This is Part IV of my ongoing series about slut-shaming in the movie Easy A. Click for Part I, Part II, or Part III. Welcome back! Yes, we're still talking about Easy A. Yesterday I talked about Brandon, and how slut-shaming affects the homosexual community, and why that's stupid. Today, though, we're back on women, because Easy A is… Continue reading Easy A: A Study in Slut-Shaming, Part IV: Rhiannon
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Oscar-Nominated Live Action Shorts of 2013
Like I mentioned a few weeks back, we seem to have found ourselves smack-dab in the middle of awards season again, with the Oscars coming up next weekend. And while most of the attention come Oscar season is on the feature films, I'm taking you on a trip through my favorite part of the show--the… Continue reading Oscar-Nominated Live Action Shorts of 2013
How the Cabin in the Woods Should Have Ended (SPOILERS FTW)
Yes, we are going to talk about this movie again. Shut up. It was amazing. But, it was not perfect. There is one thing about it that rubs me entirely the wrong direction, and it's at the very end so I couldn't write about it in my review. So now that I've been pestering you… Continue reading How the Cabin in the Woods Should Have Ended (SPOILERS FTW)
Oscar Shorts 2012: Live Action
Hopefully you enjoyed my summaries of the Animated Oscar shorts, because there's more where that came from. Here're my thoughts on the live action shorts, which I thought were considerably better than last year's overall. 1. Pentecost This Irish film centers on a young boy obsessed with soccer, whose father pushes him to be an… Continue reading Oscar Shorts 2012: Live Action
Oscar Shorts 2012: Animated
There's a theater in the University District called the Varsity, and every year right before the Oscars they do showings of all of the nominated short films. Words cannot describe how brilliant this idea is. Ever since I found out about it (which, admittedly, was only last year), I've been going. It makes you feel… Continue reading Oscar Shorts 2012: Animated
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