AWFJ 2023 EDA Awards winners announced
The Zone of Interest, Killers of the Flower Moon, and Barbie are the big winners.
Ana de Armas
my picks for tonight’s 95th Academy Awards (the Oscars for 2022’s films) (winners indicated)
I correctly guessed 13 out of the 23 categories, which is a little better than how I did last year.
AWFJ 2022 EDA Awards winners announced
The Banshees of Inisherin, Everything Everywhere All at Once, and Women Talking tie for the most awards, at four apiece.
loaded question: have you ever been so angry at a movie’s trailer that you wanted to sue the studio?
Can you sue when all the funny bits are in the trailer? Can you sue if a piece of music you love is in the trailer but not in the movie? What would compel you to take legal action?
No Time to Die movie review: no, Mr Bond, I expect you to retire
In the era of COVID and Brexit, much of this overstuffed adventure feels redundant, farcical, inconsequential, and desperate. But Ana de Armas and Lashana Lynch show us the way to a future for 007.
movies by or about women opening US/Can Nov 27–29
Melina Matsoukas directs and Lena Waithe cowrites Queen & Slim, costarring Jodie Turner-Smith; more… [This post is for Patreon patrons only for the first month.]
movies by or about women opening UK/Ire Nov 27–29
Elizabeth Banks cowrites and directs Charlie’s Angels, starring Kristen Stewart, Naomi Scott, and Ella Balinska; more… [This post is for Patreon patrons only for the first month.]
Knives Out movie review: catch your death of fun (LFF 2019)
An entirely entertaining murder-mystery jape; dryly funny, deliciously retro yet decidedly modern. Whenever you think you’ve got it figured out, it trips you up again… and you love it for doing so.
Blade Runner 2049 movie review: a rickety retro replicant
Visually, this dying future world is immersively hellish. Intellectually, though, its ideas haven’t kept up with the rapidly evolving science-fictional conversation.
Overdrive movie review: dumb and dubious
More plot holes than plot, this overly convoluted, deeply stupid Fast and Furious wannabe is crammed with clichés and memorable only when it’s laughable.
