London photo: kiddie magazine mess
Once a month I am tasked with finding the latest issue of a can’t-get-it-in-America Disney magazine for my nephew…
Month: January 2015
Where Are the Women? Big Hero 6
I wish the protagonist had been female, but at least there are lots of individualized women in supporting roles… most of them gender-blind to boot. [This post is not behind the paywall.]
Big Hero 6 movie review: how to train your robot
Joyous and exhilarating. A fresh and funny animated adventure that subverts genre clichés at every turn.
London photo: building bling
Sculpture on the side of a building.
help bring What We Do in the Shadows to theaters across the US
The stars and filmmakers, Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi, are raising money on Kickstarter. Sucks that the industry won’t support this brilliant movie.
London photo: swanky hotel
In the bar at the Bulgari hotel in Knightsbridge…
Pump documentary review: it’s a gas
You will be shocked, I am sure, to discover that Big Oil has put its profits before all else (including you).
Where Are the Women? Ex Machina
Sleek futuristic imagery aside, this is a regressive representation of sexualized, victimized womanhood that’s meant to be titillating. [This post is not behind the paywall.]
Where Are the Women? Mortdecai
Oh, there are lots of women here. And they’re either anonymous slavering sex machines or ridiculous perfect goddesses elevated on an absurd pedestal. [This post is not behind the paywall.]
New York photo: “New York is dying”
I was rather alarmed to see this dramatic ad on the subway…
