London photo: sand artist
Sand sculptor working along the beach on the Southbank of the Thames.
Month: July 2015
Where Are the Women? Mr. Holmes
Women are necessary and present only for how the male protagonist feels about them, and how these feelings motivate him to do things for himself.
Mr. Holmes movie review: the case of the missing myth
It looks lovely and Ian McKellen is amazing, of course, but it’s not very Holmesian. I suspect Holmes himself would snort in derision at its sentimentality.
Where Are the Women? The Gallows
“Jokey” adolescent misogyny and a “she’s just the girlfriend” negatively impact the horror genre’s typically fairly good representation of women.
The Gallows movie review: hang it high
Unpleasant characters do things that make no sense in “found footage” clearly edited together from multiple sources. Negligent storytelling at its worst.
London photo: at the aquarium
Hangin’ with the fishes…
London photo: my favorite blue plaque (so far)
“Luke Howard, Namer of Clouds.” Could that be the most idyllic job ever?
Where Are the Women? The Longest Ride
One complex female character in the ensemble, driven by career ambitions as well as romantic ones, saves the film from scoring more poorly than it does.
The Longest Ride movie review: romantic bargaining
For once, a movie based on a Nicholas Sparks book is populated by relatively realistic people dealing with relationship conflict in realistic ways.
The Suicide Theory movie review: to die or not to die
Guilt, grief, and forgiveness get wrapped up in a Twilight Zone-ish shroud of fate in this downbeat trifle of a crime drama.
