have some more (fictional) notes from The British Museum
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new and ongoing cinema releases, US/Can, Feb 13-15
A simple listing of movies opening this week and in continuing release.
movies by or about women opening US/Can Feb 13-15
Rebel Wilson stars in fantasy comedy Isn’t It Romantic, written by Erin Cardillo, Dana Fox, and Katie Silberman; more… [This post is for Patreon patrons only for the first month.]
new and ongoing cinema releases, UK/Ire, Feb 13-15
A simple listing of movies opening this week and in continuing release.
movies by or about women opening UK/Ire Feb 13-15
Rosamund Pike stars as journalist Marie Colvin in A Private War; more… [This post is for Patreon patrons only for the first month.]
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World movie review: dragon its feet to a blah finale
The gorgeous and once glorious fantasy series comes to a flat conclusion, one in which the stakes feel way lower than they should and the spark that once animated and elevated the story is missing.
Alita: Battle Angel movie review: ‘Rollerblade Runner’ with a Strong Female Character(TM)
Devoid of personality and soul, this hellish Frankenstein monster of processed entertainment product wallows in a stew of borrowed ideas and imagery and does absolutely nothing fresh with them.
new and ongoing dvd/blu/vod releases, US/Can, Feb 12-15
A simple listing of new releases and other stuff currently available.
new and ongoing dvd/blu/vod releases, UK/Ire, Feb 11-16
A simple listing of new releases and other stuff currently available.
new and ongoing cinema releases, US/Can, Feb 08
A simple listing of movies opening this week and in continuing release.
movies by or about women opening US/Can Feb 08
Tina Gordon and Jas Waters cowrite fantasy comedy What Men Want, starring Taraji P. Henson; more… [This post is for Patreon patrons only for the first month.]
2018’s films ranked
I rank films on the fly as I see them for the 2018 awards year. (Still ongoing!)
new and ongoing cinema releases, UK/Ire, Feb 06-08
A simple listing of movies opening this week and in continuing release.
movies by or about women opening UK/Ire Feb 06-08
KiKi Layne stars in historical romantic drama If Beale Street Could Talk; more… [This post is for Patreon patrons only for the first month.]
If Beale Street Could Talk movie review: a velvet fist of love and strength
A beautiful story about ugliness, about dignity in the face of hatred, told via delicate yet steely performances that imbue it with a power at once tender and infuriating. Totally enrapturing.
(fictional) notes from The British Museum continue…
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The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part movie review: everything is still (mostly) awesome
Our expectations are a lot higher now after the unexpectedly wildly inventive first movie… and this sequel delivers, digging with witty subversion into Hollywood’s glorification of its male heroes.
new and ongoing dvd/blu/vod releases, US/Can, Feb 05-08
A simple listing of new releases and other stuff currently available.
new and ongoing dvd/blu/vod releases, UK/Ire, Feb 04-08
A simple listing of new releases and other stuff currently available.
Cold Pursuit movie review: hot mess
The latest Liam Neeson revenge fantasy simply makes no sense even before you get to the tedious action, undeveloped characters, and stubborn racism and sexism. A rancid excuse for a thriller.
curated: it’s not only *digital* journalism that the free market kills…
We’ve known for decades that for-profit capitalism and public-serving journalism are incompatible.
new and ongoing cinema releases, US/Can, Feb 01
A simple listing of movies opening this week and in continuing release.
movies by or about women opening US/Can Feb 01
Gina Rodriguez stars in the Catherine Hardwicke–directed Miss Bala; more… [This post is for Patreon patrons only for the first month.]
new and ongoing cinema releases, UK/Ire, Feb 01
A simple listing of movies opening this week and in continuing release.
movies by or about women opening UK/Ire Feb 01
Taylor Russell costars in sci-fi mystery Escape Room; more… [This post is for Patreon patrons only for the first month.]
yet more (fictional) notes from The British Museum
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Burning (Beoning) movie review: same old Mr Nice Guy
Oh hey it’s The Nice Guy’s Complaint done up arthouse style, meant to render male entitlement, unwarranted sexual jealousy, and personal ineffectualness as something deep and meaningful. It’s not.
new and ongoing dvd/blu/vod releases, US/Can, Jan 28-Feb 01
A simple listing of new releases and other stuff currently available.
new and ongoing dvd/blu/vod releases, UK/Ire, Jan 28
A simple listing of new releases and other stuff currently available.
The Mule movie review: the old man and the drugs
Welcome to Peak Apologetics for the Bullshit of White Men, replete with many appalling messages about their endless entitlement to redemption and forgiveness. And as a bonus, it’s racist and sexist.
because nothing evokes the spirit of the Christmas Baby Jesus like hate mail
Who would Jesus troll?
a running tally of all the artists and intellectuals hassled by border agents or actually kept out of America under Trump
And now it’s Jorge Antonio Guerrero, who costars in Roma, who can’t get a visa to attend the Oscars…
new and ongoing cinema releases, US/Can, Jan 25
A simple listing of movies opening this week and in continuing release.
new and ongoing cinema releases, UK/Ire, Jan 25
A simple listing of movies opening this week and in continuing release.
movies by or about women opening US/Can Jan 23-25
No movies directed by women, written solely by women, or centering only women open in the US this weekend. Two tiny releases feature a mix of men and women… [This post is for Patreon patrons only for the first month.]
still more (fictional) notes from The British Museum
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Patreon-patron-only content has arrived
Here’s how to log in if you’re already supporting me on Patreon, and how to become a Patreon supporter if you aren’t already one.
movies by or about women opening UK/Ire Jan 25
Jennifer Lopez stars in romantic comedy Second Act; more… [This post is for Patreon patrons only for the first month.]
Nina movie review: dreary would-be sexual melodrama
Overlong and underwritten, tepid and dreary, this would-be sexual melodrama isn’t lurid enough to qualify as soft-core porn, but never finds any true emotion among its triangle of lovers, either.
new and ongoing dvd/blu/vod releases, US/Can, Jan 22-25
A simple listing of new releases and other stuff currently available.
new and ongoing dvd/blu/vod releases, UK/Ire, Jan 21-26
A simple listing of new releases and other stuff currently available.
Glass movie review: superhero ’splaining
Earnest and humorless, this is a faux-intellectual Comic Book Guy ponderously well-actually-ing us about shallow superhero tropes and clichés as if those are the most intriguing bits of these stories.
Destroyer movie review: holding out for an antiheroine
Nicole Kidman’s pitiless performance completely upends genre expectations in Karyn Kusama’s tense, grim crime noir. Uncompromising and subtly challenging, like a cerebral itch you can’t quite scratch.
new and ongoing cinema releases, US/Can, Jan 16-18
A simple listing of movies opening this week and in continuing release.
movies by or about women opening US/Can Jan 16-18
Tika Sumpter stars and Jamie Lee Curtis costars in dramatic thriller An Acceptable Loss; more…
new and ongoing cinema releases, UK/Ire, Jan 18
A simple listing of movies opening this week and in continuing release.
movies by or about women opening UK/Ire Jan 18
Saoirse Ronan and Margot Robbie star in historical drama Mary Queen of Scots; more…
Hale County This Morning, This Evening documentary review: a flow of time and hope
Slice-of-life and stream-of-consciousness, this is unlike any documentary before about what it’s like to be poor and black in America. RaMell Ross is an important new voice in American cinema.
more (fictional) notes from The British Museum
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curated: YouTube bans videos showing dangerous pranks and stunts
So what’s YouTube gonna do about racist and misogynist videos?
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