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Mieville writes for an audience that enjoys purple prose. I usually see this as an author just having fun, but only certain readers like it and it really bothers others.

Yeah, I can't get into most Gaiman, and I try. I liked Stardust and the movie of Coraline, but I find his literary voice really coddling.

It's also been my experience growing up in the 80s and 90s that most white nerds just saw themselves as the default and weren't opposed to diversity so much as it never crossed their minds.

This is largely about how Tolkien has written the script for fantasy that a lot of the mainstream has had trouble moving away from. But if you actually invest in those who are really at the forefront of things right now (China Mieville, NK Jemisin, Jeff Vandermeer), fantasy is one of the most forward thinking genres

On one level, I agree. Hinton is under no obligation to approve of anyone's interpretation of her own art. From a spectator/critical perspective, though, artists often don't know what their own work is really about, and it's lazy criticism when I hear people use something said in an interview as a counterpoint. But if

I think you may just have to concede that he likes the movie more than you. Personally, I found it pretty middling, and agree with you that the storytelling balance is off, as more time should have been spent in the jungle. I also disagree with IV on the look of the movie being great. The colour timing in those Amazon

I actually like how deathly FURIOUS this movie is. It's really pretty startling. What's strange is a lot of the same people who called this film "grim-dark" equated the dire-posteuring of Nolan's trilogy with thoughtfulness. BvS works for me because it's legitimately troubled and troubling.

It's weird. I don't read comics too much either, and the DC movies are imperfect, but at least they feel like real movies, with style and atmosphere. I don't hate any of the MCU stuff, but they're mostly 2.5 star films that play like different episodes in the same TV show. BvS is beautifully shot and tackles (if

Yup. The first Haim song performed is one of the most nothing-songs I've heard in a while. It has potential to be a big hit.

I'd disagree here, because the stuff that holds up best for me in the original Ghostbusters is ghost/horror related, while a lot of the comedy is pretty retrograde and sexist. The (biggest) problem with the reboot is that it doesn't take its horror element seriously, so there's no actual sense of danger or

I'd never heard of this band before two days ago (and still haven't heard them), but if their music was praised mostly for their public image in the first place, that's also an issue of many critics being unable to separate art from celebrity. So if critics now want to backtrack and lower their grades, they should

"[Note: Yesterday, PWR BTTM responded to recent allegations of sexual assault against member Ben Hopkins. This review of the band’s new album was filed in advance of that, and does not address this controversy.—ed.]"

A couple barf-cam era movies, notably Cloverfield, which I watched (or tried to) from the front row on opening night. Some Peter Berg and Paul Greengrass stuff… The latest Blair Witch was visually nauseating.

It isn't. It presents campus politics knowingly, but usually pretty omnisciently.

Hiring Thom Yorke still isn't buying the movie a reason to exist.

Hot take: I lasted only 10-seconds in The Godfather. I'd already seen that cliche mountain logo in a bunch of other movies.

It looks amazing, but I'm not sure why you would cast the most boring dude alive opposite the second most boring.

Looks cool! And Villeneuve is the perfect director for this.

I think when a movie is 97% the exact same thing as a dozen other movies we've all seen (but like Doctor Strange, 3% of it is sooo different), that's something you want to let your readers know.

I don't agree that the movie is misogynist (but I'm willing to concede we have different perspectives, and you make valid points), but I do feel it doesn't know what to do with its lead. To me, it seems she has no arc, and the film is actually promoting a pseudo-feminist message of "well, she's an alcoholic, and you