The short answer is: yes, it is that bad. Now, I do have an explanation, of course. So welcome to a rant about something that you would probably like to forget. But in all fairness, how could we? And let’s be very clear about this: this drama is exceptional in everyway. Acting, story, plot, characters. …
Look, when a film rolls up with Benedict Cumberbatch, Olivia Colman, AND promises of thoughtful gender discourse, you don’t just watch — you prepare to take notes. The Roses (2025) had that energy. The pitch: a couple whose picture-perfect life implodes when his career tanks and hers explodes, a showdown of two people equally consumed …
Well… yes, there is another Beauty and the Beast film that was not produced by Disney: La Belle et la Bête (2014), starring Léa Seydoux and Vincent Cassel. No talking clocks or teacups there, but we get little puppies with eyes like those Ty stuffed animals’.
*WARNING: this post is Humor-Free. Let’s face it, it is not by accident that most, if not all, of Studio Ghibli’s productions are critically acclaimed, and Hayao Miyazaki is credited as the leading film director in feminism among many other things. Over the years, the studio has given us diverse female leads with unique stories …
