how easily do you identify with opposite-sex protagonists in movies (or TV, or books)?
I’m particularly interested to hear from men about whatever limited experience they might have being forced to identity with a female hero.
Year: 2013
London photo of the day: medium plate £6.50
Restaurant window in Soho.
do you want algorithms recommending movies to you, or an honest-to-god human being?
Netflix wants you to feel comfortable with Max, its new algorithm for suggesting what you might like to watch. But it’s just a bit of code.
“if films were reviewed like video games”
This actually sounds like what some complainers here think my reviews should sound like.
London photo of the day: another jubilee
There’s another royal anniversary this year: the 60th since the Queen was coronated. Coronized? Crowned.
fun stuff from FlickFilosopher stats week of Jun 22-28 2013
Actual unretouched phrases that people plugged into search engines this week that led them to this site (with some commentary from me)…
what do you think will be some unexpected side effects of global warming?
I’d never heard, for instance, about a potential impact on airline travel: commercial airliners may not operate safely in extreme heat.
London photo of the day: Cattle and Son
I’d love to know what sort of business R.N. Cattle and Son were in.
Stand Up Guys review: best exotic mobster parole day
Even when Walken, Pacino, and Arkin are phoning it in — on a rotary phone — they still earn their status as icons.
Hummingbird (aka Redemption) review: pity poor Jason Statham
Some of it is hilariously awful, and some is just plain awful. But Statham’s attempt to be taken seriously as an actor is honest, at least.
