i have neither read nor seen the da vinci code. until i saw, and, for a change, paid attention to a trailer of the film earlier this week (i space out during trailers), i had no idea what the big brouhaha about DVC was. one more conspiracy film about the vatican? big deal. you must by now know what the heresy of DVC is. if you don’t [SPOILER], here it is: jesus and mary magdalene got married and had children; this fact was concealed by the church through systematic erasure of evidenciary documentation. i think it’s pretty much it, though i’m not sure. as i said, i haven’t read the book. (more…)

in the last six months, i started to write this post some twenty times, nineteen of them in my head. today the pony and i went to see stick it and the post finally materialized in my mind. this is not the kind of movie i would normally see, but i am happy i went, though it is a far from perfect movie, or even a good movie. it is, however, a very interesting movie, especially if you like daring aesthetics and girl power movies. there are three genres of movies i’m an all-round sucker for: heist, con, and girl power. (more…)