what she said: Melissa Silverstein at Women and Hollywood…
…about how Hollywood is flummoxed by Noomi Rapace, the original girl with the dragon tattoo…
Year: 2010
tres cool: The Female Character Flowchart
mlawski at Overthinking It has created a wise and funny visual breakdown of how poorly women are treated by pop culture…
‘Doctor Who’ thing of the day: an homage to Kylie Minogue’s sacrifice in “Voyage of the Damned”?
Reader Jo writes to suggest that a moment from the latest Wallace and Gromit short, ‘A Matter of Loaf and Death,’ may well be an homage to Kylie Minogue driving a forklift over the edge of a very long drop in ‘Voyage of the Damned’…
trailer break: ‘The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest’
I’m not sure I’ve ever seen a trailer that says less about a film than this one.
question of the day: Is it dishonest for filmmakers to distort history and historical figures to make a point about our world today?
Reader bluejay wonders, with reference to Agora, How important is historical veracity is to a film like this? Is a film that distorts history intellectually dishonest, even if it does so to make a valid point?
watch it: 1960s Pepsi ad
Gee willikers, everyone knows that only old fogies drink Coke!
would you like me to link my reviews to DVD rental options?
Reader nyjm, in comments following my review of Agora, just out on DVD, would like me to link my reviews to Netflix, for easy adding of films to rental queues. Is this something that many of you would find useful?
Agora movie review: condemned to repeat it
Once upon a time, a film this epic, this relevant, this emotional would have been celebrated as a great entertainment and important storytelling with something vital to say about the world today.
watch it: “Klingon Propaganda”
Clever and creative stuff from Bad Monkey Studios.
question of the day: Who is your favorite TV mom or dad?
The passings of Mr. C and June Cleaver prompts us to consider beloved TV parents: Mrs. Partridge? Steve Douglas? Claire Huxtable? Tony Micelli? Dan Conner?
