Passengers movie review: lost in sexist space
After a few quick nods to the profoundly unethical act at its core, it shrugs it off and uses it as the basis for its fairy-tale romance. This is not okay.
Titanic
Deepwater Horizon movie review: blood for oil
Immensely intense and suspenseful. Disaster filmmaking at its most gripping, yet there is nothing in the least bit exploitive or sensationalized about it.
Doctor Who blogging: “Under the Lake”
I don’t recognize this show anymore.
Forbidden Films: The Hidden Legacy of Nazi Film documentary review: the power of propaganda
A frustrating movie in some ways, but an important reminder of the power of cinema to manipulate and seduce us, and not always for the better.
Pompeii rating: yellow light
Instantly forgettable but more than passable as a diversion; solid B-movie cheese that’s like Titanic-lite meets Gladiator-lite.
what would it take for a superhero movie to win the Oscar for Best Picture?
Here’s an idea: tell a story about a female superhero who has to fight not only bad guys but cultural assumptions. Cast Jennifer Lawrence.
fun stuff from FlickFilosopher stats week of Apr 13-19 2013
Actual unretouched phrases that people plugged into search engines this week that led them to this site (with some commentary from me)…
question of the day: Why is Skyfall resonating so powerfully with British audiences?
Skyfall has passed Titanic to become the No. 2 all-time box office champ in the U.K., and it’s within spitting distance of surpassing the No. 1 film, Avatar. What the heck is going on?
see Jeremy Sisto as Titanic’s Jack Dawson (and other adventures in social networking)
Links my followers on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ saw today…
question of the weekend: Is Twitter making ignorance suddenly cool?
Are we wrong to make fun of the tweeps who don’t know how Dick Clark is or that the Titanic was real? Should we praise them for seeking an answer… even if it’s in the laziest way possible?
