The Devil Wears Prada 2 is not bad, far from it, but it just isn’t very good, or even close to the original, which was wildly overrated to begin with. The first film was very funny, embracing a pre-social-media world where it was common to call someone a size six overweight. The next chapter had … Continue reading “The Devil Wears Prada 2: From Sharp Satire to Safe Imitation”
Nicole Kidman’s 1998 cult classic Practical Magic is set to return with a sequel this year. With the movie having wrapped production last year, the Lioness star recently elaborated on joining forces with After the Wedding director Susanne Bier for the long-awaited follow-up. This collaboration that aligns with her long-standing commitment to amplify women’s representation … Continue reading “Practical Magic 2 Will Continue Nicole Kidman’s 2017 Pledge of Working With Women Directors”
The celebrity scandal that destroyed the former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein might have caused some serious trouble for the actor-director Ben Affleck as well. In 2017, The New York Times published a report detailing the se*ual misconduct of the former producer. He was accused of harassing over a dozen actresses and female employees. In a … Continue reading ““I’m part of the solution”: Ben Affleck’s Hypocrisy Surrounding Harvey Weinstein Controversy Nearly Tanked His Career”
Netflix has been making incredibly contentious decisions surrounding its project development in recent years. If it’s not the cancellation of their original series after one perfectly well-received season, then it is their ideological approach toward female-centric and female-driven narratives that is setting the audience off. A new study now confirms an uptake in the aforementioned at … Continue reading “Almost a Third of All Netflix Movie Directors Were Women, New Study Confirms”
