It’s not because I’m in India, and very few English-speaking films of any merit are released here. It’s not because I’ve played the game, ’cause I never have. It’s not because the special effects were very nicely done and not over-wrought. It’s not because of Jake Gyllenhaal (although, he in no way, shape, or form is offensive to mine eyes). No, I liked this movie [...]
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I recently went to watch Clash of the Titans in 3D. In addition to the epic fail of the 3D format (it barely looked 3D, and the moments that could have been amazing in 3D–such as Pegasus flying towards the screen, or the Kraken thrashing about–were flat and uninspiring), the movie itself was an abysmal representation of Greek myth as well as the 1981 version. [...]
I recently read an article in Self magazine entitled “Is Your Doctor Playing Judge?”. The article, in short, is about the challenges and discrimination women are facing when it comes to their health care and specifically in terms of their reproductive health. On the page facing the main title and article is a flow chart of sorts with the following entries: DENIED: Emergency Room Contraception–Lore [...]
Margaret Atwood’s The Blind Assassin has been herald as one of the finest novels of the 21st century. And it is. Yet, it is perhaps a novel that often gets overlooked because of it’s “sci-fi” billing. Don’t’ get me wrong, I ADORE sci-fi/fantasy novels. In fact, at least eight out of ten trips to my local Borders Superstore will find me ensconced amidst the aisles, [...]
I found this interesting tid-bit the other day on Fox Sports online The Naked Truth: Beard not hurting sports. Apparently, Olympic swimmer Amanda Beard is posing nude (or has already posed nude) for Playboy. The male author of this article claims that Beard posing nude, as a commodity for the male gaze, is not hurting her sport or any other sports for that matter as [...]
Pat Conroy’s Prince of Tides is the story of a family in crisis and how the determination to keep the source of that crisis a secret almost destroys the individual members of said unit. Amazon.com offers this as plot synopsis: …it is the story of a destructive family relationship wherein a violent father abuses his wife and children. Henry Wingo is a shrimper who fishes [...]
In my first year of teaching Freshman Comp at a local Boston college, I taught a class that I designed myself called “Virtual Realities, Virtual Bodies: Technology and Identity.” Students were asked to examine the evolving role of technology vis-Ã -vis human and gendered identity. Truth be told, I molded this entire class around one book: William Gibson’s Neuromancer. Neuromancer is the story of Case, a [...]
