May 2016 - FlickFilosopher.com

London photo: this way to the Turkish baths

Mon, May 30, 2016

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Outside a modern sandwich shop, leftover signage for a place where people once hung out.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows movie review: shell schlock

Mon, May 30, 2016

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Leaden and witless, though it obviously believes there is humor in its loud, chaotic juvenility. It would be an insult to cartoons to call this cartoonish.

Gods of Egypt movie review: those whom the gods wish to punish, they force to watch this movie

Sat, May 28, 2016

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Hilariously, casting white Westerners as mortals and deities of the ancient Nile is the least offensive thing about this crime against goofball cinema.

Star Trek Continues continues with E06: “Come Not Between the Dragons”

Sat, May 28, 2016

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This one features Farscape’s Gigi Edgley in a significant guest role, for that extra geek kick.

London photos: the Queenhithe mosaic

Wed, May 25, 2016

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A newish (circa 2014) installation on the north bank of the Thames, on the what is apparently the only remaining Anglo Saxon dock on the planet.

Victoria movie review: no cutting to the chase here

Wed, May 25, 2016

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The two-hour-plus single-take gimmick disappears into the background as the implausibility and the flatness of the protagonist come to the unfortunate fore.

London photo: civic pride in North London

Tue, May 24, 2016

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So, there’s at least one person who loves Wood Green…

Alice Through the Looking Glass movie review: a mirror cracked

Tue, May 24, 2016

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Believes six impossible things — like implausible character motivations, or big emotions — because they’re in the script, without bothering to earn them.