weekend watchlist: the plot to trick Hitler
Plus grownup romance and a bland dystopia, and more. (First published May 21st, 2022, on Substack and Patreon.)
Karen Gillan
Jumanji: The Next Level movie review: this game needs to be over
It’s more of the same tedious nonsense, all action sequences bereft of excitement and body-swap comedy minus any real laughs. An abysmal lack of fun with stakes way too low to generate much suspense.
movies by or about women opening US/Can May 15–17
Ry Russo-Young directs romantic drama The Sun Is Also a Star, costarring Yara Shahidi; more… [This post is for Patreon patrons only for the first month.]
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle movie review: jungle feeble
Culturally clueless cinematic vomit, a cynical undertaking embracing the most diminishing clichés it can apply to its characters. Low stakes, and low humor.
from Facebook: someone is dressed inappropriately for the new Jumanji reboot/sequel
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Oculus movie review: broken glass
The eerie atmosphere of psychological upset is intriguing and unusual, but it’s not actually all that scary.
Oculus trailer: we see dead people… in the mirror
Starring Karen “Amy Pond” Gillan and Katee “Starbuck” Sackhoff. And the fanboys did shout, “Shut up and take our money!”
Doctor Who blogging: “The Time of the Doctor”
I’ve watched this episode four times now, and it annoys me more every time.
Not Another Happy Ending trailer: not another adorably incompetent heroine
I suppose all the Amy Pond fanboys will be happy to see this, but I doubt I will.
where are the women writers on Doctor Who?
Obviously science fiction is a boy thing.
