While I think the point of this video is diluted a bit by just “naming” the movies rather than doing an in-depth look at what is lacking, this is something that I notice more and more both in the films I watch and in the scripts I read. I’d be interested to hear my screenwriter friends chime in here.
All hail the dame.
This video from The Hollywood Reporter’s Women in Entertainment brunch is worth watching, not just because it’s Dame Helen Mirren giving a serious tongue-lashing to Hollywood and its obsession with the 18 - 25 year old male audience (and its collective penis, which, btw, she doesn’t find all that impressive), but because she talks about how inspirational her mother was and how important it is for women to mentor each other. …
(via Women and Hollywood)
—jenni
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“I’m happy that I’m alive. I feel like someone coming back from Vietnam, you know; I’m sure that later on I’ll start killing people in a square...
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Magic City
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Tara Stiles. Yogi AND model!
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I’ve never been one of those people to employ bullshitty phrases like, “when you know, you just know” re: romance, and I’d like to believe that I’ve...
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“Friday Night Lights was a Trojan horse from the start, using a cleverly constructed football-shaped vehicle to deliver a weekly sermon on small-town...”
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“‘Start your twenties with a lot of friends and leave with a few good ones.What happened? People faded away into their careers and relationships....”
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it’s not done yet, but it’s real close.
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shocking video in which matt patches reviews reality bites and chugs a four loko to the sounds of the Tron:Legacy score.
p.s. this was not his...