from Pinterest: yet another amusingly altered Do Not Enter sign (London photo)
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Month: September 2016
Anthropoid movie review: human-shaped but lacking in human substance
Familiar-feeling tale of a real-life plot to kill a high-ranking Nazi in 1942 Prague manages some suspense thrills but mostly misses the emotional ones.
Kubo and the Two Strings movie review: quest for family
Magic, music, and monsters come together to create a marvelous fairy tale that’s scary, sweet, and full of tough emotions that kids’ movies often avoid.
from Pinterest: colorful plastic pigeons with a secret? (London photos)
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Starving the Beast documentary review: the deliberate dumbing down of the American university
Lays out with calm, terrifying clarity how US public universities are being turned into profit-making ventures at the expense of students and education.
Ben-Hur movie review: it’s fine, everything is fine
It’s not great. It’s not terrible. It is bland manufactured entertainment product. It’s fine. Hollywood is not creatively bankrupt. Everything is fine.
happy 19th birthday to Flick Filosopher!
This site debuted on this day in 1997. There aren’t many movie sites older than this one, and there aren’t many sites that existed back then that are still around today.
from Pinterest: Olive Oyl graffiti (London photo)
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Robinson Crusoe (aka The Wild Life) movie review: castaway… you know, for kids!
A bland electronic babysitter, suitable only for small children still distracted by bright colors, slapstick cartoon animals, and simplistic wordplay.
from Pinterest: Popeye the sailor vs Felix the cat graffiti (London photo)
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