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loaded question: have you ever been so angry at a movie’s trailer that you wanted to sue the studio?

Mon, Jan 31, 2022
11 comments

Can you sue when all the funny bits are in the trailer? Can you sue if a piece of music you love is in the trailer but not in the movie? What would compel you to take legal action?

| 11 Comments

A Cure for Wellness movie review: it ails me

Fri, Feb 24, 2017
6 comments

Ominous signs and psychological detours get tossed out and tossed away on the path to ridiculous gothic nonsense that takes itself far too seriously.

| 6 Comments

AWFJ 2015 EDA Awards winners announced

Tue, Jan 12, 2016
6 comments

Spotlight takes four awards, including Best Film…

| 6 Comments

Pitch Perfect 2 movie review: out of tune

Thu, May 14, 2015
5 comments

Some sweet sisterhood and truly fantastic musical performances get dragged down by awkward, lazy, embarrassing attempts at humor.

| 5 Comments

Dracula Untold movie review: it doesn’t suck

Sat, Oct 04, 2014
17 comments

A solid action fantasy more elemental and visceral than I expected, thanks to the potent presence of Luke Evans.

| 17 Comments

the magic bullet for improving the number of women directors working in Hollywood

Thu, Jul 24, 2014
27 comments

It’s pretty goddamn clear that the “magic bullet” is this: Hire more women.

| 27 Comments

what’s the best way to honor the lives and work of famous people when they die?

Mon, Dec 09, 2013
6 comments

Is it doing something in the spirit of their work? Is it not deifying them by pretending they were more or other than they were?

| 6 Comments

Lone Survivor trailer: war-movie Oscar bait?

Tue, Nov 12, 2013
1 comment

I like Mark Wahlberg probably more than he deserves, so I should at least find something to appreciate here.

| 1 Comment

Identity Thief (review)

Thu, Mar 21, 2013
7 comments

There’s a bone-deep heartless cruelty at play here…

| 7 Comments

short film: “The Ark”

Thu, Nov 29, 2012
8 comments

Unearthed: the short sci-fi film that devastated me as a kid and has haunted me ever since…

| 8 Comments
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