Killers (review)
Kutcher is barely plausible in those TV ads for digital cameras, sneaking up on people to take their pictures. A spy and hired killer? Don’t make me laugh.
hollywood hates women
Sex and the City 2 (review)
Thank Jimmy Choo for feminism! Am I right, ladies? I mean, not the nasty hairy feminism that’s all about equal pay and publicly subsidized day care and all that nonsense…
trailer break: ‘Killers’
Take a break from work: watch a trailer… Girls and guns don’t go together! Everybody knows that. The silly guns never work right and they’re impossible to accessorize. You would think that especially a professional killer would know that, and especially about a girl who’s so indecisive and moronic that she doesn’t even know her … more…
teh womminz, they are so silly for their complaininz — just ask Cate Blanchett
Gotta love how W magazine frames the awesome graciousness that is Cate Blanchett in its new cover article about her: Maybe because she never aimed to become a movie star, Blanchett is the rare actress who does not lament the lack of good film roles for women. “I didn’t go into the industry expecting to … more…
Letters to Juliet (review)
Is the world so full of women ready to settle, romantically, for Mr. Just Barely Okay that even our romantic fantasies are full of such situations
zombie Beatles; ‘Iron Man 2’ sexist?; good-bye, ‘Heroes’; more: leftover links
Every week my browser gets cluttered up with tabs for stuff that I stumble across and figure I might be able to use as a Question of the Day or a WTF Thought for the Day or grist for some other post. And inevitably, I end the week with most of that material unused. But … more…
because Hollywood is truly mystified that women might like Robert Downey Jr.
Look: Lots of women identify as “geeky.” Lots of women are delighted to check out the latest comic-book superhero blow-’em-up cartoon action movie purely on the basis of its being the hot new comic-book superhero blow-’em-up cartoon action movie of the weekend. I realize that many many many people in Hollywood simply cannot comprehend this, … more…
don’t even ask what “paternal nudity” might be…
Crazy MPAA ratings are so much fun! Have you seen the warnings regarding Babies? It’s rated PG for cultural and maternal nudity throughout Trying to parse this is a blast. I suppose it means that all the naked boobs are not meant to titillate but merely to provide nourishment to all the babies, but that … more…
question of the day: Should we be surprised at the resurgence of Betty White?
I’ve been a bit mystified by all the Betty White love that’s been going around recently, but I hadn’t given it too much thought because Internet memes like this one come and go and often remain inexplicable even after you try to analyze them. But because I hadn’t been paying too much attention to the … more…
botox, breast implants, and dye jobs…
…suddenly not what Hollywood wants? Yes, it’s The Week in Women, my regular column over at the Alliance of Women Film Journalists. Well, it was my regular column: this is the last one. As part of my professional reorganization, I’ll be putting that aside. Enjoy it this one final time…
