Archive for the 'Women on Film' Category


BEAUTIFUL CREATURES - Review by MaryAnn Johanson

Apparently, supernatural fantasies for young girls that teach them to hate their own humanity are officially a thing now. Read more>>

Posted on 14th February 2013
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FLIGHT - Review by MaryAnn Johanson

Appears to poke, and not kindly, at how our society enables abusers of drugs and alcohol… until it stops being that interesting. Read more>>

Posted on 6th February 2013
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MEA MAXIMA CULPA: SILENCE IN THE HOUSE OF GOD - Review by MaryAnn Johanson

“Angry” doesn’t even begin to cover how this film makes me feel. It probably won’t cover you, either. Read more>>

Posted on 4th February 2013
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TCHOUPITOULAS - Review by Jennifer Merin

In “Tchoupitoulas,” three African-American youngsters — the Zanders brothers — leave their home in the low income suburbs of New Orleans, hop aboard a ferry and head for the Big Easy’s French Quarter to experience their first night out on the town. Read more>>

Posted on 3rd February 2013
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BULLET TO THE HEAD - Review by MaryAnn Johanson

Damn near unwatchable. It’s barely even a movie — it’s more like a meatbrawl… Read more>>

Posted on 3rd February 2013
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BULLET TO THE HEAD - Review by Susan Granger

Last week, it was Jason Statham in “Parker.” Before that, Arnold Schwazenegger’s “The Last Stand.” Now it’s Sylvester Stallone’s turn, as the aging action stars of “The Expendables” try solo turns again. Read more

Posted on 3rd February 2013
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STAND UP GUYS - Review by Diana Saenger

Funny, engaging and reminds us Hollywood rarely turns out actors like this anymore. Read more>>

Posted on 3rd February 2013
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WARM BODIES - Review by Susan Granger

Over the decades, Shakespeare’s classic “Romeo and Juliet” tale has been adapted to many genres, and this new twist transposes the tortured love story into the realm of the undead. Read more

Posted on 1st February 2013
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ANTIVIRAL - Review by Katherine McLaughlin

Brandon Cronenberg (son of David) has written and directed an intense and disturbing debut film looking at society’s increasing obsession with celebrity. Getting to the sick heart of this cultural disease, Cronenberg has created a white walled world that delivers a claustrophobic film experience with a mesmerising central performance from Caleb Landry Jones. Read more>>

Posted on 31st January 2013
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ANTIVIRAL - Review by MaryAnn Johanson

Disturbing body-horror dark satire that sends up our obsession with celebrity… Read more>>

Posted on 31st January 2013
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