spoiler alert: about the ending of Spring
How giving a familiar romance a genre spin makes it much, much worse than it would have been without it.
Year: 2015
Spring movie review: she’s waaay out of his league
A same-old male-ego-stroking romantic-wish-fulfillment fantasy becomes actually enraging when it adds a sci-fi-horror twist.
London photo: he’s Batman
The Dark Knight stands guard at Warner Bros. HQ in Holborn.
Where Are the Women? Furious 7 (aka Fast & Furious 7)
The presence of more than one woman in fairly significant roles is overwhelmingly negated by how nearly all women are presented for a horny male gaze. [This post is not behind the paywall.]
Where Are the Women? While We’re Young
Despite allusions to the careers of the two main female characters, they are primarily adjuncts to their men, whose stories are all about their work. [This post is not behind the paywall.]
While We’re Young movie review: 40 is the new 14
This stinging GenX midlife meltdown is a bit strained in its plot, but that’s balanced out by lots of melancholy wisdom and bittersweet wit.
London photo: graffiti and glass
The view from Shoreditch.
A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night movie review: blood pressure
The Iranian skateboarding vampire feminist spaghetti western we have all been waiting for, creepy cool and gorgeously sinister, engorged with suspense and desire.
Boom Bust Boom documentary review: monkeys with money
From Monty Python’s Terry Jones comes an amusing, informative breakdown of just what the hell is wrong with the economy and a few ideas on how to fix it.
London photo: birds of a feather…
…memorialized together.
