Film
Roar Uthaug's 'Tomb Raider' Should Have Stayed Entombed
Roar Uthaug's insistence upon combining faux gravitas with action results in countless scenes of unintentional hilarity.
15 Mar 2018
Roar Uthaug's insistence upon combining faux gravitas with action results in countless scenes of unintentional hilarity.
If the Lara facing us is a living contradiction, at once a sex symbol and a rejection of the objectifying gaze, the videogame's Lara Croft -- mute, unreal, and looking the other way -- is a virtual contradiction, at once a sort of riot grrrl and a sort of fetish.
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