movies

Jurassic World – Movie Review

This post contains some small spoilers, so be aware if you plan to see this movie but haven’t yet.  Discussion of the movie in comments may also contain spoilers. There won’t be any major spoilers in this review.

On using online petitions to harangue Hollywood

I had a lot more sympathy for the petition against the casting of Ben Affleck as Batman in the upcoming Batty vs Supes movie than I do for the new petition against the casting announcement for the upcoming Fifty Shades of Grey movie. Perhaps only because the petition against Affleck’s casting was better written, which makes me a snob, I know.

Signal Boost: I Am A Girl

The new documentary I Am A Girl is about to screen, briefly, in Sydney and Melbourne. The film gives six teenage girls, each in a different country, the space to speak of their lives.

Marry, Shag or Cliff? Sean Bean edition

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?

Friday Hoydens: Chihiro, Ofelia and Coraline

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.