London photos: sci-fi props and costumes up for auction
A bunch of way-cool props, costumes, and memorabilia from SF/F and adjacent movies and TV shows are on display at BFI IMAX ahead of an auction.
Month: September 2015
Where Are the Women? Legend
Tired tropes take on extra unpleasant dimensions here with the only significant female character viewing emotional and physical abuse through a dreamy lens.
Legend movie review: badfellas
Tom Hardy is fab, but this is GoodFellas-lite, depicting violent sociopaths as glamorous, even amusing, and lacking all understanding of what made them tick.
Where Are the Women? Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials
This is the sort of movie in which, when someone yells, “They’re going after the girl!” they refers only to boys and there’s no question who “the girl” is.
Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials movie review: apocalyptic pile-on
The only slightly original element of the first film — the Maze — is gone, and now we’re in not simply a generic afterscape but every sci-fi afterscape.
London photo: scenery recycling
All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely spending their time separating the recycling.
Welcome to Leith documentary review: when hate comes to town
An uncomfortable, essential documentary that takes no sides as it raises questions about American ideals that are almost unanswerable but demand exploration.
The Second Mother movie review: cleaning house
Sharply observant and always surprising; mixes dry humor, aching drama, and stinging social commentary in its clashes between classes and generations.
London photos: open-air Shard
The uppermost viewing platform at The Shard is open to the air.
Where Are the Women? The Visit
The two adult women here are defined solely as mothers, but at least there is a teenaged female coprotagonist who is not defined by her gender.
