Watched the Iron Man movies for the first time in a while today. I like Jon Favreau, but just. Ugh. Joss is head-and-shoulders above in the "avoiding actually awful action movie tropes" department. Like--there is, perhaps, one gratuitous crotch shot/cover/near miss moment* in Avengers (but it's sort of off-plane and maybe/maybe not, so I can choose ( Read more... )

In four and a half hours, I'll be getting in a cab to the airport so I can catch a plane to Toronto at 7:00AM. Ugh. I'm going to a union conference at the national's lakeside education centre whatever. I usually get up at nine these days. ALL THE COFFEE.

I'm a bit pissed I won't be able to go to the midnight Avengers premiere tomorrow. Next week, ( Read more... )

(Fair warning/content notes: I go to the ranty feminist rage place after the second set of parentheses.)

Watching Moneyball. I hate baseball so much, seriously. It's boring as hell and way too complicated (gimme the completely ridiculous physics of skates and sticks [on ice!!!], pls). But goddamn, how can you not be romantic about it. Fuck ( Read more... )