movies by or about women opening UK/Ire Aug 09
Ry Russo-Young directs romantic drama The Sun Is Also a Star, costarring Yara Shahidi; more… [This post is for Patreon patrons only for the first month.]
Blinded by the Light movie review: bend it like The Boss
Seriously adorkable teen is saved, in 1987, by the rock poetry of Bruce Springsteen. The Boss is still relevant today, as is, alas, the harsh political and economic setting of Thatcher’s Britain.
Dora and the Lost City of Gold movie review: archeology is her religion
Raiders of the Lost Ark lite for kids, but juvenile humor and a derivative plot limit its appeal for adults. Teen Dora is really cool, though, and a great role model for girls and boys alike.
Fast & Furious: Hobbs & Shaw movie review: everything wrong with the world today
A stew of “hilarious” toxic masculinity and nonstop violence as the solution to all problems. Sexist, stupid nonsense, tediously familiar and wholly predictable. Even the cartoonish action falls flat.
movies by or about women opening US/Can Aug 02
Whitney Hamilton writes, directs, and stars in historical drama Union; more… [This post is for Patreon patrons only for the first month.]
movies by or about women opening UK/Ire Aug 02
Sophie Hyde directs dramedy Animals, starring Holliday Grainger and Alia Shawkat; more… [This post is for Patreon patrons only for the first month.]
curated: we are the frogs slowly boiling in a soup of hatred and lack of compassion
We are in big trouble.
movies by or about women opening US/Can Jul 26
Marie Kreutzer writes and directs Austrian drama The Ground Beneath My Feet, starring Valerie Pachner; more… [This post is for Patreon patrons only for the first month.]
movies by or about women opening UK/Ire Jul 26
Lila Avilés directs and cowrites drama The Chambermaid (La Camarista), starring Gabriela Cartol; more… [This post is for Patreon patrons only for the first month.]
curated: Natalie Portman announced as Thor, and the manbaby fanboys are freaking out
Delicate-snowflake misogynist whiny-ass crybaby fanboys lose their shit… again.
