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Bechdel Test: How Women Are Really Presented in Film
Posted on 2011/11/04 | 3 CommentsRecently I was reading a chapter in film critic Mike McGranaghan’s book on Hollywood’s portrayal of women in films. One of the chapter’s main points is about recurring female characters in “chick flicks” whose ultimate life goal is marriage. To a certain extent films are... -
Movie Bet – The Avengers
Posted on 2011/10/28 | 3 CommentsSometimes Harry and I bet on how much money a movie will gross. Our first bet was about Sucker Punch‘s earnings with DVD sales one month after release. I said that Sucker Punch would take a loss on its $82 million budget. Harry said its... -
Drive Review
Posted on 2011/10/21 | 2 CommentsThere’s an action we see repeated in Drive: Ryan Gosling’s palm against the wheel, his fingers curling in tightly, extending, then curling back inward tighter. Drive is like that; most of the time it seems like not much is happening, but beneath its pulse is... -
Real Steel Review
Posted on 2011/10/14 | 1 CommentNothing unexpected happens in Real Steel. We’ve seen its characters, themes, and scenes in other movies. There is a moment in the film though where Charlie (Hugh Jackman) tells his son Max (Dakota Goyo) about Sugar Ray Leonard. He’s trying to convince Max to do... -
AFB – Titanic
Posted on 2011/10/07 | 4 CommentsAn Auto-Film-Biography that follows the movies that create someone who loves movies. If I’m honest my journey that follows the films that made me love films ends with Titanic. At the time I didn’t know it was uncool or unmanly to like Titanic. And I... -
AFB – Good Will Hunting
Posted on 2011/09/30 | No CommentsAn Auto-Film-Biography that follows the movies that create someone who loves movies. Good Will Hunting was the birthplace of movie majesty for me. It’s why I look up at the screen and consider films are made with cameras and written with pen and ink. Good...
