Marisa Carpico

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.

‘Creed III’ Packs an Emotional Punch

It's easy to forget the Rocky franchise started out as a fairly simple melodrama. Driven by its central love story and the titular boxer's...

‘Of an Age’ is a Crushing Queer Romance

Writer-director Goran Stolevski's new film, Of an Age, doesn't take long to tell you what kind of movie it will be. When Ebony (Hattie...

‘Infinity Pool’ is a Tepid Satire of the Rich

Pop culture has been absolutely swimming with class satires lately. From Best Picture nominee, Triangle of Sadness to the meme factory that is The...

Way Too Early Oscar Podcast: The 2023 Oscar Nominations Reaction

https://open.spotify.com/episode/13BvfAacoyRhEi5qWOwGps?si=b2121a89b105417b You can listen to The Way Too Early Oscar Podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Anchor, Pocket Casts, RadioPublic, and Google Podcasts. Don’t forget to...

The Way Too Early Oscar Podcast: The Returns of the Golden Globes, SAG Nominations & More

https://open.spotify.com/episode/6GnI53HeikUSloZPeSsGWg?si=c632825e94e04442 You can listen to The Way Too Early Oscar Podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Anchor, Pocket Casts, RadioPublic, and Google Podcasts. Don’t forget to...

The Way Too Early Oscar Podcast: The 2022 Oscar Season Opener (Season 5 Premiere)

https://open.spotify.com/episode/28hF7VBP23HuS47WtaUg3K?si=c521207e242c41fb You can listen to The Way Too Early Oscar Podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Anchor, Pocket Casts, RadioPublic, and Google Podcasts. Don’t forget to...

Broadway Review: ‘A Beautiful Noise: The Neil Diamond Musical’

It's likely that even people who don't recognize the name Neil Diamond still know at least one of his songs. Whether it's The Monkees'...

‘The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry’ is a Lifetime Movie that Got Lost

Back in 2014, writer Gabrielle Zevin's slim novel, The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry became a modest hit. A book essentially about the joy of...

‘Heathers: The Musical’ is an Undeniable Crowd-Pleaser

Heathers (1988) isn't the most obvious choice for a musical adaptation. A subversive, darkly comic satire about high school social hierarchies, its murderous central...

Bodies Bodies Bodies is an Old Fashioned Murder Mystery Disguised as a Slasher

Though the trailers tout Bodies Bodies Bodies as a slasher steeped in Gen Z and Millennial online discourse, the movie really an old fashioned...

Kogonada’s ‘After Yang’ is as Quiet and Beautiful as His First Film

In 2017, director Kogonada released Columbus. Essentially a two-hander starring John Cho and Haley Lu Richardson as two people who form an unlikely connection...

‘The Lost Daughter’ is a Strong Directorial Debut for Maggie Gyllenhaal

Novelist Elena Ferrante is perhaps best known for her Neapolitan novels. HBO's ongoing adaptation of those works, My Brilliant Friend, is filled with a...

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