iunia-kallistrate:

Black Women in Sci-Fi Playing Women [and not aliens or mystical priestesses] Part 5 (finally)

From the list found here. Part 1 is here. Part 2 is here. Part 3 is here. Part 4 is here.  Feel free to message me with more so I can make a part 6.

These lovely ladies are:

• Amanda Waller from Smallville played by Pam Grier
• Aunty Entity from Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome played by Tina Turner
• Corrine Baxter from Strange Days at Blake Holsey High played by Shadia Simmons
• Francine Jones from Doctor Who played by Adjoa Andoh
• Kee from Children of Men played by Clare-Hope Ashitey
• Leena from Warehouse 13 played by Genelle Williams
• Lisa “One Night” Standing from The Abyss played by Kimberly Scott
• Martha from Soylent Green played by Paula Kelly
• Sithandra from Æon Flux played by Sophie Okonedo
• Tish Jones from Doctor Who played by Gugu Mbatha-Raw

Bloody hell, Meryl. What greater love hath no woman, really, that she should don a frock and heels for her friend, write a poem. My god, I’m nauseous with gratitude! It may, in fact, be guilt, because I know I did ask. I’m so sorry. Thank you so much.

It’s such a cold night, you know, it’s the only time I’ve been actively grateful for the menopause. There have been moments when I’ve been entirely comfortable. And then they pass.

My dears, what an extraordinary night. Oh yes, I was in a film, I forgot! I’m surrounded by all these amazing people. Oh, Ryan Coogler, I’ll pinch you if you still feel like you’re dreaming. I’ll take you aside and pinch you.

You mustn’t forget that us old people really love to be surrounded by the young. It’s so exciting. There you are, taking over. Hah hah - good luck!

Um, I’m sure I had something to say, but I’ve been rather scuppered by Miss Streep’s extraordinary gift to me. Normally on occasions like this I like to complain, loudly and at length, about the dearth of roles for women, but actually this year they seem to have behaved like buses in London, where you wait for hours for the right one, and then suddenly seventeen come along at once. And so it has been. You know, Meryl and Julia and Octavia and Lea and the Kates, both Blanchett and Winslet, it’s been an extraordinary year for women’s roles.

I can’t think what gave me the edge; it must have been the perm. Which was a great sacrifice; it meant no sex, of course, for months on end. And then only with animal noises accompanying it.

I’d like to thank Kelly Marcel for writing someone so relentlessly unpleasant. Actually, it was an artistic chance to let out my real and true inner self. It was such bliss torturing all those young men, and I include Hanks, obviously, in that category. He’s always looked like he needed a good smack.

And Alison Owen, who produced a film about a 60-year-old woman which wasn’t about her being a wife or a mother. When does that happen? Never. Extraordinary.

And, of course, John Lee Hancock, who corralled a group of actors who would literally sell their internal organs to get the laugh. We would do anything to get a laugh, and he managed to make us look quite poignant in the end, which was extraordinary, I thought.

The NBR, thank you so much. And thank you again, Meryl. That was an amazing experience. I’ve taken my heels off as a feminist statement really, because why do we wear them? They’re so painful. And pointless, really. You know, I really would like to urge everyone to stop it. Just stop it. Don’t wear them anymore. You just can’t walk in them, and I’m so comfortable now.

But much love to you all. Thank you so very much. (x)

raikyn:

tate892:

bowlsoverbombs:

manzin:

A whole fucking bunch of this.

WORD

Re-fucking-blog!

Reblog this mothertrucker!

laughterkey:

braiker:

iamarique:

come on fhqwhgads

my brain just broke. 

God bless the internet. 

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I Am Monster (Short Film Review) | Diabolique Magazine →

The wonderful Chris Hallock has reviewed I am Monster for Diabolique magazine!

My favourite part of the review is this:

The short is a juggernaut of uncomfortable sexual imagery, and, considering its brief run time, packs a wallop of challenging scenes. The duo rebuffs any viewers’ squeamishness at being up close and personal with dead bodies, and every ounce of gruesomeness is extracted. Their teamwork, a marriage of provocative storytelling and technique, is an electrifying subversion of existentialist drama with a dash of sneering humor.

shannonlark and I do make a remarkable team, if I do say so myself!

ALL THINGS HORROR: The Best Short Film Of 2013 →

In a surprising turn of events, even though the film isn’t quite done yet, Mike Snoonian at All Things Horror as honoured I AM MONSTER, the short film shannonlark and I made, with a place on the Top 10 Best Short Films of 2013! Woohoo! 

backwards-and-in-heels:

That time Emma Thompson quoted Joss Whedon (x)