April 2012
tor.com: Joss Whedon, John Hughes, & Torture Porn:... →
sharkyteeth:
SPOILERS FOR THE MOVIE BELOW & AT THE LINK
“Culturally speaking, if slasher films (and the genre’s more recent outgrowth, torture porn) are supposed to reflect the social and political tensions and anxieties of our society, what does the last decade this say about us? It’s relatively easy to look back at what was going on in the mid-seventies and start serving up analysis and...
People Can't Figure Out Why The Cabin in the Woods... →
themarysue:
So, you may have been trying to avoid all the buzz that surrounded The Cabin in the Woods, which, if all you have seen of it is the commercials and online ads, is being marketed as your typical “young people in a creepy cabin in the middle of nowhere surrounded by supernatural evil” kind of movie. However, if you’d been anywhere near the internet before its release on April 13, you...
Incredibly Rare Statue of Female Gladiator... →
themarysue:
A female gladiator is apparently a gladiatrix, plural gladiatrices. There, now that I’ve told you that, I’m free to use the word in the rest of this article. Archaeologists and classicists don’t disagree on whether or not there were female gladiators in ancient Rome. It’s clear from a number of contemporary accounts that there were. Just how rare they were is another question,...
theworldinmycolours:
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Working for a Smile: Just did the Harry Potter... →
workingforasmile:
All I can say is Oh my God can I feel my muscles now!!
I saw this somewhere on the internet, but I don’t know the original source, so I can’t link it, but thank you to whoever came up with this. It forced me not only to workout, but also to stay focused on the movie, so that I didn’t miss…
