Grimsby (aka The Brothers Grimsby) movie review: grim indeed
A soul-crushing experience: lazy, cheap, lurid, and stupid. Painfully unfunny and pointless. Sacha Baron Cohen now panders to those he once rightly mocked.
Hail, Caesar! movie review: far from perfect, but pretty swell
Full of the Coen Brothers’ usual exuberant joie de cinema, and a helluva lot of fun, but too scattershot to ever settle on saying the things it has to say.
The Boy and the Beast movie rating: yellow light
A few instances of gorgeous and magical imagery cannot make up for the lack of genuine emotion or a fresh story. Strictly for devoted anime fans.
Emelie movie review: bad babysitter, under a glossy veneer
A slow-burn twist on the home-invasion story with a creepily classy atmosphere of dread and menace, but where it ends up is the stuff of hoary cliché.
London Has Fallen movie review: agitprop security theater
A Nuremberg rally for 21st-century America. Pure terror porn: racist, jingoistic, thoroughly obnoxious. Donald Trump voters will love it. *sob*
Where Are the Women? a visual breakdown of the 2016 Oscar nominees and winners
When it comes to winning a big award, it looks like representing women well — or at least not quite so badly as many films do — is a good move. [This post is not behind the paywall.]
Where Are the Women? the 2015 Oscar-nominated films ranked
A ranking the 2015 Oscar-nominated films for their representation of girls and women. Now complete! [This post is not behind the paywall.]
my predictions for Oscars 2016 (88th Academy Awards for 2015’s films)
Now updated with all the winners…
Where Are the Women? The Look of Silence
Women here are exclusively adjuncts to men who either have done or are doing something noteworthy, but they do also have small journeys of their own.
The Act of Killing and The Look of Silence documentaries review: when horror doesn’t destroy humanity
Piercing insights into the minds of murderers, and then astonishing generosity from those left behind. Deeply despairing, then restores a bit of hope.
