The release date for the English version of 'Shit, Actually: The Definitive, 100% Objective Guide to Modern Cinema' by
Lindy West is Oct 2020. If you enjoy this novel, it is available for buy as a paperback from Barnes & Noble or Indigo, as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle store, or as an audiobook on Audible.
**Re-Watched: Your Favorite Movies**
Formerly the in-house movie reviewer for Seattle's alternative newsweekly The Stranger, New York Times opinion writer and best-selling book Lindy West examined films with a gleeful irreverence and ruthless honesty. In Shit, Actually, Lindy goes back to those beginnings, revisiting cherished and classic films from the previous 40 years while keeping an eye on the pressing issues of the day: Is Twilight the most sexy film ever made? How come the zebras in The Lion King believe that Mufasa—WHO IS A LION—will always have their best interests in mind? After The Fugitive reached its pinnacle of perfection, why did anyone bother releasing any more motion pictures? And, for heaven's sake, how come none of the ladies in Love, Actually ever fucking talk?
From Face/Off, Top Gun, and The Notebook to Forrest Gump, Honey I Shrunk the Kids, and Bad Boys II, Lindy combines her trademark humor and razor-sharp wit with a sincere love of nostalgic trash to throw new light on some of our most iconic cultural touchstones—the narratives we've been telling ourselves about who we are for a long time. Not only is Shit, Actually incredibly amusing, but it also asks us, "How does this movie hold up?" and teaches us how to laugh at the things we love without ever absolving them or ourselves of responsibility.
Actually, Shit is a message—both a love letter and a breakup note—to the movies that both molded and destroyed us. Lindy discovers that they are frequently one and the same.