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more about #movies more comments → NerD: Blattella: I think what "Hollywood" has found out is that women will essentially see a greater proportion of films than men will. They don't pander because you ... more » Jack_Burton: Proof that female writer/directors can rock your world. Some might call this a "cult" film, and pidgeonhole it due to subject matter, but I think ... more » clevernamehere: Women need to go see female driven films and not just wait until they are out on DVD. Movies are expensive to make and to see in the theater. People... more » Scout: In this case it is even difficult to vote with your $$. If so very few movies are written/directed/produced by women, one would literally have to sta... more » Zombie Ms. Skittles: With Johnny Depp as the werewolf boyfriend? I am SOLD. more » Hana Maru, used up old slutbag on the pole: Does anyone else watch Robin Hood on BBCA? It's the worst offender for anachronism in costumes, props, hairstyles, you name it! more » Sunshineyness: Weirdly enough I find the same is true with hair design. Modern conditioners and hair treatments make trying to get good old fashioned hair styles (ev... more » Katxyz: Look, Rabbit, Lady GaGa was wearing that dress as a performance piece. She knows how hard red latex was to come by back in the day. more » JerkoftheMonth: I was in a vintage clothing store recently, and this beautiful peach silk negligee from the 1920s was the softest thing I have ever felt in my life... more » MargaretMoony: I think that anyone named Rabbit Goody is destined for a life of obscure academia. more » JerkoftheMonth: Can we also bitch about how unrealistically good period films' hair, skin, makeup, and teeth look? more » Dodgergirl: Dress fabrics were different in the fifties, you know. more » curiousgeorgiana: I have such a passion for period clothes, it's ridiculous. Two of my favorite movies (for costumes at least). Elizabeth and Titanic. more » LaComtesse: "Furthermore," Rabbit Goody continued, "LaComtesse of Jezebel was clearly meant to live in periods such as the one pictured. Her love of enormous dres... more » Lymed: Is he suggesting you can't make a 19th century dress out of acetate? more » -
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Hollywood Is A Numbers Game, And Women Are Losing
When it comes to money — you know, the thing that makes the world go 'round — Hollywood is an abysmal place to be a woman in search of equality. More » -
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Fabric Of Our Lives
"Today's fabrics often don't work in other time periods...The weights, textures and content are quite different, and these factors really do make a difference in making a costume look true to a time period." -Rabbit Goody, Thistle Hill Weavers [Smithsonian] -
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Brothers Doesn't Accomplish The Mission
Critics praise the performances in Brothers, particularly Tobey Maguire's, who, it seems, they underestimated after seeing Spider-Man. As a whole, however, reviewers say the domestic war drama Brothers falls short of the Danish film it's based on. More » -
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Changing My Mind: On Fiction, Race, And How 50 Cent Is Like Samuel Beckett
Zadie Smith established herself as a literary wunderkind when she published White Teeth at the age of 25. Her collection of essays on topics ranging from Zora Neale Hurston to 50 Cent shows she's grown into something more.
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Twihard With A Vengeance: Why Twilight Is A Boon For Young Women
Friends, feminists, netizens, lend me your ears; I come to bury the Twilight Saga, not praise it. The evil that Twilight does lives in theaters; The good is oft interred on the internet; So let it be with New Moon. More » -
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The Princess And The Frog Is Full Of Magic
The Princess and the Frog is finally here! How does it measure up? After the jump, critics weigh in on Disney's first Black princess. More » -
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Hollywood Needs To Take Women, Fangirls Seriously
The Princess and the Frog doesn't hit theaters until December 11, but it's already making money — and it joins New Moon and Precious as proof that audiences respond to female-driven stories.
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Critics Say New Moon, Twihards Suck
The reviews for New Moon are terrible, with critics trashing the script, director, actors, CGI, and even Twihards themselves, saying the film panders to fans who wouldn't know a good movie if it bit them. More » -
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#thefempire
Things Not Getting Better For Women In Hollywood
Never mind the soul-searching panels, the well-meaning initiatives, or the Fempire. According to a new report, the situation for women in Hollywood is actually worsening. Also, guess which has more women writers on staff: 24 or The Sarah Silverman Program? More » -
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Pop Secret
A new and weirdly snarky study points out the obvious: Movie food is not healthy. On popcorn: "They don't call them tubs for nothing." And: "Suggestion: Move your cardiologist's phone number to your speed-dial before the lights go down." [NYPost] -
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Critics Are Wild About Fantastic Mr. Fox
Critics have been increasingly disenchanted with Wes Anderson's films, but in Fantastic Mr. Fox, painstakingly slow stop-motion animation allowed him to create his signature storybook feel, while also allowing George Clooney and Meryl Streep to turn in lively performances. More » -
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Mayor Bloomberg Makes Paparazzi's Job Harder
There's a new rule about seeing NYC film permits; the paperwork is still public but you'll have to write a request letter first. As this paper puts it: "The guy with the flash thinks this policy's trash." [NY Daily News] -
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Precious Coming To A Town Near You… Eventually
Precious — only in four cities right now — will expand to 175 venues this weekend, and should be in 600-700 theaters nationwide on Nov. 20. "This isn't a sprint for us, it's a marathon," the distributor says. [The Wrap] -
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The Killer Inside Me: Sex, Death & Sadism
Sociological Images has come across a trailer for the film The Killer Inside Me and it's disturbing. Caution: We've rated it NSFW, Spoiler Alert, and Serious Trigger Warning. More » -
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My Precious: Indie Film Breaks Box-Office Records
Disney's creepy 3D Christmas Carol was number one at the box office, but the big movie biz story today is Precious' record-setting debut over the weekend More » -
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Salt Trailer: Nothing Is Lost In Translation
The trailer for Angelina Jolie's new flick Salt has popped up online. It's in Russian, but you don't need an interpreter to realize that death-defying stunts and haircolor changes = a woman on the run. [JoBlo] -
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Grin And Bear It
Blast from the past: The Berenstain Bears are going to get the Fantastic Mr. Fox treatment and become a "warm-hearted comedy" to hit theaters in 2011. They're also getting a "slight" modern makeover, whatever that means. [USAToday] -
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The F Word
"There's a difference between feminism and political correctness. P.C. sucks." - Diablo Cody [Elle] -
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Critics Agree: This Is It Is "A Great Adventure"
Critics are generally of one mind: This Is It is really it. Culled from the footage of Michael Jackson's final, never performed concert series, the docu-musical gives fans one last look at the King of Pop. More » -
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Believe The Hype: Antichrist Nearly Unwatchable
Yup, it's all there: genital mutilation, talking critters and all. More »
