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obsession: Canadian TV (and film) (because I’m hungry for something new and good) boyfriend: Esai Morales in Caprica (not so much his character, though: he’s sorta sad and scary) psyched: Alice in Wonderland (even though I’m still on Disney’s shitlist) girl crush: no one dreading: She’s Out of My League (for perpetuating obnoxious stereotypes) enemy: … more…
I’ve heard from numerous other film critics that they get the same requests, but it never ceases to astonish me when I get an email like the following, which arrived recently: Hello Mary Ann! We are a group of students for [redacted university outside the U.S.]. We are American Studies majors doing a thesis on … more…
One of the three Oscar-nominated animated shorts that are available online (I’ll feature the other two tomorrow and Wednesday):
Thomas Doherty in The Chronicle of Higher Education Review is lamenting how “serious writers on film feel under siege, underappreciated, and underemployed”… which is something I not only sympathize with, I live it. It’s unbelievably disheartening to be looking for work — as I’ve been — and find only ads for “voluntary” jobs, or ones … more…
Take a break from work: watch a trailer… There’s no actual footage from this film in the trailer, because it hasn’t begun production yet, but it’s labeled a “scifi comedy from the creators of Star Wreck,” so it’s not likely to be as intense as this beautiful teaser would suggest. I mean, “space Nazis on … more…
Lots of spoilers! assumes you’ve seen the episode!
The debut of the newest actor to play the 900-year-old Time Lord is almost upon us: Doctor Who returns on April 3 in the U.K. — that’s Easter Saturday, continuing the tradition for each season’s premiere since the show relauched in 2005 — and April 17 on BBC America (though many American fans, even those … more…
…Kathryn Bigelow is a man, baby! And more. Yup, it’s The Week in Women, my regular weekly column over at the Alliance of Women Film Journalists. Enjoy.
I’m quoted pretty extensively in this NewsObserver.com piece about Sandra Bullock and her Oscar nomination for The Blind Side. A link to FlickFilosopher.com would have been nice…
Take a look back at an old trailer… Salacious yet feminine! Naughty yet ladylike! Cautionary tale for innocent young wowen! Sensational entertainment for curious young men! Blonde Pickup (aka Racket Girls) is available on Region 1 DVD as part of the package Wrestling Women USA from Amazon.com and from Amazon.ca and as an “experiment” in … more…
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