cinema

Marry, Shag or Cliff? Sean Bean edition

By Guest Hoyden on February 20, 2013

Remember the rules? It’s been a while: you must choose one of each of the three candidates to match each fate. No skipping any.

Or you could just talk about your favourite entertainments, since this is just a hook to hang some pop culture on. How about this awards season, eh?

Posted in arts & entertainment, fun & hobbies | Tagged cinema, film, marry shag or cliff?, movies, OTP, pop culture, telly | 22 Responses

Friday Hoydens: Chihiro, Ofelia and Coraline

By Orlando on February 15, 2013

Last night my family sat down together to watch Coraline, and I found myself instinctively grouping it with two other films centred on little girls navigating dark and strange fantasy lands, Hayao Miyazaki’s Spirited Away and Guillermo Del Toro’s Pan’s Labyrinth.

Posted in culture wars, gender & feminism, Sociology | Tagged cinema, films, girls, hoydens, movies | 1 Response

Film review: Silver Linings Playbook

By tigtog on February 14, 2013

This is a feast of a film, a comedy-drama-romance of families, friendships and forgiveness which sparkles with subtly dazzling restraint, studded with troubling emotions and snort-out-loud humour.

Posted in arts & entertainment | Tagged cinema, films, movies, reviews | 11 Responses

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The 44th Down Under Feminists Carnival

By Mary on January 29, 2012

This is the 44th monthly Down Under Feminists Carnival. This edition of the carnival gathers together December 2011 feminist posts from writers living in Australia and New Zealand.

Posted in Culture, Life, linkfest, Politics, Sociology | Tagged abortion, activism/charity, asexuality, australia, australian women writers challenge, beauty standards, carnival, cinema, consent, disability, doctor-who, documentaries, Down Under Feminists Carnival, dufc, fashion, fat acceptance, fat hate, gaming, identity politics, islam, marriage equality, new zealand, prison system, race & racism, reproductive rights, sex workers, sexual assault, triggering, vaccination, victim blaming, workplace | 10 Responses

Ob Twilight: Breaking Dawn Thread

By tigtog on November 22, 2011

Love it? Hate it? Meh? It’s a bit hard to totally ignore this week, just sayin’. (obviously, Spoilers Alert)

Posted in arts & entertainment, gender & feminism | Tagged abortion, books & writing, cinema, femininity, film adaptations, pop culture, romance | 4 Responses

Sunday Cinema Trailer: Pixar’s Brave

By tigtog on November 20, 2011

…the courageous Merida confronts tradition, destiny and the fiercest of beasts.

Posted in arts & entertainment, fun & hobbies, gender & feminism | Tagged animation, Bechdel-Wallace Test, cinema, disney princesses, gendered roles, hoydens, SIKAW | 4 Responses

This is what you meant isn’t it?

By blue milk on July 28, 2011

.. when you said you want to wear white and be a princess for a day?

Posted in arts & entertainment, gender & feminism, relationships | Tagged cinema, feminists | 12 Responses

Today in Slices of Awesome: One Man Disney Movie

By tigtog on July 19, 2011

I’m not sure that one person having this much fun is legal, is it?

Posted in arts & entertainment | Tagged cinema, gratuitous awesome, music | 5 Responses

Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows Part 2 opens internationally on 15th July 2011

ObFanSquee: New Harry Potter trailer

By tigtog on June 17, 2011

“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2″ Trailer 2 – No description/transcript yet. Apologies. The best I can do is the Warner Bros blurb, because I have to get back to work.

Posted in arts & entertainment, fun & hobbies | Tagged cinema, harry potter | 4 Responses