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It’s International Women’s Day! Hear Me Roar Like The T-Rex In Jurassic Park

8th March 2017 by Sarah Cartland Leave a Comment

"Smile! This is for our 'Wanted For Crimes Against Masculinity' poster"

Yes, it’s that day again when all the mysogynists pop up to ask when International Men’s Day is. So come on over and tell me how to be a feminist. Just kidding, I can google. Once I’ve stopped Hoovering anyway. Also if you remind me I’ll do a post on IMD which is on 19th November. As long… It’s International Women’s Day! Hear Me Roar Like The T-Rex In Jurassic Park Read More

Filed Under: Film Articles Tagged With: alien, aliens, ang lee, bechdel test, emma thompson, gena davis, hidden figures, international women's day, iwd, jane austen, janelle monae, jurassic park, Jurassic world, newt, octavia spencer, prometheus, ripley, sense and sensibility, susan sarandon, taraji p henson, thelma and louise, women, women in film

Hidden Figures 4 stars☆☆☆☆☆

20th February 2017 by Sarah Cartland Leave a Comment

Looking at her calculations they could definitely get a man to the moon by 1969 and a woman to the White House by... er... well they could definitely get a man to the moon by 1969

Space travel is almost a religion in 1960s America, with NASA its church and the clever, brave and handsome astronauts its would-be Messiahs. To the extent that for three black women, informing an aggressively racist white cop who has appeared by their broken down vehicle that they actually work for the space programme results in an admiring escort to their… Hidden Figures Read More

Filed Under: Film Reviews Tagged With: 1960s, african american, al harrison, colored bathrooms, computer, discrimination, dorothy vaughan, engineering, hidden figures, ibm, john glenn, katherine johnson, Langley Research Center, Mahershala Ali, mary jackson, math, mathematicians, nasa, project mercury, segregation, space race, Space Task Group, west area computers

Those Oscar Nominations From B-Z

25th January 2017 by Sarah Cartland Leave a Comment

I was at the cinema watching Live By Night, and after what seemed like several days emerged blinking into the sunlight, feeling let down and deflated. Then I saw the Oscar nominations and felt let down and deflated. Oscar nomination day means the usual wailing about expected shoo-ins being left out, or under appreciated indies being ignored… Those Oscar Nominations From B-Z Read More

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