Where Are the Women? Pawn Sacrifice
Apart from very brief appearances by the male protagonist’s mother and sister and the prostitute he patronizes, women are all but absent from this film.
Month: December 2015
Pawn Sacrifice movie rating: red light
Yawningly dull Cold War chess drama squanders the charms and talents of Tobey Maguire (as Bobby Fischer) and Liev Schreiber (as Boris Spassky).
why does the Sicario Region 1 DVD cover art make it look like Benicio Del Toro is the star of the film?
In a year when badass women are obviously doing very well for Hollywood, this is no explanation for this beyond unthinking, reflexive sexism.
London photo: Christmas at the V&A
Christmas in the courtyard at the Victoria & Albert Museum.
The Big Short movie review: first thing we do, let’s kill all the bankers
An infuriating yet entertaining look at the “other guys” of the 2008 financial crash. You will want to weep. While you’re laughing! *sob*
London photo: maw over the City
A monster about to chomp down on the City?
Concussion movie review: heads up
A quietly horrifying, solidly entertaining medical procedural that makes no bones about the terrible damage American football causes to its players.
Daddy’s Home movie review: floundering fathers
Clichés about good dads and bad boys go beyond the cheap and obvious and into the insulting. There’s nothing unexpected or even mildly amusing here.
London photo: pretend traffic jam
I didn’t realize the traffic jams were this bad in London, but kids are reenacting them with their toys. Poor traumatized mites.
Where Are the Women? Star Wars: The Force Awakens
A new generation of fans will now grow up comfortable with the notion that a young woman can be a badass pilot and a great engineer who longs for adventure.
