Sentences with phrase «female film character»

All month, the Alliance of Women Film Journalists has been counting down the top 55 female film characters of all time, their «Wonder Women.»

One of the most interesting female film characters of the year comes to Blu - ray and DVD this week with the home release of Mad Max: Fury Road.

Not exact matches

Much like the success of last year's Warner Bros. film Wonder Woman helped change the conversation around a female superhero movie helmed by a woman director, a box - office smashing debut for Black Panther could pave the way for a similar paradigm shift in Hollywood with regard to how studios approach big - budget stories about characters of color.

And only 32 % of films featured 10 or more female characters in speaking roles (compared to 79 % with 10 or more such male roles).

Eighty - four films didn't feature one female character that had a disability.

Lions Gate Entertainment (No. 54) has had box office success with two major franchises: The Twilight series (produced by Summit Entertainment, a Lions Gate subsidiary) and Hunger Games, which have much in common as they are both film adaptations of bestselling young adult book series, are fantastical (one is about vampires and the other about a futuristic dystopia), and are anchored by a dynamic young female character (portrayed by Kristen Stewart in Twilight, Jennifer Lawrence in The Hunger Games).

Here's a list of films for young girls — movies that show strong female characters with the kind of energy, intelligence, wit, and initiative our daughters hope to develop themselves.

Another actress, Jessica Chastain, complained to Radio Times about the film industry's propensity to cast female action heroes not for their characters, but for their bodies.

Still, the findings are an unfortunate reality and according to the report the odds are even worse for women as, «only 22.3 percent of senior characters in these acclaimed films were female.»

Though Disney's recent films have sought to portray strong female characters, Buffy presents quite a new version of female power.

The film must contain more than one female character; these female characters must have a conversation with one another; and that conversation must be about something other than a man.

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (12A) Tolkien's source book contains no significant female characters, but since one was invented for this film (along with half of the plot), that's no excuse for not finding another.

I seem to really like going as female tv and film characters excluding Mckayla, which was a meme.

We recently released a very, very comprehensive study of the occupations of female characters in both television and family - rated films.

And of the female characters, specifically in G - rated films, which are for very young kids, we found that there are no CEOs, no politicians in high positions, there were no female characters in medical science or in law.

She is the founder of the non-profit Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media, which engages film and television creators to dramatically increase the percentages of female characters — and reduce gender stereotyping — in media made for children 11 and under.

So if we can increase the percentage of women working behind the scenes on films, not only will women's voices be heard more, but we'll see a result on - screen in an increase in the percentage of female characters.

At the age of ten, I watched the Bond film «License to Kill», and the main female character Carey cuts her hair short midway through the film.

Keira Knightley has claimed she rarely chooses to act in films set in the modern day because «female characters nearly always get raped».

Director Tom Dey's film is yet another by - the - numbers romantic comedy where the same tired escapades ensue, including one character's climactic discovery of the other's secret (in this case, when Tripp finds out about Paula's career as a female Hitch), and their eventual reunion at the end.

The biggest surprise is the absence of a strong female character, which has been a strength of all Tarantino films save for «Reservoir Dogs.»

«The Women of Harry Potter» (22:31) celebrates the series» female characters with comments from Rowling and some of the series» actresses, along with clips from all the films and even some premieres.

Why yes, I did read MAJ's article on the lack of dynamic female characters in modern mainstream film - making...

Spielberg leaves too much on the table between the two characters, especially in a film that earns the right to breathe for a few seconds, but Streep shines in these scenes all the same — this is Spielberg's first female - driven film since «The Color Purple» in 1985, and the actress is eager to make up for lost time.

But, Black Panther is not your typical male - dominated comic book - based movie, practically every other strong character in this film is a female.

A related problem is that the script for Spectre is deeply conflicted, especially when it comes to the film's female characters.

Marvel's most unusual film of its Cinematic Universe is big on world - building, empowerment, strong (female) characters and jabs at the current state of the world.

Much of the film's emotional punch comes from the ever - optimistic Dug and his relationships with three key supporting characters: caveman tribe chief Chief (Timothy Spall), who admits he's old for... 32, Goona, a female football phenom who Dug digs (she's voiced by Maisie Williams of «Game of Thrones») and Hognob, Dug's pig pal, who's much more than a pet (he's got a little Gromit in him).

