London photos: Westminster Abbey transformed at Lumiere London
I don’t know how the artist got so precise with the color.
Year: 2016
Where Are the Women? Our Brand Is Crisis
A female protagonist in a position of authority, in which she is allowed the space to be professional and be heeded by men, is a very good thing.
Our Brand Is Crisis movie review: unearned (and unneeded) sentiment
A protagonist who revels in the sheer cynicism of her job gets a sentimental redemption out of nowhere; Sandra Bullock’s comedic chops are undercut by it.
Where Are the Women? The 33
Women wait, and wail, while men struggle to survive and other men struggle to rescue them.
The 33 movie review: swallowed up by the earth
A missed opportunity to tell what should be a captivating real-life disaster tale that is instead plodding, scattershot, and lacking in dramatic impetus.
London videos: Circus of Light at Lumiere London
In the big plaza called Granary Square, near King’s Cross, the Circus of Light was projected onto a former warehouse.
London photos: “ice floes” at Lumiere London
In the fountain in Trafalgar Square.
London photos: the flying men at Lumiere London
In St. James’s Square, off Piccadilly, there were flying men.
London video: elephant on Regent Street at Lumiere London
The elephant up in the arcade on Regent Street was marvelous.
The 5th Wave movie review: disaster movie, in more ways than one
Lazy and trite, with a passive protagonist. It’s as if no one here understands the appeal of the postapocalyptic YA genre it is attempting to piggyback on.
