Scrapper movie review: girlhood interrupted
A singular portrait of a girl full of verve and personality. An astonishing feature debut from Charlotte Regan, with a film as cheeky and imaginative, as pleasantly messy and chaotic, as its heroine.
Rapunzel
question of the day: What are some good movies (and TV and books) with young girls as heroes?
Dan addressed this to me, but I’m opening it up to everyone because this is a tough one. There simply aren’t that many movies that fulfill Dan’s requirement…
Alliance of Women Film Journalists 2010 EDA Awards nominees
The AWFJ is one of the critics’ groups I belong to; my input helped determine these nominees, and I will vote in the final balloting to narrow it down to the winners. I still have to watch a few of these nominees…
Tangled (review)
Between the title change and writing in a male character who appeared to be taking over the film, Disney didn’t seem at that interested in making a Rapunzel film that was actually about Rapunzel. But I should have trusted. Because if there’s one thing Disney has in spades — besides pink princesses — it is a capability to transform simple cartoons into cinematic magic.
the oh-no! DVD of the week: ‘Barbie As Rapunzel’
This is actually an old DVD — dating back 2002 — that’s gotten a very minor redesign (of the packaging, that is) and is back as a “new release”… just in time to cash in on what is sure to be a Rapunzel craze with Disney’s Tangled about to open.
trailer break: ‘Tangled’
Take a break from work: watch a trailer… We learned back in March that Disney was suddenly terrified of princess movies, and so was changing the title of its Rapunzel movie from, you know, Rapunzel to Tangled. And now we see how far the Mouse is going to de-girl the movie with this trailer. In … more…
question of the day: Disney thinks ‘Rapunzel’ too girly, renames it ‘Tangled’: good move?
The Princess and the Frog did not do as well at the worldwide box office as Disney expected, and it thinks it knows why. As the Los Angeles Times blog Hero Complex puts it so succinctly: Boys didn’t want to see a movie with “princess” in the title. It’s an old argument, and one we’ve … more…
North American box office: guess who got a trip to Pandora for Christmas?
Everyone. Avatar continues to kick box office ass: 1. Avatar: $75.6 million (2nd week; drops 3%) 2. Sherlock Holmes: $62.4 million (NEW) 3. Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel: $48.9 million (NEW) 4. It’s Complicated: $22.1 million (NEW) 5. The Blind Side: $11.5 million actual numbers, not estimates The weekend looked amazing for Avatar when … more…
