my picks for tonight’s 89th Academy Awards (the Oscars for 2016’s films)
Now updated with winners…
Natalie Portman
OFCS 2016 awards winners announced
Moonlight wins big…
AWFJ 2016 EDA Awards winners announced
Moonlight leads, with seven awards…
Jane Got a Gun movie review: a woman’s view on the Old West
A gritty woman’s perspective on tropes of the western genre, a lean action drama that is sparse yet sympathetic, and laconic but simmers with deep emotion.
2014 preview: only movies left underived
Here are the few films coming in 2014 that are not sequels, remakes, reboots, or based on a stage show, the Bible, young-adult novels, comic books, cartoons, or — someone make it stop — toy lines.
evening clickbait: Disney hates you and wants you to pirate its films; TV show canceled for having too many smart, interesting girl characters; woman makes art, men diminish it; censoring the Internet doesn’t work; SeaWorld worried about Blackfish; why Thor 2’s hot kiss was so hot
Stuff I found on the Net today.
Thor: The Dark World review: Viking with a chance of wormholes
Think heavy-metal Lord of the Rings. With wormholes. It’s completely mad and kind of awesome.
Thor: The Dark World trailer: Shakespeare in the park
Warring brothers! Ha. Tony Stark was right.
A Royal Affair (review)
Socialism as cool and sexy and radical? Is this a fantasy realm? No, it’s 250 years ago.
‘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…
