Where Are the Women? Taken 3
When a franchise is built around the concept of a man coming to the endless rescue of his wife and daughter, you cannot expect a feminist utopia. [This post is not behind the paywall.]
Year: 2015
Where Are the Women? The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death
Hooray for a female protagonist and a female villain. Boo that their concerns are all wrapped up in motherhood. But hey, at least no one’s naked! [This post is not behind the paywall.]
New York photo: Apple Plaza
An Apple store overlooks the Plaza Hotel.
Taken 3 movie review: give it back
This is a movie as its own death wish. To call it cheap, lazy, and perfunctory grants it a dignity that implies there was another path it could have taken.
New York photos: the NY Post, taking the piss
New York City’s worst rag, embracing its reputation for terribleness and shoving it in our faces.
New York photo: dead Christmas tree
This is the saddest part of the holiday season, when all the decorations start coming down…
everyone’s getting back to work for the new year…
…but not me, not quite yet.
New York photo: skyline shooting up
This new pencil-thin tower — at 432 Park Avenue — will be the tallest habitable building in New York when it’s finished this year.
