Zola movie review: speed bumps in the road trip
A deliciously badass style — part 70s grindhouse, part verité pseudo-documentary — and all-in performances are undermined by an exploitive gaze, and a combination of failed caper and failed satire.
I am no longer using Facebook to promote my work; here are some alternatives for following me
I apologize for any annoyance or inconvenience this may cause. Though you probably hadn’t been seeing my posts in your feed anyway.
Google+ is shutting down…
But you have plenty of other options for following me on social media…
A Simple Favour movie review: suburban mom stumbles into mystery!
Witty, tense, and thrilling, but also cheerful, escapist, and fun, this is a perfect cinematic cozy mystery, kept on an even keel by the irresistibly charming Anna Kendrick. Merrily absurd pure entertainment.
‘Ready Player One’ reread, Part 1
My reread of Ready Player One, by Ernest Cline — soon to be released as a major motion picture by Steven Spielberg — commenced today on Twitter. (I’ll finish tomorrow.) Here’s how it’s gone down so far.
Submission movie review: a hot take on gender power dynamics from opposite-world
In the moment of #MeToo and #TimesUp, this tale of the relationship between an older male professor and his young female student is howlingly out of step and outrageously tone deaf. And that’s on top of its tedious clichés.
curated: there’s an AI writing horror fiction…
… and some of it is genuinely creepy.
I rewatched the 1990 ‘Flatliners’…
…and I livetweeted it.
curated: the haunting Twitter horror story of “Dear David”
I don’t believe a word of it, but it’s an amazing use of Twitter to tell a gripping story.
City of Ghosts documentary review: how to tell a story that some don’t want told
A devastating portrait of Syrian citizen journalists, of the sacrifices they make to tell of ISIS occupation, and a cautionary tale for Western culture, too.
