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No matter how many women are in a movie if you don’t give them agency it’s still sexist

Overtly Sexist Media Inc. presents The Other Woman. The movie follows Carly Whitten (Cameron Diaz), the main character, Kate King (Leslie Mann), the dumb one of the group, and Amber (Kate Upton), the other dumb one of the group, as … Continue reading →

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Oculus a must-see horror flick

It’s difficult to walk away from Oculus. Not in the sense that it’s difficult to walk out of the theater — that’s outright impossible — but in the sense that it is, literally, difficult to walk away from the arena … Continue reading →

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Captain America very clearly on a screen on the other side of the theater

Marvel has a terrible habit of making trailers that are more original and intellectually intriguing than the films they go with. Captain America: The Winter Soldier is the latest film to fall into that trap. The trailer promised an examination … Continue reading →

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Noah important, distressing film

Noah is the most surreal movie of the year so far on several different levels. The movie is split into two distinct halves. The first half, as advertised, features Noah (Russell Crowe) following the word of God, building an ark … Continue reading →

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Divergent? More like Convergent

Set in Chicago, supposedly post-apocalypse but really not that different, society in Divergent is extremely caste-based. The five castes are divided by key personality characteristics, and each group has a role in running the city — the brave ones are … Continue reading →

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