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Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

AWFJ announces 2011 awards

Wed, Jan 11, 2012
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So happy that The Artist is Best Film for us…

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question of the day: What was the most sexist movie or movie moment in 2011?

Fri, Jan 06, 2012
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Yesterday’s QOTD was about a feminist net positive: the most kickass female action character of 2011. Today, we go the other way…

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question of the day: Who was the most kickass female action film character of 2011?

Thu, Jan 05, 2012
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I gotta go with Bryony, the kickass elf Wrapping Operative Grade Three, in Arthur Christmas…

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In the Land of Blood and Honey (trailer)

Thu, Dec 22, 2011
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So, Ethnic Cleansing: A Love Story, then?

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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (review)

Mon, Dec 19, 2011
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I’m not sure I’ve seen a more superfluous film that Fincher’s pointless second take on a story that was served supremely well onscreen so recently.

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David Fincher on David Denby’s ‘Dragon Tattoo’ embargo breakage

Thu, Dec 08, 2011
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Girl with the Dragon Tattoo director David Fincher responds to New Yorker critic David Denby’s brazen flouting of the review embargo Sony had in place for the film. I have a few issues…

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question of the day: Can the year-end awards-baiting movie madness ever be changed (even if David Denby can’t make it happen himself)?

Mon, Dec 05, 2011
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It’s probably not helping that even venerable institutions such as the New York Film Critics Circle and The New Yorker are now engaging in ridiculous fanboy First! shenanigans.

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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (international trailer)

Fri, Oct 07, 2011
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At least it doesn’t use the “Evil shall with evil be expelled” tagline. That was really starting to bother me…

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question of the day: What movie are you most looking forward to in Autumn 2011?

Mon, Sep 12, 2011
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Okay, this is it. Summer is over. Back to school. Back to work. Put on a sweater and get serious.

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oh, WTF: “sexy” ‘Girl with the Dragon Tattoo’ poster misses the fucking point entirely

Fri, Jun 03, 2011
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You know, there’s a reason why the original, untranslated title of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is The Men Who Hate Women…

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