London photos: wine by the sip
At wine merchant The Sampler in Kensington, you can buy tastes of wine by the sip, gulp, or quaff.
Month: November 2015
Where Are the Women? The Letters (aka Letters from Mother Teresa)
A female protagonist who battles to wrest authority and agency for herself from a male-dominated institution is the sort of story we need more of.
The Letters (aka Letters from Mother Teresa) movie review: utter nunsense
A fatuous argument for Mother Teresa’s sainthood; credulous and willfully ignorant, and disregards everything about her beliefs that was nasty or skeptical.
Spooks: The Greater Good (aka MI-5) movie review: game of moles
A ridiculous, rote action thriller, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t entertaining, crammed with all sorts of macho emoting and spy nonsense as it is.
Doctor Who blogging: “Heaven Sent”
That mind-blowing moment when the Doctor realizes what’s going on! And the next mind-blowing moment when you realize none of it hangs together!
Where Are the Women? Creed
Why couldn’t Apollo Creed’s child have been a daughter who wants to box? That would have been a true reinvigoration of the Rocky franchise.
Creed movie review: the boxing ring of truth
Feels natural and organic, not forced by the dictates of movie franchises. A smart, engaging, unsentimental portrait of male friendship and male emotion.
Where Are the Women? Bridge of Spies
Would have scored better if it had eliminated its saintly supportive wife, even though that would have left the movie with barely any women at all.
Bridge of Spies movie review: the lawyer who went out in the Cold War
Presents American hypocrisy in defense of America with the snorting derision it warrants, while also being a gripping and intense Cold War thriller.
Happy Thanksgiving!
I leave you to entertain yourself with this perennial classic…
