Deirdre Timmons’ first feature follows several women — homemaker, reporter, doctor, opera singer, taxidermist — as they explore their sexuality while learning the art of the striptease. The film’s lighthearted tone cloaks its profound affirmation of the women’s physical and emotional liberation as reveal their inner vamp and revel in their sexuality. This is a film about self-empowerment. Read more>>

“Battle For Terra” tries really hard to put on a serious face but instead plays like a third-rate MADtv parody about careless humans in space. Read more>>

LOS ANGELES — Before he presented the entertainer of the year prize to Carrie Underwood at last month’s Academy of Country Music Awards, Matthew McConaughey regaled the crowd with a story about using George Strait to pick up chicks. Read more>>

So here’s the pitch: imagine taking the premise of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” and making it into a romantic comedy, casting Matthew McConaughey in the Scrooge role with Jennifer Garner as his love interest. (Well, actually, it was pitched with Ben Affleck as the leading man but wiser minds prevailed.) Read more

Even the masterful storytelling of Charles Dickens can’t turn away the “Ghosts of Girlfriends Past” from the dreaded fate of banal predictability. Read more>>

It’s obvious that the creators of this comic-book fantasy believe fans have been riddled with curiosity about what made a conflicted man named James Logan into Wolverine, Marvel’s angriest mutant superhero. So they’re offering explanations, if not answers. Read more

AWFJ highlights films made by and about women Read more

Majel Barrett Roddenberry becomes an unperson, women are sexy like sportcars (unless they’re fat), and more. Read more

It’s late April but – finally – there’s a movie memorable enough to incite early Oscar buzz, featuring the combination of a story based in truth, actors who truly inhabit their characters and music that touches the heart. Read more

As follow up to Katie Rich’s report on the Hong Kong Film Industry’s Focus On Women, we’re pleased to report that Ann Hui was named Best Director at the 2009 Hong Kong Film Awards, held on Sunday, April 19. Hui received the award for The Way We Are, a gritty low budget docudrama set a poor neighborhood in Hong Kong. Also nominated for Best Director were Johnnie To, John Woo, Benny Chan and Wilson Yip. Read more