Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children movie review: infodump, the movie
Relentlessly dull. A tour of a strange world and “characters” little more than their “peculiar” abilities isn’t enough to whip up fantastical excitement.
Harry Potter
open thread: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
A place to discuss both the stage play and the script book. [This post is not behind the paywall.]
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.
London photos: impromptu Alan Rickman memorial
Fans have taken over a spot near Platform 9 3/4 in King’s Cross station to memorialize the actor.
more men I am officially tired of being asked to sympathize with in movies
Update! Another year, another slate of films proving there is almost nothing that men can do, think, or be that The Movies will not deem worthy of a story.
Doctor Who blogging: “Face the Raven”
The Doctor and Clara go to Diagon Alley, where Clara gets reckless again.
The Last Witch Hunter movie review: burn it at the stake
If this were Law & Order: Black Magic, which it almost seems like it wants to be, it’d be a helluva lot more interesting than it is.
London photo: crowded Platform 9 3/4
If you want to get your picture taken at Platform 9 3/4 at King’s Cross Station, you will have to wait a long time.
Molly Moon and the Incredible Book of Hypnotism movie review: you are getting very angry…
This desperately terrible children’s fantasy is an unpleasant mishmash of dated slapstick, unwittingly sinister adventure, and icky magic.
a few thoughts on Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell (and open thread)
It’s all very grubby… which is brilliant.
