Month: March 2017

Episodes The Walking Dead, S07E14

The Walking Dead, S07E14

“The Other Side” Cannot Get Here Fast Enough, As In I Hope We All Die Before Another Episode of this Shit   Opening on a dialogue-free montage at the Hilltop sanctuary, we see Maggie, Sasha, Daryl and Jesus silently living out their lives: training the people of Hilltop in how to fight, tending to the …

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52 Films By Women 11. An Education, directed by
Lone Scherfig

11. An Education, directed by
Lone Scherfig

Life Lessons In An Education   This is, hands down, one of my favourite movies (meaning I’ve seen it more times than I can count). Set in London in 1961, schoolgirl Jenny is seduced by the perceived worldliness and glamour of an older man. Seeing him as an escape from her mundane existence, Jenny undergoes …

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Movies/TV The Matrix is Getting a Reboot Because Nothing is Sacred

The Matrix is Getting a Reboot Because Nothing is Sacred

You Can Only Milk a Cow So Long Before it Either Dies Or Bites You on the Fucking Face   The Wachowski siblings’ classic sci-fi action film The Matrix is being set up for a remake by Warner Bros. I wish there was some far-reaching, metaphysical ultimatum that I could put to you after that statement, that you …

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Episodes The Walking Dead, S07E13

The Walking Dead, S07E13

“Bury Me Here” Isn’t As Dead On Arrival As it First Appears   Over a dusty guitar overture, we’re shown a brief montage of the denizens of The Kingdom, shot from the perspective of the rear of a truck. They solemnly appear and, one by one, each enact a small part in placing and securing …

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Trump I’m Done Writing About Trump

I’m Done Writing About Trump

Reporting on the Goings-On of Trump Went From Exciting, To Repetitive, To Exhausting and, Eventually, Very Boring    The number one rule of getting a lot of traffic on your blog is to use a clickbaity title and then make a shameless attempt to clarify the parameters of it in your opening paragraph. It’s the …

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52 Films By Women 10. Project Eden: Vol. 1, directed by Ashlee Jensen & Terrance M. Young

10. Project Eden: Vol. 1, directed by Ashlee Jensen & Terrance M. Young

Heart Pumping Action In New Aussie Film Project Eden: Vol. 1   This is an Australian-made film that is practically bursting at the seams with cinematic force. It is designed with the very purpose of being watched at the movie theatre: drenched in sound, surrounded by tense bodies hidden in the darkness, gasping together as …

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Episodes The Walking Dead, S07E12

The Walking Dead, S07E12

“Say Yes” Says The Walking Dead… And I Almost Did, ‘Cause I’m A Sucker   A dim light shines through yonder trees, a breach of risen morning upon a secluded forest, casting the dim world into an incandescent blaze of warmth and clarity. Does this striking opening shot signify a new dawn for The Walking Dead? If …

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52 Films By Women 9. Frida, directed by Julie Taymor

9. Frida, directed by Julie Taymor

A Painter’s Vision Soars in the Illustrious Frida   There are many disparate elements within this film, as there are many aspects to the life of the famous Frida Kahlo: Mexican, woman, survivor, lover, artist, icon. Early on in the biopic, an event of irreversible consequence occurs when the bus Frida (Salma Hayek) is riding on …

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