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Fifty Shades Darker (2017): “No rules, no punishments, and no more secrets.”
Here we go again. Based on E.L. James’ trainwreck of an ‘erotic’ novel series, Fifty Shades Darker (2017, dir. James Foley) is the second of a trilogy, focusing on the relationship between two people which is characterised by a mixture of seemingly genuine affection and sexual sadism. Beginning at approximately the ending of the previous […]
Film Experiment: I Made My Partner Watch Fifty Shades of Grey (2015)
The other day I had what seemed like a brilliant idea when reflecting on Fifty Shades of Grey – what I thought was the worst film of 2015, and what certainly was a low point for women in film. My own beliefs clashed pretty violently with this film’s implicit disregard towards women, and apart from […]
2015 In Review…
Goodbye 2015, hello and welcome to the brand new year of 2016! I hope everyone had a really wonderful New Year’s Eve. I spent my New Year’s by accidentally falling asleep quite early and then waking up at 12:02am, and completely missing the countdown. To be fair, I had a big day at work on […]
Search & Rescue #10
It’s been quite some time since I’ve assisted the erudite seekers of knowledge who find their way to my blog. Search & Rescue is a series of posts where I address the strangely specific search terms that appear on my stats page, and help people out with answers to their questions. Here is a selection […]
February 2015 Favourites
I can’t believe it’s the end of February already! It seems like only yesterday I was making weak resolutions that I haven’t even started to achieve yet (…still haven’t seen Interstellar). Film-wise this month, I seem to be just watching whatever I get my hands on rather than actively seeking things out. So it’s been […]
“Is it worth paying for a ticket?”: Fifty Shades of Grey (2015)
Nothing better than a film poster where a man is clearly about to beat the crap out of his girlfriend, but in a sexy way. Confounding lovers of good writing everywhere, Fifty Shades of Grey (2015, dir. Sam Taylor-Johnston) was a runaway literary success in 2011 and 2012. Written by E. L. James and initially […]
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