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Pixar’s latest kiddie masterpiece, Wall-E , did some massive damage at the box office on its opening weekend. As A.O. Scott recently noted in a New York Times essay about Kit Kittredge (watch this space for more on that film), Pixar has yet to build a Read More...
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Ellen , that is one gutsy post, and a public service, too. (Maybe Prudie has some suggestions on ways to get the "Clooney it up a little bit'' message out?) No way the big-screen Sex and the City could match last night's Daily Show spoof , in which Jason Read More...
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Hanna, you've made me realize that to me, there is really only one red dress, this one, and all the others are knockoffs. Read More...
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As Oscar host, Jon Stewart let the woman talk! He deserves an award of his own—a plate of brownies, maybe?—for bringing the silenced Markéta Irglová , who won for best original song but got the hook before she could open her mouth, back onstage to have Read More...
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Dahlia's right: Female fun in the movies is a dangerous thing. There's a 1994 movie by that title, Fun , in which two teenage girls meet, form an instant, high-spirited and giggly bond, and then decide to murder an old woman together just for kicks. The Read More...
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I thought of one Emily. Little Children -- smart woman cuts loose without regard for her responsibilities. Allows her child to gallivant with pedophiles as a result. Read More...
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Good question , Emily. The best example of a driven yet playful female character I can think of is Nikita in La Femme Nikita . She's a spy/assassin who's just as tough as the toughest guys, but what she really wants to do is put her gun away and goof Read More...
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Meghan's great lament about the humorless fate of the women in Knocked Up has me thinking: In what movies has Hollywood come through for us and provided what we might indeed want more of--women who are smart and also know how to play and cut loose? It's Read More...
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