https://drsusanblock.com Dr. Susan Block's Journal Wed, 16 Jun 2021 01:02:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.5 https://drsusanblock.com/story-rocket-war-apes https://drsusanblock.com/story-rocket-war-apes#respond Mon, 24 Jul 2017 17:00:01 +0000 http://drsusanblock.com/?p=64410 “Some have noted that War does not include any scenes where at least two female and named characters are alone on screen and talk about something else other than men. That is, the film does not pass the Bechdel Test. And when Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014) was released, Dr. Susan Block pointed out the lack of female characters […]]]> https://drsusanblock.com/story-rocket-war-apes/feed 0 https://drsusanblock.com/dawn-planet-apes https://drsusanblock.com/dawn-planet-apes#comments Sun, 13 Jul 2014 05:30:45 +0000 http://dev.radiosuzy1.com/?p=45858 Length 1:29:30   Date: July 12, 2014   As Dawn of the Planet of the Apes leaps and bounds onto humanity’s big screens, captivating audiences with its 3D “motion capture” CGI and eye-popping FX, putting us in touch with our inner ape and making a ton of cash for its producers (debuting at a whopping $73 […]]]> https://drsusanblock.com/dawn-planet-apes/feed 44