onsdag 29 september 2021

An ignorant villain-lover's guide to Marvel – Phase Two

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"The sooner you're into it, the sooner you're out of it", was Mary Poppins's advice in Mary Poppins Returns when her ...
onsdag 15 september 2021

An ignorant villain-lover's guide to Marvel - Phase One

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All right, if you can't beat'em, join'em. As I've already touched upon, I'm not generally a fan of the superhero genre ....
lördag 4 september 2021

The birth of Cosmo (as we know it): Is this really modern feminism talking?

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It's been a while since I've seen Cosmopolitan in the news stands, but I remember eyeing the covers of it when I was younger and, t...
torsdag 19 augusti 2021

Grown-up thrillers and unsatisfying endings

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Yes, I do occasionally watch stuff on TV that isn't meant for kids and/or nerds. Mostly, though, I have to say, these trips into grown-u...
torsdag 5 augusti 2021

The well-structured fantasy world of Netflix's Shadow and Bone

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Now this is more like it. A little more than a year ago, I was hate-watching and groaning over the Netflix series Cursed . This year, Netfli...
lördag 24 juli 2021

Vindicating the Bennet sisters

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My summer holiday (unusually long by the standards of most countries except Sweden, yet it feels too short for me) is drawing to a close. I ...
torsdag 8 juli 2021

How to lose like a villain (and keep your dignity)

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So, I finally got to the part in Star Wars Rebels  with Grand Admiral Thrawn in it. Thrawn was actually one big reason (though not the only ...