London photo: architecture for fun (Part 1)
Exhibit of playful, experimental architecture, because why not?
Year: 2015
Where Are the Women? Big Significant Things
The most significant female character here is the male protagonist’s girlfriend, who “appears” only as a voice on the phone in a faraway city.
Big Significant Things movie review: road trip to nowhere
A leisurely, slightly absurd drive through 20something ennui that is as maddeningly diffuse as its protagonist’s state of mind.
London photo: sand artist
Sand sculptor working along the beach on the Southbank of the Thames.
Where Are the Women? Mr. Holmes
Women are necessary and present only for how the male protagonist feels about them, and how these feelings motivate him to do things for himself.
Mr. Holmes movie review: the case of the missing myth
It looks lovely and Ian McKellen is amazing, of course, but it’s not very Holmesian. I suspect Holmes himself would snort in derision at its sentimentality.
Where Are the Women? The Gallows
“Jokey” adolescent misogyny and a “she’s just the girlfriend” negatively impact the horror genre’s typically fairly good representation of women.
The Gallows movie review: hang it high
Unpleasant characters do things that make no sense in “found footage” clearly edited together from multiple sources. Negligent storytelling at its worst.
London photo: at the aquarium
Hangin’ with the fishes…
London photo: my favorite blue plaque (so far)
“Luke Howard, Namer of Clouds.” Could that be the most idyllic job ever?
