how to make women look heroic on movie posters
It’s not that hard. Turns out there’s even a handy-dandy blueprint for it. It’s just that the blueprint has only ever been used to portray men on movie posters.
Year: 2013
The Conjuring review: they make me believe
Smart, stylish horror flick, though a standout more for its elegant performances than any original scares.
Doctor Who thing: 12th Doctor to be named live on BBC One Sunday night
It’ll be simulcast on BBC America…
Jobs trailer: can this do justice to one of the most important people of the 20th century?
The world would look very different without Steve Jobs, and I hope the movie captures this.
London photo of the day: why the long face?
I apologize. That’s a terrible hoary old joke, and I have no excuse for it.
because time machines aren’t pink enough?
Wouldn’t it be amazing if women protagonists had the opportunity to keep jumping back in time until they could get their lives just the way they want them? Ah, but that would require a movie with a female protagonist…
From Up on Poppy Hill review: gentle as a seaside breeze
Joyously warm and gentle… though perhaps too gentle to be entirely satisfying.
Doctor Who thing: meet trock band Time Crash
Damn, they’re good.
In a World trailer: in a world where women are taking over…
Oh, the poor boys, unable to cope with a little competition from women.
London photo of the day: Red Wing Shoes
Signage in Covent Garden.
