The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel movie review: return visit
There’s not much of a story, just a chance to spend more time with the gang of classy sexy randy oldsters. And that’s just fine.
Year: 2015
Focus movie review: con inartistry
Unpleasant, humor free, and contrary to accepted codes of movie morality. And that’s before it shows its hand as a pile of implausible sentimental mush.
London photos: deconstruction project
I suspect they are saving the facade for future use.
Where Are the Women? The Boy Next Door
The villain is a dude who fails to appreciate that sex is not all about what he alone wants. And the film gender-swaps a trope to motivate the protagonist. [This post is not behind the paywall.]
The Boy Next Door movie review: boys will be psychos
Reaches beyond ordinary laughable movie nonsense to create a moment — only one, alas — that will reign in the annals of cheesy cinematic history.
London photo: shop window cat
There is an ironic cat in this window, I swear…
Where Are the Women? Birdman
It’s rare that a film makes it this explicit that women are little more than supporting characters in a man’s story. [This post is not behind the paywall.]
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) movie review: winged infamy
It’s all a bit satirical. Or maybe not. Look, over there, Shakespeare in a superhero cape!
London photo: Hollywood on the Thames
On the day after the Oscars, here’s a look at London’s Hollywood, in Soho…
Where Are the Women? Maps to the Stars
“Strong female characters” doesn’t necessarily mean “good and noble,” as several complex but twisted women in this ensemble black comedy demonstrate. [This post is not behind the paywall.]
