Friday Fancy: For Colored Girls

by Devil’s Food Cake

It’s really rare that you find interesting, well-rounded Black characters in TV and film. It’s even rarer that you find interesting, well-rounded Black women in TV or film. And usually, when you do, the film or TV show gets labeled a “black movie” – whatever the hell that means. So when I heard about this film on Feministing the other day, I was thrilled. Not one, not two, but eight principal characters who are black women. … Continue Reading

24th BFI London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival: Hammer!

by Devil’s Food Cake

Queer. Feminist. Sex. Three words that really turn me on. You can imagine, then, my delight when I read about this: … Continue Reading

Friday Fancy… Precious

by Devil’s Food Cake

I love advertisements on the underground. I spend so much of my life down there – mostly because of the utter crappiness of the Hammersmith & City line – that seeing the ads for new movies, exhibitions and theatre is almost like a life-line for my social life. And I was super excited the other day to see that a poster informing me that Precious has finally gotten a release date here. … Continue Reading

Tuesday Top Ten… action movie vixens.

by Black Forest and Devil’s Food Cake

So. We were watching The Fifth Element the other day, and it got us thinking (as you do). These weren’t deep and meaningful talks or anything, not really. But we love a good action film. All too often the good ones tend to be made for the boys, and let’s be frank, sometimes the boys hog all the glory, leaving little room for anything else (except massive explosions and too-loud crashes). … Continue Reading

Shoot me now?

by Meringue

Picture the scene: me, aged 17, sat goggle-eyed in front of The Matrix. It would be an understatement to say I had forgotten the concept of breathing and almost weed myself right at the point a larger than life latex-clad Carrie Anne Moss filled the screen pointing a Beretta 84F in my general direction, before quipping her signature line, ‘Dodge this!’ Did I dodge? No, as far as I was concerned I was already blown away!

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