept’ blasting out on an old car tape deck. So begins Diablo Cody’s masterful Young Adult, starring Charlize Thereon as the particularly vituperative Mavis Gray, a (barely)Continue reading “Overlooked Classic: Young Adult (2011)”
