this is Hollywood’s sexism, right here
The failure of male-led action movies is NEVER a reason to stop making male-led action movies. Never ever ever.
Sucker Punch
Man of Steel review: man of feel
Towers with ambition, swelled by sweeping philosophies about power and presence on scales both planetary and personal, beautifully balanced by a wellspring of wry tragedy.
question of the day: What classic films would you like to see inspire a new Star Wars movie?
My choice: Midnight Kessel Run…
question of the day: What do you make of the list of the most pirated movies in 2011?
Did you download a movie illegally in 2011? You’re not alone…
question of the day: What was the most sexist movie or movie moment in 2011?
Yesterday’s QOTD was about a feminist net positive: the most kickass female action character of 2011. Today, we go the other way…
Sleeping Beauty (trailer)
Emily Browning got to play a prostitute in Sucker Punch, and now here she is again in Sleeping Beauty playing a completely different kind of prostitute.
talk to John Carpenter on Twitter on Friday, July 8th!
Well, tweet at him, and be lost in the deluge of tweets from horror dorks groveling at his virtual feet…
royal wedding hype; ‘Hanna’s Joe Wright says ‘Sucker Punch’ is sexist; dear god no, there’s gonna be another ‘Tron’ flick; more: leftover links
Plus: Should Hollywood stop pandering to dorks? Does the flopping of Mars Needs Moms spell the end of 3D? Why is Katie Holmes failing to charm America?
Scott “Dilbert” Adams comes out of the closet as a misogynist; Duke Nukem Forever features “Capture the Babe” mode; how Disney invaded our childhoods; more: leftover links
Plus: Why Sucker Punch flopped at the box office; Facebook won’t delete photos of a corpse (even after the victim’s family asks nicely); the Guardian is coming to America…
question of the day: Are geeks to blame for ‘Sucker Punch’?
Jonathan London at Geekscape has posted a downright desperate screed attempting to defend Zack Snyder and his Sucker Punch by simultaneously insisting that the film is not terrible, and also that if geeks hate the film it means they hate themselves. Oh, and we’re just jealous of Snyder, anyway.
