movies by or about women opening US/Can Aug 09
Andrea Berloff writes and directs The Kitchen, starring Elisabeth Moss, Melissa McCarthy, and Tiffany Haddish; more… [This post is for Patreon patrons only for the first month.]
Geena Davis
Fox’s ‘Exorcist’ series is deeply creepy (Season 1 open thread)
It’s incredibly unnerving in ways that filmed horror often fails to achieve… [This post is not behind the paywall.]
from Facebook: Geena Davis on Hollywood’s fear of women
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from Facebook: I’m gonna need a bigger soapbox
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‘Harry Potter’ documentary on the way; Twitter loves TV; Bradley Cooper in ‘The Crow’?; more: leftover links
Plus: Has the flopping of Arthur killed 80s remakes? Can Robert Pattinson kill Edward with Water for Elephants? Can we send M. Night Shyamalan back to film school?…
December 18: DVD alternatives to this weekend’s multiplex offerings
We know how it is: You’d like to go to the movies this weekend, but you really hate those 3D glasses– oh, who are we kidding: you’re gonna see Avatar this weekend if you have to knock over someone’s granny for a ticket. But just in case you’re feeling the slightest bit guilty about having … more…
Evil Dead II, Army of Darkness, Young Frankenstein, Little Shop of Horrors, and Beetlejuice (review)
Why do slasher movies make us laugh in the instant after we jump and scream? When comedy works, it’s for the same reason that horror does: It surprises us, and laughter and screams emanate from that same primitive lizard part of our brains, one that reacts before we can think.
