2017-11-13

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2017-11-13 06:33 pm

Review: Murder on the Orient Express

Okay, I admit it. I have never read Agatha Christie. What? I just never saw the appeal, despite enjoying similar murder mysteries. And the trailer almost put me off. That ridiculous moustache! Can I bear to look at it for a whole movie?


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2017-11-13 08:35 pm

Review: Professor Marston and the Wonder Women

I am a huge fan of Wonder Woman. But I'm not such a fan of some of the exploitative sexuality that makes its way into her comics. A recent reimagining, for example gave us an African American Steve Trevor, then turned that apparent progressiveness very nasty with a scene where Diana tries to put a slave collar on him to teach him the joys of submission. Wonder Woman's origins are, shall we say, problematic. So I approached this film about her creator with some interest but also trepidation.


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