“Come away, O human child! To the waters and the wild With a faery, hand in hand, For the world’s more full of weeping than you can understand.” It all began three years ago. Futzing around on Tumblr (as one does), I happened across a teaser/conceptual trailer from the Irish animation studio Cartoon Saloon. Familiar as I was with their work from their very enjoyable first film The Secret of Kells, I gave it a … Continue reading Guest Squee: Song of the Sea →
Sense 8 is a weird mess of a show that is notoriously slow to grab its viewers’ attention. Most people either love it or hate it by episode three or four. I was completely apathetic at the end of Episode 1 and fanatically obsessed by the end of Episode 2. What hooked me? The romances, and how the romances hook into the idea that people need to connect to other people in order to emotionally … Continue reading Sense8: Like Whoa, Love is Amazing, AMIRITE? →
Comedy Central has tapped directly into my soul with their new half hour show, Another Period. This show satirizes reality shows like Keeping Up With The Kardashians and period dramas (especially Downton Abbey) by placing a turn of the century rich family in Newport (The Bellacourts) under a reality show microscope. We get candid interviews with family members, confessionals from the much-trodden-upon servants, and footage of all the exciting events upstairs and downstairs. Of course … Continue reading Another Period: Comedy Central Meets Downton Abbey →
Elyse, Carrie, and I all went to see Andy Dwyer Dinosaur Guy Jurassic World this weekend, and ho, boy, do we have things to say. What follows is a somewhat spoilery discussion about what we liked, what we didn’t, what there needed to be more of (dinosaurs) and less of (people). Here’s a basic summary of the plot: Located off the coast of Costa Rica, the Jurassic World luxury resort provides a habitat for an array … Continue reading Movie Review: Jurassic World →
(TW: This is a really sketchy movie with poor depictions of BDSM and maybe a possible assault but we’re not sure. Like, honestly, we don’t actually know for sure because this movie is so bad. So be ye warned.) So I’m at the video rental place (yeah, that’s still a thing in Wisconsin. Shut up) with my best friend when I stumble across this little jewel. Ladies and gentlemen, Bound is a Fifty Shades of … Continue reading Movie Review: Bound →
You didn’t think we were gonna review Entourage, did you? I’ve loved Melissa McCarthy since her time on Gilmore Girls. She is a delightful commedienne with impeciable timing and a gift for physical comedy. She’s made some great choices in movies (Bridesmaids, The Heat) and some dubious choices that from the trailers, at least, looked like two hours of fat jokes and classist humor (Tammy, Identity Thief). I did have concerns about which category Spy … Continue reading Movie Review: Spy →
RHG and I went (separately, alas) to see Far From the Madding Crowd. I (CarrieS) have read the book, and RHG had not. Far From the Madding Crowd is a drama set in the Victorian period about Bathsheba Everdeen, a prosperous farmer with three very different suitors. Here are our impressions: RHG: WHY ARE DUDES. WHY ARE DUDES THE FUCKING WORST. CarrieS: THE CLOTHES I WANT THEM. Also, I vote we have a total moratorium … Continue reading Movie Review: Far From the Madding Crowd →
RedheadedGirl and I saw Mad Max Fury Road and now we are all ready to storm the barricades of patriarchy with improbable vehicles. The plot of Fury Road is incredibly simple: In a post-apocalyptic wasteland where water and gasoline are scarce and warlords rule, a woman named Imperator Furiosa, played by Charlize Theron, rescues the five “wives” of warlord Immortan Joe. In the course of their escape, they team up with Mad Max, who is … Continue reading Movie Review: Mad Max Fury Road →
Bitches, Assemble! Redheadedgirl, Elyse, and CarrieS went to see The Avengers: Age of Ultron (tragically, not together). We had thoughts! Readers beware: SPOILERS SPOILERS ALL THE SPOILERS BELOW WE ARE TALKING ABOUT EVERYTHING. … … … … … … … CarrieS: I thought this movie was a ton of fun, with some brilliant moments, but I also thought that it was very much a transitional, middle movie. The Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) has gotten so … Continue reading Avengers: Age of Ultron →
I’ve always had a fascination with World War I, partially because we barely spent any time on it in school- there was Franz Ferdinand, and trenches, and mustard gas, and then everyone got together and decided it was Germany’s fault, and then there was a Long Afternoon and then WWII happened. Even when I try to sort through, well, everything? I get bogged down in the hot mess of geopolitics and shit. The stories of … Continue reading Movie Review: The Water Diviner →
Recap: family, amirite? The title card is over a pleasant sitting area in front of a fireplace, with two sleepy doggies. I’d like to curl up there with a book and a blankie and a whisky. Claire and Jamie ride through gorgeous scenery that basically has “courtesy of the Scottish Tourism Ministry” stamped on it. Claire is explaining how airplanes work and Jamie is DELIGHTED. He finally asks how old she is, and she’s 27- … Continue reading Outlander Episode 12: Lallybroch →
