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Month: July 2013
Best Friends Forever review: the end of the world as women see it
Smartly stylish, refracting familiar fictional events and themes through a little-used cinematic prism: that of women’s perspectives.
you think Hollywood movies are bland now?
They’re about to get a lot blander in order to appeal to the burgeoning Chinese market.
Blancanieves review: silent style
A valentine to early filmmaking, this silent-movie pastiche is gorgeous, lush, and bursting with passion. It presents a familiar fairy tale with a wondrous air of freshness and newfound intimacy.
Cinema du Sanity: the summer tentpoles issue
R.I.P.D.: How Hollywood sells us the same flicks over and over again. The New Grizzled Action Hero (same as the old grizzled action hero). Special Report: Tentpoles — how putting all your eggs in one basket become “good business”…
Doctor Who thing: the Doctor goes a-Viking in Dark Horizons by Jenny T. Colgan
If you wish the new Doctor Who were more like the old Doctor Who, this is an adventure for you.
Lovelace trailer: not merely Deep Throat
I’m a bit wary of how the porn aspect will be handled. Not glamorous, please!
English school summer fete photo of the day: the loneliness of the Splat the Rat girl
I confess I never understood how Splat the Rat was played.
Student Services (Mes chères études) review: naked ambition
Well-acted but unsurprising, and far more sad than it is scandalous.
Despicable Me 2 dropped almost *74 percent* in its second weekend in the UK
Maybe audiences are agreeing with my take on the film as pretty despicable itself…
