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Jennifer's Body: Is it Feminist? YOU MAKE THE CALL!

DigiBitch post by Kelsey Wallace on July 7, 2009 - 12:49pm; tagged Adam Brody, Amanda Seyfried, Amy Sedaris, Diablo Cody, feminism, film, Hole, Jennifer's Body, Megan Fox, NSFW, poll, sex, The Runaways, The Waitresses, trailers.

The trailer for the newest Diablo Cody film, Jennifer's Body is out, and this thing is begging for a bit o' feminist critique. Watch, and discuss (NSFW, workaholics):

Hmmm... Does this film appear to be fiercely feminist, or just a sexist wolf masquerading in Runaways-theme-song-female-empowerment-clothing? YOU MAKE THE CALL!

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Transformers 2: Offensive Archetypes in Disguise

DigiBitch post by Kjerstin Johnson on July 2, 2009 - 6:22pm; tagged douchebag decree, film, film critiques, film reviews, Megan Fox, Michael Bay, objectification, racism, Robots in disguise, sexism, stereotypes, Transformers 2: Rise of the Fallen.

Internet buzz about Michael Bay's (director of landmark crap-tion films like Armageddon, Pearl Harbor, The Island) latest film Transformers 2 has mostly centered around who has the most scathing review, how hot Megan Fox is, and a few murmurs concerning coded racism in two of the robots.

This movie made me wanna barf and yawn at the same time. The following feminist critique of Transformers does contain spoilers, but frankly, there’s nothing I could further ruin about this movie that it doesn’t already do itself....

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Nicht, Nicht: Bruno Ending Edited for Gay Bashing

DigiBitch post by Kelsey Wallace on July 2, 2009 - 3:56pm; tagged Bruno, film, gay bashing, homosexuality, Richard Day, Sacha Baron Cohen.

Summertime means blockbuster movies. After all, what's better on a hot day than heading into an air-conditioned megaplex and watching larger-than-life actors live out unrealistic scenarios with even less realistic conclusions? But while summer blockbusters often bring with them cheesy dialogue and special effects, they shouldn't bring gay bashing. And now, thanks to some last minute editing of the ending of Bruno, they won't (we hope).

Bruno, the latest film by Sacha Baron Cohen (Borat, Da Ali G Show), is the story of a very openly gay Austrian man who works in the fashion world. Though we are more than a week away from the film's July 11 release date, Bruno has already enjoyed quite a bit of media attention (and speculation) as to its portrayal of the gay community. The latest? The film's ending has been edited for gay bashing.

More (including spoilers!) after the jump

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A Buffy Movie Without Joss Whedon? WTF is the Point of That?

DigiBitch post by Kelsey Wallace on May 27, 2009 - 11:38am; tagged Buffy, feminism, film, Joss Whedon, Luke Perry, television, WTF?.

Did anyone else see that a new Buffy The Vampire Slayer film is being made, but that Joss Whedon won't be involved? WTF is the point of that?

Without Whedon, won't the film just be a remake of the decidedly less kick-ass1992 original? WHY MUST HOLLYWOOD SUCK THE LIFE (and feminism) OUT OF EVERYTHING GOOD?!?

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