Where Are the Women? Madame Bovary
Women are not automatically fulfilled by marriage? A movie set almost 200 years ago should not be more progressive in this respect than most set today. [This post is not behind the paywall.]
Year: 2015
Madame Bovary movie review: why woman why cry?
A cold, sterile film, bereft of the spirit and danger Gustave Flaubert’s groundbreaking novel demands.
London photo: just who is on the menu here?
C’mon in, juicy humans…
2015 Sundance Film Festival Award-Winning Shorts review: the best of the best
The highlight is the absolutely astonishing “World of Tomorrow,” which crams in more SF ideas than you’ll find in a decade’s worth of summer blockbusters.
London photo: Planet Tiny
For when you run out of babies, and just need to pop down to the corner for a couple.
Where Are the Women? Insidious: Chapter 3
With not one female protagonist but two, this is a fine example of how stories about women appeal to wide mainstream audiences. [This post is not behind the paywall.]
Insidious: Chapter 3 and We Are Still Here movie(s) review: gray horror
An unlikely duo of films in which folks way beyond their teens fight hauntings injects a bit of the unexpected into a genre now tediously predictable.
London photo: Jurassic breakout
Somehow today a shipment destined for the Jurassic World theme park ended up at Waterloo, with disastrous results.
a few thoughts about Game of Thrones S05 E09 (“The Dance of Dragons”) and open thread
This is how fantasy keep sucking in people like me, even when it pisses us off. We want some magic in the world…
Cats Review Movies: Mad Max: Fury Road
Probably best not to tell kitty she has misunderstood something vital here…
