Pete’s Dragon movie review: big friendly dragon
More like a pleasant walk in a redwood forest with a boy and his dragon than a rollicking adventure, but its serenity and warm heart are infectious.
Year: 2016
classic film through a feminist lens: Baby Face (1933)
It’s easy to see an anti-feminist “Just look what happens to women who break the rules” underneath what is most obviously simply straight-up salaciousness.
from Pinterest: green light to love (London photo)
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Suicide Squad movie review: sh*t squad
Should be grim, bitter, and as horrifyingly alluring as Hannibal Lecter. But it’s nothing but a teen-friendly ad for toys, Ts, and other disposable merch.
I’m very behind on reviews
But I will be trying to catch up in the coming weeks.
from Pinterest: the Thames at low tide (London photo)
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Microbe & Gasoline movie review: adolescent angst (subtitled)
Michel Gondry’s latest is charming but slight, and its typical teen-boy obsessions about boobs and bullies are already well-trod ground.
from Pinterest: it’s a car! it’s a planter! (London photo)
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from Pinterest: King’s Cross ceiling (London photo)
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The Legend of Tarzan and Free State of Jones movies review: enough with the white saviors
Filtering other people’s stories through the eyes of white men is tedious and offensive, and it feels like a desperate hedge against fresh perspectives.
