I finally got around to checking out the Solo movie on Netflix, though I haven’t finished watching. This time something about the Star Wars universe hit me, something obvious that probably everyone else in the universe already grasped: Star Wars … Continue reading
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Really. REALLY. Trust me on this. particularly since this film, ‘Can you ever forgive me?’, is based on a ‘True story’ – and too many writers will see too many bits of themselves in the truth of the story being told. … Continue reading
I continue to ponder inequality. Or perhaps it’s more than that, an endless history of things unchallenged or questioned. First, witches. My erstwhile significant other asked me the question: “Why are the males called ‘wizards’ and the females called ‘witches’?” … Continue reading
I sometimes wonder if I’ve done a dreadful, dreadful thing in raising my children to love many of the movies that my husband and I love. My younger daughter famously went to school one day in 3rd grade, talking enthusiastically … Continue reading
Anent nothing (or actually, anent a long, chewy series of Tweets by David Rothkopf about the way a certain class of people in our society–guess whom?* gets a pass for treating people badly–which the author calls Asshole Culture) I started thinking … Continue reading
Today, a pastiche. Pastiche: an artistic work in a style that imitates that of another artist, style or period. Alternate definition (my favorite): a confused mixture or jumble — The New Oxford American Dictionary, 2001. Altering the Smile. As I … Continue reading
On Saturday night, spur of the moment, my husband, my daughter, and I went to see Sorry to Bother You, which starts out looking like an urban maybe-failure-to-launch comedy and then becomes, not just sort of Science Fictional, but profoundly … Continue reading
It was perhaps a mistake to re-read A Wrinkle in Time before I saw the movie, but I hadn’t read the book in a few decades. I enjoyed it, picked up things I hadn’t remembered, and went on to read … Continue reading
This last year, two super hero movies have made an enormous splash: Wonder Woman and Black Panther. One of the major reasons for this is representation. Typically, super hero movies are not made with women or people of color (POC) … Continue reading
This show has got lots of good stuff. I predict it’s going to become a major moneymaker, long before it gets to Broadway.
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