Noah trailer: oh my god
This Noah doesn’t seem like a very nice guy. Neither does the Man in the Sky.
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Maleficent trailer: another baroque CGI fairy-tale orgy?
Angelina Jolie looks and sounds the part, at least…
White Reindeer trailer: death at Christmas
Along with the traditional holiday visit to the strip club to meet your dead husband’s girlfriend.
Lone Survivor trailer: war-movie Oscar bait?
I like Mark Wahlberg probably more than he deserves, so I should at least find something to appreciate here.
In Fear trailer: you can check in anytime you like, but you can never arrive
I swear I’ve been down roads like this…
is there any downside to rating films as to whether they pass the Bechdel Test?
Seems to me that the only possible “downside” to such a rating would be the discomfort some people may experience when they are suddenly forced to see how poorly women are represented on the big screen.
French movie posters: The Counselor, Inside Llewyn Davis, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, About Time
I love checking out foreign posters for familiar films when I’m traveling. Here’s a few I’ve seen this weekend in Paris.
attention, Hollywood: the wild success of Gravity means audiences have no trouble identifying with a female protagonist
You know how you just avoid making movies with female protagonists because you keep insisting that no one wants to see them? Pfffft!
