🧚🏽♀️Sezin Devi Koehler🧙🏽♀️
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@SezinKoehler
Lankan/Lithuanian USian. Pop-culture writer @EW, etc. Much Ado About Keanu: Toward a Critical Reeves Theory, @ChiReviewPress, Sept 2024—preorders open! ✨
"In both THE VILLAGE and real American life we engage with the notion that freedom comes with a cost and requires sacrifices." M. Night Shyamalan's THE VILLAGE turns 20 this week, which means it's a great time to revisit this piece by @SezinKoehler. certifiedforgotten.com/the-village/
Okay, probably unpopular… but what if we keep Sam Reid as Lestat but resurrect the old Queen of the Damned (yes, guilty pleasure, don’t judge 🤣) soundtrack for his rockstar era?!?
"Revisiting the 2002 CARRIE remake... shows how it both honors and extends King and De Palma’s visions of Carrie White in important ways that feel both timely and timeless." @SezinKoehler returns with... an overlooked King adaptation? Is it possible? certifiedforgotten.com/carrie-2002/
That's the recipe I like. They get it right in the movies. Take away the cancer, the death, the pain, the tragedy, and it's a non-stop quipster that would wear on the nerves fast. Take away the enthusiasm he has for even the goofiest shit, and you have an empty whining ghost.
