Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials movie review: apocalyptic pile-on
The only slightly original element of the first film — the Maze — is gone, and now we’re in not simply a generic afterscape but every sci-fi afterscape.
London photo: scenery recycling
All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely spending their time separating the recycling.
Welcome to Leith documentary review: when hate comes to town
An uncomfortable, essential documentary that takes no sides as it raises questions about American ideals that are almost unanswerable but demand exploration.
The Second Mother movie review: cleaning house
Sharply observant and always surprising; mixes dry humor, aching drama, and stinging social commentary in its clashes between classes and generations.
London photos: open-air Shard
The uppermost viewing platform at The Shard is open to the air.
Where Are the Women? The Visit
The two adult women here are defined solely as mothers, but at least there is a teenaged female coprotagonist who is not defined by her gender.
The Visit movie review: grandma’s house (of horrors?)
Over the river and through the woods to yet another banal, anticlimactic attempt at storytelling from M. Night Shyamalan. And this time, it’s found-footage.
open thread: Daredevil
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Where Are the Women? Ricki and the Flash
The female protagonist is a mother, a girlfriend, and an ex-wife, but her life is not defined by her relationships to men and children.
Ricki and the Flash movie review: rocking (down and) out
There’s some good stuff here, like the prickly relationships between women at odds with one another, but too much feels too contrived to fully satisfy.
