thing I’m pissed off about today: token-girl movie posters (and movies)
For an excellent illustration of how The Smurfette Principle guides filmmaking, one need only look at the posters used to sell movies.
movie buzz
Peanuts (aka Snoopy & Charlie Brown: A Peanuts Movie) teaser trailer: in 3D CGI (good grief)
Commence the Charlie Brown-esque fretting.
The Other Woman trailer: take this, Bechdel Test!
We need a word or phrase that means, about women in Hollywood, the same thing that “Uncle Tom” means…
Under the Skin trailer: under her thumb
Scarlett Johansson as an alien sex predator loose in Scotland, preying on men. It’s erotic!
Oculus trailer: we see dead people… in the mirror
Starring Karen “Amy Pond” Gillan and Katee “Starbuck” Sackhoff. And the fanboys did shout, “Shut up and take our money!”
A Long Way Down trailer: the suicide comedy
If anyone can pull this off, as a writer, it’s Nick Hornby.
The Two Faces of January trailer: so I can finish falling in love with Oscar Isaac
Ooo. Sleek 60s style, intrigue in foreign lands, maybe some illicit romance? I’m in.
smacking sexist Broken Circle Breakdown marketing
C’mon, people. This stuff… it’s not that difficult to not be jerks about it.
Edge of Tomorrow footage reveal report
About 25 minutes of footage from the film and a Q&A with director Doug Liman reveals some pleasant surprises (and a reason to worry). No spoilers!
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For trailer: urban decay
I really liked Sin City, so it makes me sad to say this, but: Be afraid.
