Marisa Carpico

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By day, Marisa Carpico stresses over America’s election system. By night, she becomes a pop culture obsessive. Whether it’s movies, TV or music, she watches and listens to it all so you don’t have to.

Tater Tot & Patton Puts Happy Death Day’s Jessica Rothe in a Whole New Light

Marisa Carpico - May 14, 2019

Though the Happy Death Day series would probably be a hit for its concept alone, what makes both films work so well is Jessica...

Tribeca Review: Wig

Marisa Carpico - May 10, 2019

Regardless of whether you watch RuPaul’s Drag Race or not, it’s hard to deny that as an art form, drag has never been more...

‘POMS’ Review: More than Just an Old-Lady Cheerleader Movie

Marisa Carpico - May 9, 2019

POMS, the new film about women of a certain age starting a cheerleading squad in their retirement community, isn’t starting off on the right...

‘Tolkien’ Review: This Biopic Doesn’t Live Up to Its Own Legend

Marisa Carpico - May 8, 2019

Tolkien has a lot to live up to. Directed by Dome Karukoski and written by David Gleeson and Stephen Beresford, it shows how the...

‘The Biggest Little Farm’ Review: Inspiring as Long as You Don’t Think About It Too Much

Marisa Carpico - May 8, 2019

It all starts with a dog named Todd. When cameraman John Chester met Todd in 2010 while shooting an episode of Animal Planet's Dangerously...

Tribeca Review: A Woman’s Work: The NFL’s Cheerleader Problem

Marisa Carpico - May 5, 2019

The NFL has received a lot of criticism over the last few years. There have been concerns over concussions and the CTE they may...

Tribeca Review: Devil’s Pie—D’Angelo

Marisa Carpico - May 5, 2019

After the release of his 2000 sophomore album, Voodoo, and the subsequent tour, then 26-year-old R&B artist, D’Angelo, was poised to be one of...

Tribeca Review: For They Know Not What They Do

Marisa Carpico - May 5, 2019

There have been a lot of stories about conversion therapy at the movies lately. Last year, there was the Chloë Grace Moretz-starring adaptation of...

Tribeca Review: The Quiet One

Marisa Carpico - May 2, 2019

If you were to ask people who their favorite Rolling Stone is, you already know what to expect. A lot of “Micks,” maybe just...

Tribeca Review: Wild Rose

Marisa Carpico - May 1, 2019

We are in a golden age of movies about famous female singers. Last fall, we got the Oscar-winning A Star is Born starring Lady...

UglyDolls Review: The Best Animated Film of 2019 So Far

Marisa Carpico - May 1, 2019

Even though they're made to be ugly, there's something adorable about UglyDolls. Launched in 2001 by David Horvath and Sun-Min Kim, the deliberately weird-looking...