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Snarky's Cinemachine: The Salt Supremacy

Movies post by snarkysmachine on July 26, 2010 - 10:16am; tagged Action Films, Angelina Jolie, Bourne Franchise, Jason Bourne, Robert Ludlum, Salt, Snarky's Cinemachine.
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Hollywood has a well established history of ineptitude as it relates to balancing the wishes of fans with the desire for strong box office numbers. Producers would be wise to create entertainment, which privileges preservation of source material or genre conventions over profit concerns, as many of these films enjoy tremendous success at the box office. (Lord of the Rings, Twilight and Bourne film franchises are good examples.)
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Snarky's Cinemachine: Why I Watch What I Watch

Movies post by snarkysmachine on July 23, 2010 - 10:01am; tagged action movies, Angelina Jolie, feminist film criticism, Salt, Snarky's Cinemachine, Snarky's Machine.
The action thriller flick Salt starring Angelina Jolie opens today and I plan to be there for the earliest showing possible (to avoid the crowds and I have tons of grant writing to do this weekend!) in order to vote with my dollars for the kind of movie, which while not perfect, is light years ahead of much of the other big budget releases featuring women this summer.

When questioned as to why my film criticism tends emphasize mainstream offerings, my response is usually, "Because that's where the people are." I actively consume and thoroughly appreciate obscure, art house fare where dialogue is delivered in urgent whispers; lives are complicated by eccentric passions and heartbreaking twists of fate. That said, I'm also a very pragmatic pop culture consumer, rejecting the notion that critically conscious content should be relegated to low budget art films screened far away from the masses.
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Snarky's Cinemachine: Two Interesting Upcoming Releases!

Movies post by snarkysmachine on July 21, 2010 - 2:04pm; tagged 2010 films, feminist film criticism, Snarky's Cinemachine, True Grit, Wall Street 2.
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Movie audiences dissatisfied with summer cinema offerings are eagerly looking towards fall releases in hopes finding a reprieve from the foul, unwatchable dreck currently polluting multiplexes. Here are two that have piqued my interest.
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Snarky's Cinemachine: Five Non-Spoiler-y Things About Inception

Movies post by snarkysmachine on July 19, 2010 - 9:23am; tagged feminist film criticism, Inception, Snarky's Cinemachine, summer blockbusters.
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Talk of Christopher Nolan's latest film Inception seems inescapable; the buzz alone propelled the film into the top spot opening weekend. Granted, the only notable competition was Disney's truly dreadful Sorcerer’s Apprentice. Inception isn't doing The Dark Knight numbers at the box office, but in a summer of uninspired remakes, reboots and franchises, it doesn't have to. Wildly derivative—evoking The Matrix, Minority Report, 2001: A Space Odyssey and several mediocre heist films not worth mentioning—Inception seems downright revolutionary when compared to the rest of the dreck being screened in neighborhood multiplexes this summer.

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Snarky's Cinemachine: The Expendables. Call to Men!

Movies post by snarkysmachine on July 16, 2010 - 10:00am; tagged action films. Snarky's Cinemachine, Arnold, Bruce Willis, cheesy movies, Dolph Lundgren, douchebaggery, Sly Stallone, The Expendables.
The mildly anticipated action flick The Expendables got some extra special love from a devoted fan who opted to recut the trailer into something a bit more provocative.





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Scream Queens: An interview with the founders of the Viscera Film Festival of horror shorts

Movies post by Kjerstin Johnson on July 14, 2010 - 11:59am; tagged female filmmakers, Film Festival, Heidi Martinuzzi, horror films, horror movies, Shannon Lark, Viscera Film Festival.

The poster for the Viscera Film Festival. A white, feminine leg in red patent leather heels steps on a stack of bloddy film reels.

Women-directed horror films are finally getting the (blood) red-carpet treatment! The Viscera Film Festival, showcasing women-made horror shorts, is this Saturday, July 17th in Los Angeles. The film festival came about through the team-up of Shannon Lark, who started the Chainsaw Mafia to encourage independent filmmakers to produce (and whose email signature reads, "Never forget, if a woman can go through the process of pushing out a baby, she can make a horror film!") and Heidi Martinuzzi, a film journalist and director, and founder of Pretty-Scary.net which covered women in horror films (behind and in front of the camera). Besides the film festival, Martinuzzi and Lark are combining powers (well, websites) to make Fangirltastic.com (still under construction) to keep the spirit of Viscera alive all year-round. I asked Lark and Martinuzzi about the festival and how feminism and horror overlap.

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Snarky's Cinemachine: Hollywood, I Can Quit You!

Movies post by snarkysmachine on July 14, 2010 - 11:22am; tagged Action Films, Hollywood, Jeff Goldblum, Sarah Linn, Snarky's Cinemachine, Will Smith.
On July 2, 1996 I was nearly trampled by an enthused crowd of action film fanatics as we raced to snag the best seats for the midnight premiere of Independence Day. I remember everything about that night: what I wore (Charlie's Angels ringer t-shirt, Dickies, cha cha heels), what the kid kicking the back of my seat wore (surf shorts and Metallica t-shirt) and that first thrilling moment of seeing Jeff Goldblum playing chess with that guy from Taxi.
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Snarky's Cinemachine: The Lost Boys

Movies post by snarkysmachine on July 8, 2010 - 5:42pm; tagged Snarky's Cinemachine, Summer Films, Teen Movie Classics, The Lost Boys, Vampire Flicks.
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Snarky's Cinemachine: Andrew Garfield is the New Spiderman

Movies post by snarkysmachine on July 6, 2010 - 11:37am; tagged Andrew Garfield, Reboot, Snarky's Cinemachine, Spiderman.
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While Wonder Woman's Hot Topic makeover took center stage last week, another superhero fate was being revealed. This week it was announced that Andrew Garfield will assume the role of Spiderman in the upcoming reboot of the franchise. The sweet faced Garfield, despite being an accomplished actor, isn't exactly a household name. His nascent acting résumé includes the films Lions for Lambs and the eagerly anticipated The Social Network, slated for release this fall. While there is certainly an audience hungry for more Spiderman, I can't escape the feeling of annoyance at another action franchise that marginalizes women.
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Snarky's Cinemachine: Wonder Woman Puts on Pants!

Movies post by snarkysmachine on July 2, 2010 - 9:49am; tagged DC Comics, Icons, Lynda Carter, Snarky's Cinemachine, Wonder Woman.
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To be fair, based on the above image alone, I did not fully appreciate the outrage. It appeared Wonder Woman's ass kicking capabilities did not seem diminished despite the lack of star spangled panties and glamorous accessories. However, when I saw this picture of the new costume, then the ire made a lot more sense. The new Wonder Woman looks like an extra on the 90s version of Melrose Place with her small hair and velvet choker.
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