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In celebration of Valentine’s Day, the Alliance of Women Film Journalists presents its first-ever bouquet of Men We Love Awards.

We’ve polled our members and, this year, we’re honoring twelve outstanding male colleagues who have shown consistent appreciation and respect for our organization, and helped us to reach our goals during the past year.

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Loosely based on science-fiction writer Steven Gould’s popular young adult novels Jumper and Exile, this effects-heavy adventure fantasy revolves around a young man’s discovery that nifty powers – like the ability to teleport himself around the world in a heartbeat – always come with a catch. Read more>>

If “Jumper” is intended as the first in a possible series, it will have to offer more heart to go with its flash and poof. Read more>>

The new action-adventure movie “Jumper” has plenty going for it: an intriguing science-fiction concept, exotic locales and solid special effects, with a proven director at the helm.
But “Jumper” never reaches its full potential, mostly because of what isn’t in the movie. Read more>>

Take four comedians with onscreen chemistry, add a spoof of the vacuous soul of celebrity and sprinkle in a dysfunctional family reunion and you have the amusing elements of “Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins,” one of the better recent efforts from the funny wing of Black Hollywood. Read more>>

AWFJ highlights films made by and about women: Read more

Although I sometimes have a bit of what Laura Linney referred to at this year’s Telluride Film Festival as an “allergic reaction” to film festival panels that focus on women in filmmaking, I also understand the need to have such panels. The point has been made, not inaccurately, that so long as women continue to be marginalized in Hollywood, the need for panels that highlight women’s accomplishments in film will still exist. Unfortunately, that marginalization exists across the board in our industry, extending also to women who work as film journalists. Read more

Mary Olive Smith’s documentary focuses on five Ethiopian women whose experiences illustrate the complex web of circumstances that produce obstetric fistulas, devastating internal injuries that blight the lives of millions of women in developing nations. Read more>>

The film is an obvious plea for the world to find a way to treat and relieve women suffering from obstetric fistula, and ultimately, eliminate the condition?s causes by providing proper prenatal care and child birthing supervision, especially in rural and impoverished regions. Read more>>