deep thought (re boys who need to grow the fuck up as story fodder)
*Flipped* is the movie *Scott Pilgrim vs. the World* wishes it was… and it doesn’t even need videogame icing to be so.
*Flipped* is the movie *Scott Pilgrim vs. the World* wishes it was… and it doesn’t even need videogame icing to be so.
It’s one of the biggest bombs of the year. Why?
The best thing about *Scott Pilgrim vs. the World*? Chris Evans as Lucas Lee, one of Ramona’s “evil” exes… who just happens to be a mega movie star…
…on what arts criticism is, and what it isn’t…
In *Scott Pilgrim vs. the World,* Michael Cera is forced to battle, videogame style, his new girlfriend’s (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) ex-boyfriends in order to win her hand. This flick sprang from (among other films)…
Every week my browser gets cluttered up with tabs for stuff that I stumble across and figure I might be able to use as a Question of the Day or a WTF Thought for the Day or grist for some other post…
If someone wanted to poke fun at the idea of women as ‘princesses’ to be won at the conclusion of a video game or prizes to be won by male cinematic heroes, we would this weekend be anticipating the opening of *Ramona Flowers vs. the World.*
It’s *Twilight* for boys…
I really want to like *Eat Pray Love,* because I’m desperate for stories about women living their own lives for themselves, the way that stories about men almost always are allowed to be…