So the Backstreet documentary finally came out here this weekend and we rounded up a small fangirl posse to go and see it. Super-glad I’d allowed myself to be spoiled beforehand, because I think I would’ve been wrecked by all the personal stuff if I hadn’t had the chance to mentally prepare myself first.

Or, as I said: I’d been planning on ( Read more... )

Jupiter Ascending is kind of a mess. Dropped plot threads, shaky worldbuiding, leaden dialogue, and fight scenes so frantic it's hard to tell which side you should be cheering for. And yet. And yet...!
( There's nothing like a shirtless, eyelinered, pointy-eared man caressing some futuristic weapons as he soaks in his manpain. Also, reviews & links )

Five months of pop culture, GO!
Orange is the New Black uses a typical protagonist (white, blonde, privileged) to tell stories about a bunch of non-typical characters (women of colour, bisexual/lesbian women, and a trans woman). The more I think about the season’s climax, the more I think it does the series a disservice, but the show as a whole ( Read more... )

In which I watch things.

Much Ado About Nothing

I loved this. It has its flaws, of course, some of which are inherent to the original play and some of which are introduced, but I enjoyed the humanity and the sweetness it brought to what is, I suspect, my favourite Shakespeare. I had several conversations with people in the days prior that went ( Read more... )

We went to see a preview Pitch Perfect last night. Sometimes you just want a light-hearted, charmingly good time at the cinema, and this definitely hit the spot. (Except for the vomit jokes, eww.) There was a perfunctory romance but the real focus of the film was the relationships between the female characters, which is always nice to watch.

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Had a lovely dinner last night at Erilyn's place with a bunch of locals, in which Alasen, Meelie and I had whispered furtive conversations about Revenge (reveeeenge!) when the others were out of the room and Erilyn showed us the snippet of Glee doing Michael and Janet Jackson's Scream with Harry Shrum, Jr as Janet.


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This post will contain spoilers, assuming rom-coms called Friends With Benefits and No Strings Attached can really be spoiled. Let me tell you right now: both movies are about a guy and a girl hooking up and then falling in love. I know! I'm a fiend for ruining that for you.

Here's a trailer mashup by Blind Film Critic that shows just how ( Read more... )

In the past couple of weeks, I've caught up with a handful of friends that I hadn't seen for years (delightful!) and seen several movies (sometimes delightful!).

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows: Goodness, is this bad. Sluggish script, fight scenes shot in so close you can't tell what's going on, and the cheap use of the looming spectre of ( Read more... )