A look back over summer 2015's blockbuster movies
The summer movie season’s now over. Therefore, it’s time to look back over this summer’s blockbuster movie fare, and see what original fare did well and what
Bechdel Test
A look back over summer 2014's blockbuster movies
It’s time again to look back at what blockbuster films this summer did well or lousy at the box office. I’ve broken them out by “success,” “
The "Jay Sherman Test" and 2013's summer blockbuster movies
Repeating a post from last year, I thought I’d look at 2013’s summer blockbuster movie slate, and see which ones pass Jay Sherman of “The Critic”‘
The "Jay Sherman Test" and summer 2012 blockbuster movies
Thought I’d look (as I did last year) at the upcoming batch of summer movies, as applied to the “Jay Sherman Test” (as I’ve dubbed it), the
Easter specials that pass (or fail) the Bechdel Test
In the spirit of my post about Christmas specials that pass (or fail) the Bechdel Test, I thought it’d be fun to look at animated Easter specials. Pass It’s
The "Jay Sherman Test" applied to summer 2011 animated and comic book films
Besides the well-known Bechdel Test, another possible set of rules for movie-viewing, though way more lenient than the Bechdel Test, might be the ones that were proposed by Jay Sherman in the 90s
Comic review: Marvel Adventures Spider-man #10
Marvel Adventures Spider-Man #10 Written by: Paul Tobin Art by: Matteo Lolli In this issue, Spidey’s attempting to train a new “superheroine,” Lynx. “Superheroine” in quotes because
Christmas specials that pass (or fail) the Bechdel test
The “Bechdel Test,” named after an early comic strip by Alison Bechdel of “Dykes to Watch Out For” fame, proposes a set of three criteria for films with strong
Movie viewing "rules": the Bechdel Test and Jay Sherman's rules (2010 edition)
Often brought up online is the “Bechdel Test.” Named after the cartoonist of LGBT comic strip Dykes to Watch Out For, Alison Bechdel, it proposes that one shouldn’t see