Yet more bullshit “explanations” for why there aren’t more movies about women… Read more

Jumping the month’s movie release chronology, let’s get right to the long-awaited, much anticipated movie with that crazy name: “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire.” It arrives on select screens Nov. 6. Read more>>

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Actress Hilary Swank has become a feminist icon for her portrayal of women who are uncompromising in their determination to live life as they please and accomplish the goals they set for themselves. In her latest film, “Amelia,” the two time Academy Award winner plays strong-willed Amelia Earhart, the real life aviation icon, who broke flying records and helped to establish the airplane as a means of transportation. Swank, who’s known for honoring the characters she plays, says she learned a lot from being Amelia. Read more

There’s nothing really wrong about this biopic about Amelia Earhart (Hilary Swank), but there’s not much right about it either - if you’re looking for any insightful illumination into the iconic character of America’s most famous aviatrix. Read more

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Decades ago, people joked that Woody Allen used cinema as psychotherapy to deal with his often comedic neuroses, but Danish auteur Lars Von Trier takes the purging concept one step further. Made in the painful throes of a deep depression two years ago, this is grim psychosexual/ religious/horror exorcism, divided into four parts - “Grief,” “Pain,” “Despair” (subtitled “Genocide”) and “The Three Beggars” – with a prologue and an epilogue. Read more

Perhaps the most daunting challenge for director Spike Jonze in adapting Maurice Sendak’s beloved story was the realization that the entire book contained less than 10 sentences, extended over 20 pages. Yet, working with Dave Eggers, along with Sendak, he has visualized the fantasy world that has sparked so many children’s imaginations over the years, mixing live-action with state-of-the-art puppetry and computer animation. Read more