Inside Llewyn Davis

...The Betchel Test of my fucking patience

As much as I hate women (they are a subset of humans, and are therefore reprehensible), I would tend to agree that their exclusion from cinema is a bit bizarre and unfortunate.  Nevertheless, the Betchel Test – whether or not two woman talk in a film about something that isn’t boys – irks me.  First of all, it excludes a classic genre, the romcom, and is thereby, technically, denigrating a woman’s picture.  That’s a no no.  The real question is whether...read more

Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit

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