Where Are the Women? The Gambler
This is a great example of how movies typically want nothing to do with women unless they’re propping up a man. [This post is not behind the paywall.]
Month: January 2015
Ex Machina movie review: damselbot in distress
There’s nothing fresh or even usefully true in its cartoonish dichotomy about men, but this pseudo-SF flick will expound upon it with pretentious tedium.
New York photo: mailbox robot
I can’t pinpoint why, but I really like this bit of art graffiti.
The Gambler movie review: to bet, or not to bet?
It doesn’t quite work as a package, but Wahlberg is a real pleasure to watch as he crafts a portrait of a tormented anti-hero with an apparent death wish.
Mortdecai movie review: stinking mishap
This painfully unfunny spoof of teddibly British nonsense couldn’t be less amusing if it were actually calculated to be totally laugh-free.
New York photo: take a picture with Homer Simpson
Outside an ice-cream takeout place in Chinatown.
Where Are the Women? Unbroken
Set almost entirely among a crew of WWII bombardiers and a prisoner-of-war camp, women are all but absent from this film. And that’s okay. [This post is not behind the paywall.]
Exodus: Gods and Kings movie review: whites only
Simultaneously the dullest and the most insulting version of itself it could possibly be. If only it had managed to be campy, that’d be something…
New York photo: “open your mind”
Graffiti spotted on the Upper East Side.
New York photo: a modern symbol to inspire confidence
I hope the bank’s security goes beyond a guy with a hat and a six-shooter.