He changed the ethnicity of the lead female character in Leonard's novel from the white Jackie Burke to a black Jackie Brown which allowed him to cast Pam Grier and reference her blaxploitation films «Foxy Brown» and «Coffy» as well as, employing the use of Bobby Womack's «Across 110th Street».

Full of uncomfortable character turns, the film dives headfirst into parental and Oedipal trauma, the lines between its female characters blurring in gut - wrenching ways.

It's not that women are specifically excluded (the film and its characters are surprisingly positive towards marriage in the end), but with the most likeable female character (and most responsible character overall) being Heather Graham's stripper, it's obvious whose ride this is.

I am frustrated by the lack of modern - or future - set films without strong female characters, but I'm aware that, historically speaking, women haven't been given much training in warfare or an equal share of about anything.

and the film's treatment of women is a little archaic (most of the female characters are «helpers»), when this film is on, it's energetic, insightful, and incredibly well - acted.

Though it's mildly raunchy in the Apatow style (he co-produced), The Five - Year Engagement, like most of the films Segel's co-written, also allows its female characters to be recognizable human beings with senses of humor and personality traits other than niceness.

In an interview with BBC's The One Show, Oscar winner and new raider of tombs Alicia Vikander talked about how excited she was to be playing a badass female character and how exciting it is «To see female characters in these kinds of films... It's definitely a big change happening.»

«2003 saw two films that: (1) featured female lead (s), (2) valued action, atmosphere, and attitude over plot, (3) replaced character depth with exhaustive references to pop culture and / or cult films.

It's interesting than some recent Christie films because the emphasis on female characters.

The 31 year - old star of «Mad Men» (which wrapped its third season this week, though me and my fellow Brits haven't even got started) has essayed the best female character in American film or TV in two years, gives great interview and, -LSB-...]

Strong female characters and «Trinity Syndrome»; Spielberg's next two films; the ugly aftertaste of Louie Season 4; «Mad Men» and family relations; Roddy McDowall's home movies.

There's so much to appreciate in that film — from its portrayal of a kickass female lead character who just so happens to have a physical disability (though is never depicted as being a person who matters less because of it) to its impressive number of real - time stunts and action sequences to its feminist message.

For every movie featuring an Ellen Ripley, Sarah Connor, Alice or Katniss Everdeen, Asian film industries managed to produce several dozen more entertaining, hard - hitting action flicks featuring strong female characters portrayed by butt - kicking heroines, many of them real - life martial arts champions or physically gifted dancers or performers.

As we all know, Marvel has had quite a flogging in the press about its treatment of its female characters: Not only is there no stand - alone female superhero film yet, but our daughters also have no female superhero action figures.

His uncompromising love for dubious and morally ambiguous characters is present, sparked with some female sensuality and a good serving of slasher film flavor.

In the 1960s, the top earners that centered around a female character were: The Sound of Music (which was the highest grossing film of the decade), Dr. Zhivago, Mary Poppins, My Fair Lady, Funny Girl, Cleopatra, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (debatable), Bonnie and Clyde (debatable), Let's Make Love, West Side Story.

As the gang meet up with female characters, their lives as strippers actually help them make honest relationships, rather than the last film, which argued that it was harder to form a meaningful bond with anyone, when your day job was taking your clothes off for money.

In all of Trier's films, emotion, subjectivity, and intuition are in their fullest forms by female characters: from Grace (Nicole Kidman) in Dogville, She (Charlotte Gainsbourg) in Antichrist, and Justine (Kirsten Dunst) in Melancholia.

One of the film's more enjoyable aspects is its vibrant female characters.

Which isn't to say that the film doesn't boast plenty of powerful and often disturbing sequences (it does), nor that its mostly - female cast don't deliver a forceful ensemble performance, with Natalie Portman exceptional as the traumatised but driven central character, biologist Lena.

The film is full of strong female characters.

Most of what makes the film gritty and realistic comes from Bree, who is one of the most interesting female characters in seventies» cinema.