Quelynda Taveras

Now that awards season is over, let’s discuss the imposter among a multitude of Oscar-worthy films. I’m talking about none other than Emilia Pérez, Netflix’s biggest flop. Viewers’ collective agreement that the film is garbage says enough; constantly hearing about how bad this movie is causes most people to decide against watching it. With that being said, I decided to take one for the team and watch Emilia Pérez for you. I saved you 2 hours and 12 minutes of your life. You can thank me...

Set in 1990s Cuba, Los Frikis tells the story of reserved 18-year old Gustavo (Eros de la Puente) and his rebellious older brother, Paco (Héctor Medina), as they navigate a communist society in which HIV was rampant and rock music was banned by Fidel Castro. Gustavo looks up to Paco, who, despite Castro’s ban, is in a rock band called “Los Frikis” (The Freaks). The brothers endured a desperate time in which hundreds of people intentionally injected themselves with HIV-infected blood, in hopes...

No matter how horrible they are, we’re all guilty of hate-watching (or secretly loving) teeny bop movies. Their familiar structure is extremely predictable, yet we still tune in to see if the guy gets the girl, the child prodigy makes it out of their small town, the superhero defeats the villain, etc., Objectively speaking, they’re poorly written movies, yet Hollywood keeps producing them. But why is it that these movies keep being made? What makes them so bad that they’re so good? To answer...