Month: May 2008

‘Mad Money’ and women on film

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So I wrote the other day about why there are so few women at the multiplex this summer — a riff on a similar complaint by The New York Times film critic Manohla Dargis — but then along this week comes Mad Money on DVD, which had its theatrical release just this past January. It’s … more…

daily list: 5 products of Hollywood that are pure fiction

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Newsflash! Experts say Indiana Jones is pure fiction! It’s true! I mean, it’s true that it’s false! Or something. CNN.com tells all: Though he preaches research and good science in the classroom, the world’s most famous archaeologist often is an acquisitive tomb raider in the field with a scorched-earth policy about what he leaves behind. … more…

I hate John Scalzi

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I’m just so pissed. Because John Scalzi is supposed to be my Official Stalker, and it looks like he stole a gig that should have been mine: writing about SF/F films at AMC.com. Bastard. His first column, on Guillermo del Toro taking the helm of The Hobbit, is up now. Enjoy. Cuz I sure can’t … more…

daily list: 5 reasons why there are no girls in the movies

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New York Times film critic Manohla Dargis wants to know, Where are all the chicks at the multiplex this summer?: Nowhere is our irrelevance more starkly apparent than during the summer, the ultimate boys’ club. Over the next few months the screens will reverberate with the romping-stomping of comic book titans like Iron Man and … more…