even lady action heroes get the blues…
The Week in Women — my regular column over at the Alliance of Women Film Journalists — this week looks at female action heroes, and how they actually reinforce gender stererotypes. Fun!
Year: 2010
retro trailer: ‘The Adventures of Robin Hood’
Take a look back at an old trailer… England! It looks remarkably like Southern California! But never mind: Look, it’s Errol Flynn! With a little moustache! As the mightiest adventurer ever! *swoon* Makes me think of that Jimmy Buffett song: That’s why I wish I had a pencil-thin mustache the Boston Blackie kind, or a … more…
Mickey Rourke as Genghis Khan, Ridley Scott returns to ‘Alien,’ deliver us from Breck Eisner, more: leftover links
Every week my browser gets cluttered up with tabs for stuff that I stumble across and figure I might be able to use as a Question of the Day or a WTF Thought for the Day or grist for some other post. And inevitably, I end the week with most of that material unused. But … more…
April 23: DVD alternatives to this weekend’s multiplex offerings
We know how it is: You’d like to go to the movies this weekend, but all you’ve just gotten yourself artificially inseminated and the doctor said to take it easy. But you can have a multiplex-like experience from the comfort of your own sofa with a collection of the right DVDs. And when someone asks … more…
new ‘Doctor Who’ tonight
“The Time of Angels.” I know. I’m on top of it. If you want to jump in to watching Doctor Who but you’ve never seen it before and you’re worried you’re be all confused and lost, check out io9’s “Everything You Need To Know About Doctor Who” (via reader Keith).
watch it: the 4/24/10 weekly address from President Barack Obama
This weekly address is titled “Good News from the Auto Industry.” I got excited! I thought: • new 100 percent tax on all cars that don’t get 96 MPG? • Mr. Fusion to power all new cars from 2012 onward? • breakthrough in flying Jetsonmobiles? No such luck.
question of the weekend: Would you miss Saturday mail delivery?
There’s been a lot of talk in the U.S. in recent years about the United States Postal Service’s proposal to stop delivering mail on Saturdays. It heated up again recently when a plan to eliminate Saturday delivery beginning early next year was formally submitted by the USPS to its regulator. Says CNN.com: The Postal Service … more…
watch it: “Crazy cat, loves water”
Your crazy cat cute is brung.
Friday night fortune cookie: Mr. Miyagi says…
“Man who catch fly with chopsticks accomplish anything.”
screencap Friday: what the flick? #120
Friday fun! Here’s a screen capture from a DVD… and just to make things harder for 2010, this one is from a TV show which may or may not be in my collection (it’s sooo much easier to do screengrabs now that Netflix is streaming to my computer). Guess the TV show — you don’t … more…
