Wonder Woman is Bad like the Rest

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Wonder Woman was always doomed to be held by a different standard, viewed with unrealistic expectations, and to be burdened with perpetually mounting symbolic pressure. That’s what happens when a male dominated industry collectively refuses to include women (both as leading characters and as creative leaders behind the camera) in spite of a constant high… Continue reading Wonder Woman is Bad like the Rest

King Arthur: Legend of the Bored

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  How does this happen?  I love Guy Ritchie motion pictures, especially his scam/caper films like Snatch, Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels and RockNrolla.  But the fast cutting, fast talking, explain everything through flash backward and flash forward editing kills King Arthur. In this retelling, Arthur is orphaned in the films opening minutes as… Continue reading King Arthur: Legend of the Bored

Would You Kiss Your Robot Twin? (Alien: Covenant review)

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Samuel Russell: Hey Chris, how’s it going? So after we saw Alien: Covenant last night I was thinking about the series it belongs to. My first encounter with the Alien franchise was through the 2004 b-movie Alien versus Predator, which is a good example of lowest common denominator sci fi slashers. Even my 10 year… Continue reading Would You Kiss Your Robot Twin? (Alien: Covenant review)