Where Are the Women? Self/less
This is a movie in which a woman is instructed to “wait in the car” while the male protagonist goes inside to continue driving the story. And she does.
Month: July 2015
Self/less movie review: mind/less, brain/less, point/less
Glances at fundamental questions of identity and humanity and decides that they are best resolved via fistfights, gun battles, and car chases.
London photos: Beverly Brook
A little treat for fellow fans of Ben Aaronovitch’s urban fantasy series Rivers of London…
London photo: Barnes pond
Peaceful respite in southwest London.
Where Are the Women? Ant-Man
Runs right up to the notion that a woman could plausibly play the central heroic role but then backs off to engage in male-centered business as usual.
Ant-Man movie review: superhero reduction
Marvel’s tiniest hero stars in the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s smallest movie so far, one that loses Paul Rudd’s charm among familiar comic-book action.
London photo: the whole city is tennis-mad
This entire city goes insane for tennis during Wimbledon fortnight.
Where Are the Women? Ted 2
To add insult to the usual injury, one of the two female characters here is defined solely as the wife of a male protagonist… and he’s not even human.
Ted 2 movie review: Hasbro-mance
Is the man who sang “We Saw Your Boobs” at the Oscars one to give us a touching story about civil rights and human dignity? Take a guess..
does film criticism have a future?
As you may have already heard, film criticism site The Dissolve announced yesterday that it was shutting down…
