Cutie and the Boxer review: a canvas of her own
A sly, subversive portrait of an artist finally finding her voice… and the “genius” husband in whose shadow she has long lingered.
Year: 2014
Ernest & Celestine review: bear and mouse are friends
Might be the most ridiculously cute movie I’ve ever seen, in a way that transforms adorableness into something honest and wise and deeply satisfying.
Amazon Instant Video has arrived in the U.K.!
I’m starting to add links on my review pages to Amazon U.K.’s Instant Video, as I have been for Amazon U.S.
Doctor Who thing: elegant Gallifreyan design rings
I prefer fannish stuff that’s like a secet code. So I adore these…
The Double and Enemy trailers: doppelganger movies
Two movies about a man who discovers he has an identical double, and the identical double is up to no good. Is someone trying to drive movie lovers crazy?
Amsterdam photo of the day: street mosaic
A happy moon? A happy personification of Amsterdam? (Are those sailboats and a harbor at top?)
film criticism is a sausage fest
I wonder if anyone has ever said to any of all those male film critics that they made their readers understand feminism better!
The Book Thief review: don’t mention the war…
Thoughtful tweens and teens interested in adventurous stories of kids their own age should love this, but adults may find the light tone off-putting.
what is there to say about Harold Ramis? he was very fascinating
Ramis’s Groundhog Day, which he wrote and directed, might be the finest film comedy ever made…
Doctor Who thing: new sort-of companion(?) announced
Will he get away from 21st-century Earth for some real adventures in space and time? Or will he be a companion booty call for when the Doctor gets lonely?
