W. Scott Poole, Religion Dispatches. October 13, 2009. Has a new horror film about a murderous cheerleader subverted the mythos of woman as the source of evil or just the opposite?
Eileen Jones, eXiled Online. August 29, 2009. It's all eye-poppingly impressive, and the relentlessness of it will still make you want it to stop as you head deep into hour three.
Adele M. Stan, AlterNet. July 18, 2009. The reviewer finds herself surrounded, not by Jimmy Choo-clad starlets, but by flip-flop-wearing interns and men donning khakis and polo shirts.
Monica Shores, The Rumpus Sex Section. February 17, 2009. Here's a handy guide to help navigate the wealth of sex work-centric films Hollywood has to offer.
Chris Hedges, Truthdig. February 12, 2009. Our celebrity-centered culture plunges us into a moral void. It offers the illusion of immortality and promotes self-love over the common good.
Liz Langley, Alice the Goon AlterNet: Sex and Relationships. September 26, 2008. We all need a little sex-ed -- despite what the abstinence-only crown thinks.
Wajahat Ali, Huffington Post. August 29, 2008. "Traitor" tries to combine blockbuster plot mechanics with important, philosophical musings about our complex post 9-11 world: it fails.
James Rocchi, Huffington Post. April 15, 2008. If you haven't been asked to pay for a war with money or blood, why would you buy a ticket to watch a simulation of it?
Adam Howard, AlterNet AlterNet: Media and Technology. March 24, 2008. Back home in Texas after fighting in Iraq, a soldier refuses to return to battle despite the government mandate requiring him to do so.
Christy Hardin Smith, Firedoglake AlterNet: Reproductive Justice and Gender. March 15, 2008. Anti-choice nuts infiltrate the Hollywood premiere of "Horton Hears a Who" and chant slogan at its stars and their children.
Adam Howard, AlterNet AlterNet: Media and Technology. March 3, 2008. "Super Size Me" director Morgan Spurlock sets off to do what the CIA, FBI and countless bounty hunters have failed to do.
Gideon Yago, Huffington Post AlterNet: Media and Technology. March 1, 2008. Check it out. It's worth the $10 bucks and who knows, you may even leave the theater with some ideas of how to start a movement of your own.
Josh Bolotsky, Screening Liberally AlterNet: Media and Technology. February 14, 2008. Are you holding the razor at your throat this very instant? Take heart, comfort is at hand.
Julianne Hing, RaceWire AlterNet: Media and Technology. February 8, 2008. Disney’s suggestions about where folks of color belong in the American fairytale narrative are egregiously offensive.
Adam Howard, AlterNet AlterNet: PEEK. January 22, 2008. The Academy Award nominees include four progressive-themed documentaries and outspoken Hollywood liberals like George Clooney.
Adam Howard, AlterNet AlterNet: Media and Technology. January 21, 2008. Stone, a vocal critic of the Bush administration's handling of Iraq, is putting together a feature film project about the current president.
Amanda Marcotte, Pandagon AlterNet: Media and Technology. January 14, 2008. Hopefully Hollywood will take note and realize that it's not a profit-killer to have the female lead with an actual personality.