Ender’s Game
Setting aside for a moment the quease-making notion that I just put good money into the hands of that miserable homophobe Orson Scott Card, I need to tell you about Ender’s Game. What I mostly need to tell you is that you should avoid it. Ender’s Game is a boring, messy, unengaging and emotionally unconvincing…
Read moreThe Help
OK, hands up if you hated The Help? Go on. Did you find it offensive that Hollywood can only present black experience filtered through the prism of a white narrator? Really? You did? Well, you know what? – and I’ll try to say this nicely: you are a moron. You may have a genuine grievance…
Read moreState of Play
I’m not, generally speaking, a huge fan of politicians. My encounters with them – real or fictional – always leave me feeling a little bit tainted by all the spin and hypocrisy. State of Play, then, (starring portly Russell Crowe and flobby Ben Affleck) buys neatly into all of my wildly pre-conceived notions of political…
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