‘Thor’ joke demonstrates how entrenched the male gaze is
Is Thor the gayest movie ever? Of course not… but it’s clearly making some dudes uncomfortable…
male gaze
watch it: “Forbidden Images”
‘Sex is still all about women’s bodies and people either want them covered up and hidden or freely available for public consumption.’
watch it: “The 100 Greatest Movie Insults of All Time” (so NSFW)
Alison Nastasi at Cinematical, where I found this, says that Harry Hanrahan has here gathered “some of cinema’s funniest and most profane put-downs.” So, if these are the greatest insults in movie history — and perhaps they are; perhaps they are — it’s distressing to see how many of them are gendered. How is a … more…
calling bullshit: on the supposed bisexuality of viewership
Aaron Cutler at Slant Magazine opens an essay on a Cary Grant retrospective at the Brooklyn Academy of Music — which is, for the New York neophyte, a major forum for film, too — like this: Viewership is by nature bisexual. It compels us to take on the perspectives of men desiring women, of women … more…
trailer break: ‘The Sorcerer’s Apprentice’
Take a break from work: watch a trailer… If there was any doubt after National Treasure and National Treasure: Book of Secrets that director Jon Turteltaub and Nicolas Cage were intent on taking a concept loaded with romance and adventure and old-fashioned Hollywood magic — the case of those films, ancient artifacts and secret societies … more…
male gaze alert: ‘Toy Story 3’ short “Day and Night”
Anyone who’s seen Toy Story 3 knows that it opens — as Pixar films typically do — with a delightful animated short film. This one is called “Day and Night,” and it’s a personification of, unsurprisingly, “day” and “night” as vaguely human-shaped blobs moving about the natural world. Day, for instance, wakes up in the … more…
wtf: Tiffany and Debbie Gibson to renew nonexistent 80s catfight in Syfy movie
The Hollywood Reporter appears delighted to be the “exclusive” purveyor of this thrilling news: Syfy has cast 1980s pop-star rivals Debbie Gibson and Tiffany in one of the network’s signature Saturday night original movies. The network promises an epic battle between the former teen pop stars, who will co-star in “Mega Python vs. Gatoroid.” Gibson … more…
wtf: “Megan Fox Reveals She Wore 18-Inch Corset in New Flick”
Holy crap. I saw this headline the other day and I was going to relegate it to this upcoming weekend’s Leftover Links… and then I saw the movie, and saw exactly the kind of torture that Megan Fox had to endure during shooting. First, a few choice excerpts from the Us Magazine article: In the … more…
