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Month: September 2015

The Visit movie review: grandma’s house (of horrors?)

Wed, Sep 09, 2015
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Over the river and through the woods to yet another banal, anticlimactic attempt at storytelling from M. Night Shyamalan. And this time, it’s found-footage.

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open thread: Daredevil

Wed, Sep 09, 2015
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[This post is not behind the paywall.]

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Where Are the Women? Ricki and the Flash

Wed, Sep 09, 2015
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The female protagonist is a mother, a girlfriend, and an ex-wife, but her life is not defined by her relationships to men and children.

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Ricki and the Flash movie review: rocking (down and) out

Wed, Sep 09, 2015
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There’s some good stuff here, like the prickly relationships between women at odds with one another, but too much feels too contrived to fully satisfy.

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London photo: top of the Shard (at night)

Tue, Sep 08, 2015
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Another view from the top of The Shard.

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today is the 18th anniversary of the launch of Flick Filosopher

Tue, Sep 08, 2015
12 comments

Happy birthday to me… well, to my site.

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London photos: sunset from the top of the Shard

Mon, Sep 07, 2015
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Earlier this evening from the the viewing platform at the top of The Shard, the tallest building in Western Europe.

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meet the “clucking hen” with “feminist fish-gills”

Sun, Sep 06, 2015
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Now we just need to get her together with the Angry Woman Power Beaver…

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things I learned from this summer’s movies

Sat, Sep 05, 2015
21 comments

Important life lessons, everyone…

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if you want to talk about a movie or TV show I haven’t posted about…

Sat, Sep 05, 2015
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…you can email to request an open thread for it. [This post is not behind the paywall.]

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