now playing UK; opens Fri US/Can
Warcraft: The Beginning (aka Warcraft) movie review: guest review by a white male teenage nerd from 1987
Like all Frazetta fantasy posters came to life all at once. A masterpiece of cinema that truly speaks to the interests of white male teenage nerds from 1987.
now playing US/Can/UK
Me Before You movie review: romantic dramedy delusions
This miscalculated romantic dramedy is pathetically simplistic about morally complicated issues, and kind of offensive to those living with disabilities.
Where Are the Women?
Where Are the Women?: crunching the numbers
Everything we learned from the Where Are the Women? project. (Spoiler: It’s not pretty, but there is hope…) [This post is not behind the paywall.]
in cinemas
new US/Can Jun 10
new UK Jun 10
also playing US/Can
also playing UK
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dvd/streaming
new US/Can May 31
new UK May 30
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more recent releases UK
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rants and commentaries
more men I am officially tired of being asked to sympathize with in movies
Update! Another year, another slate of films proving there is almost nothing that men can do, think, or be that The Movies will not deem worthy of a story.
spoiler alert: 2 reasons why The Visit’s ending doesn’t work
The ending might have worked going to grandma’s house once upon a time, but it doesn’t work in 2015.
Hannibal: the thrill is the terror, and the terror is the thrill
Perverse. Completely perverse. And completely seductive. Do I love it, or is it evil? Is it a wrong thing if it’s both?
spoiler alert: about the ending of The Gift
The Gift takes the disgusting trope of hurting a woman to make a man feel something to a vile new low… one that reveals its ignorance about women.
introducing the Female Filmmakers Forum
I’m inviting female filmmakers to share their projects with my readers… [This post is not behind the paywall.]
why I am done with fantasy that abuses women in the name of “realism”
I am looking at you, Game of Thrones. (But not you alone.)
how to pretend a movie is not about a woman (because who likes Milla Jovovich anyway?)
Why is the U.S. marketing for Survivor pretending that Milla Jovovich is not the protagonist of the film?
spoiler alert: about the ending of Spring
How giving a familiar romance a genre spin makes it much, much worse than it would have been without it.
how movies fail girls and women (fans and filmmakers alike)
Girls and women love movies just as much as boys and men do. But it’s a love that gets thrown back in our faces by 95 percent of films.
spoiler alert: about the ending of Snowpiercer
I’m mystified that some people are upset by how Snowpiercer ends. Because anything else than what we get would be a tragedy on every level.
why do women wear sexy cosplay costumes, anyway?
Um, why are you asking me? I’m not a cosplayer. You should be asking cosplayers. But since you insist, I’ll make a few guesses…
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