MaryAnn’s quick take: The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard is a movie to turn you off Going To The Movies, just as we are allowed to again, with its unlikeable characters, muddled action, and incomprehensible plot, all of which are magnified on the big screen. Read the review…
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My Octopus Teacher documentary review: out of the way, human (#Netflix) - This otherwise gorgeous nature documentary is marred by the banal self-therapy of its human protagonist... and he is nowhere near as interesting as the manic pixie dream octopus who changes his life.movies for the resistance
Bank Job documentary review: culture jamming for fun and justice - Brilliantly tantalizing, bursting with creative enthusiasm and bouncy energy, this cheeky work of artistic activism is out to subvert our debt-driven economy. Who says smashing injustice can’t be fun?on vod in us
Infinite movie review: whoa no (#ParamountPlus) - Knee-jerk clichés abound in a shameless retread of The Matrix in which many levels of storytelling ineptitude are the only depth on offer. Can Hollywood please stop reincarnating the same old movies?maryann sez…
- AWFJ Presents… a collection of amazing movies by (and about) women
- I am — tentatively — returning to cinemas
- behold the spruced-up FlickFilosopher.com
- how black lives have not mattered
- my picks for tonight’s 93rd Academy Awards (the Oscars for 2020’s films) (winners indicated)
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finest internets
- curated: “in defence of historical inaccuracy,” particularly re colorblind casting
- curated: why so much movie criticism, and the movies themselves, are so awful these days
- curated: “Donald Trump‘s Presidency Was Supposed to Be Great for Art. It Wasn‘t”
- curated: 10+ minutes of glorious dancing in movies, so you can forget 2020 for a bit
- curated: how we look at art… and how we think about looking at art
- reader Bluejay’s project to help us all stay sane (and I want yours too)
- “Remain Indoors”
- a message from Simon Pegg and Nick Frost…
- a message from the Doctor at this strange and anxious time
- curated: the roles typecast actors would prefer to play