I admit to being jaded sometimes, and it's not without reason - see all my previous posts on popular media, for example. So call this the latest in a long, stupid string of failures which has most certainly ceased to surprise me. Hollywood has a problem with...
Much as I like big flashy action movies, I have to accept that they don't like me. It's the same problem I have with comic books - the lack of any kind of meaningful female representation that doesn't actively insult my intelligence or body shape is exhausting. So I...
Something my better half said to me the other day stuck with me, when I got talking yet again about sexism in the media: the jist of it goes something like "Even when a movie/series isn't sexist, you're determined to see it as so - or when a movie/series clearly has a...
Last Friday I watched the new Captain America movie, and seeing as how I love comic book movies, I clearly must share my opinion with anyone who stumbles blindly onto my website. As always, there are spoilers. The plot is par for the course for an action movie, with...
My usual opinion of Hollywood movies is not exactly high. I'm normally disappointed with them, and with the direction they take in chasing the almighty dollar instead of telling a good or satisfying story. The fact that they blow millions on special effects and then...
Or so my better half calls it. He's not far wrong; the movie is full of the kind of crazy acrobatics that Altair got up to in the game, but in fairness, Prince of Persia did it first.I personally like to call it Prince of Persia: Look at Jake Gyllenhaal, Isn't He...
I saw Iron Man 2 last night, in case it wasn't already very obvious. I've taken a while to digest it, and now that I have properly marshalled my thoughts, I'm prepared to inflict them on you, the reader. I loved the first Iron Man movie. It was a shining gem in the...