Review – Fuerzabruta

It means BRUTE FORCE apparently

Review – The Line of Beauty

The first book review.

Review – Batman Haunted Knight

DO YOU SEE WHAT THEY DID WITH THE TITLE?

Review – Infinite Crisis

MEGA BLOG CROSSOVER EVENT!

Review – Batgirl: The Lesson

Wherein I meet Stephanie Brown

Review – Manhunter Vol 1 + 2

Our first adventure in comics.

Review – Black Death

Wherein I watch a film only because Eddie Redmayne is in it. This isn’t the first or last time this will happen.

The Bechdel Test

Okay, so the Bechdel Test came up in the discussion of Pitch Perfect and I didn’t want to lose the flow of the review too much (as IF my reviews are stream lined beasts rather than the rambling piles of words they actually are)

The Bechdel Test is based on a comic by Alison Bechdel

So to pass the test you need to have two female characters who talk to each other about something other than a man. I think the version most commonly used now requires the women to be named. There are other versions of it that are slightly different, but if I mention it, I want the characters to be named ladies who talk about something other than a man.

Sometimes there’ll be arguable cases and if there is one I’ll make a note of it.

It’s frankly chilling how many films fail this test.  Passing the Bechdel Test doesn’t necessarily make a film feminist or stop it from being sexist (or, for that matter, good) but it’s a really good launching off point to think about films and feminism.

Feminism will come up on this blog from time to time because it’s something I’m interested in, but it’s not something I’m going to talk about in every review because there are countless people who can do a much better job of it than me.

Review – Pitch Perfect

Wherein I place myself in opposition to all of the real life critics

Review – Lincoln

MY BIAS STRIKES AGAIN!