Sentences with phrase «women against movie»
The new focus on sexual misconduct sprang from accusations that surfaced in October from dozens of women against movie mogul Harvey Weinstein.
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Unfortunately, when it comes to looks, the deck is often stacked against the majority of men and women alike — namely the «normals,» or those don't resemble models or movie stars.
I've also been surprised by the number of voters who see it as a political movie — a valorization of the marginalized (a mute woman, a gay man, an African - American woman, and a fish dude) against the forces of Michael Shannon and his ilk.
† Just because a Blind Christian has the need to feel as if they posses a traditional family lifestyle, religious holidays where the give their kids chocolate eggs, dvd gifts on christmas of movies full of women acting as the equals of men (Against the bible), a lack of understanding culture, and the feeling of belonging, does not mean all people need / want / or feel that way.
It seemed to me that some of the best scenes in the movie were those that were deleted from it, particularly a candidly outspoken scene in which Elastigirl, or Mrs. Incredible, defends her role as a «homemaker» against the crassly reasoned criticisms of an obnoxious feminist career woman.
But it strains credulity to believe that all sectors of a society as complex as our own» education, politics, the media, advertising, music, scholarship, psychology, medicine, movies, fashion, toy makers, and (unkindest cut of all) many women themselves» are conspiring and colluding against all women everywhere, which means, in many instances, against themselves.
Top Democrats who received campaign donations from Harvey Weinstein have yet to condemn his support, since the movie mogul was accused of longtime sexual harassment against women.
As allegations of sexual harassment and assault against disgraced movie producer and major Democratic political donor Harvey Weinstein piled up earlier this month, women around the world took to social media to share stories of abusive behavior using the hashtag #MeToo.
In the three weeks since dozens of women came forward with allegations of sexual assault and misconduct against movie mogul Harvey Weinstein, the cultural landscape has been altered, with claims brought against figures across other industries.
Samantha said she was empowered by women coming forward with sexual assault allegations against movie mogul Harvey Weinstein and wanted to help other victims who are too afraid to come forward, leading her to share her story with BuzzFeed.
The floodgates opened with a New York Times story about sexual harassment accusations against movie mogul Harvey Weinstein, who has since been accused of raping multiple women and is now being investigated by multiple police agencies.
It sounds like a scene from a horror movie: A 52 - year - old Brazilian woman brushed against a caterpillar while she was picking plums, and a few days later she died a horrible death after developing bruises all over her body and lapsing into a coma.
Sri Reddy's semi-nude protest against the alleged sexual exploitation of women in the film industry by influential members outside the Movie Artistes Association (MAA), an apex body of the Telugu film industry.
A lengthy (and growing) list of all the women who have come forward against the movie mogul.
Like so many movie heroes before him, though, Emmett's life is turned upside down when he meets Wyldstyle (Elizabeth Banks), a woman leading a resistance force against world leader President Business (Will Ferrell) and on the hunt for the Piece of Resistance.
The characters are two - dimensional and the movie spends a lot of time pitting the women against each other, so that they're like combatants waiting to scratch each other's eyes out.
Even I mused to friends that a movie where a white woman and a Mexican man (Diego Luna) lead a diverse team of rebels against an evil empire seemed a bit on the nose after the 2016 election.
In a movie where every woman is ridiculed, it comes about in its most vile way against heavy women.
Don't tell me about all the advances the Academy has made, the fact that its director branch put crazy ass anti-semitic sexist abusive Mel Gibson back on the director's short list last year and gave his clunky bloody obvious war movie a best picture nomination just proves how many assholes are still lurking among the voters ready to backlash against women and people of color.
That movie represents a much more explicit look at the concept of molding a woman in your image of what you want her to be, positioning itself as a rebellion against the manic pixie dream girl tendencies of films like (500) Days of Summer or Garden State, often the result of lazy writing that had a tendency to treat women simply as a formula to complete the man's desires.
Instead one just feels icky for watching a movie that mixes male masturbatory fantasies with gritty scenes of violence against women...
On Aug. 28 Richards tweeted to Matt Bomer and actor Mark Ruffalo, who is an executive producer of Anything, «[I] f you release this movie, it will directly lead to violence against already at risk trans women.»
The movie opens with an eye - catching, dreamy image, as the camera cranes down from fireflies against sky to a woman standing on a rocky shore, a boat floating in the water.
Peter Strickland, whose other feature movie «Katalan Varga» is about a woman traveling in the Carpathian Mountains with a small boy seeking vengeance against her abusers, is on a similar track in his sophomore feature about Gilderoy, an innocent abroad who seems too overcome by inertia to escape extreme culture shock and thereby reverts into his own hallucinatory world.
Award: The Assassin Least Sexy Movie: 50 Shades of Grey (Runner - up: A LEGO Brickumentary) Best Tolkien Reference: The Martian Best Gag Involving a Hammer: Avengers: Age of Ultron Best Joke About Naming Your Fists «Cagney and Lacey»: Spy Best Celebrity Cameo: LeBron James, Trainwreck Best Imaginary Friend: Bing Bong, Inside Out Most Awkward Interplay Between Real and Fictional Theme Parks: Tomorrowland (Runner - up: Jurassic World) Best Contact Lenses: Johnny Depp, Black Mass Best Eyeglasses: Sean Harris, Mission: Impossible — Rogue Nation Best Glass Eye: Christian Bale, The Big Short Best Robot: Ava (Ex Machina) Worst Robot: Chappie (Chappie) The Cameron Crowe Award for a Soundtrack in Search of a Movie: Aloha Best Aerial Stunt: Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (Runner - up: Spectre) Worst Oven - Cleaning Method: The Visit Worst Misuse of a Juice Bottle: Sleeping with Other People Best Movie About Journalism: Spotlight Worst Movie About Journalism: Truth The Sudden Ubiquity Award: Domhnall Gleeson (Ex Machina, Brooklyn, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, The Revenant); Tom Hardy (Mad Max: Fury Road; Legend; The Revenant); Oscar Isaac (Ex Machina, Mojave, Star Wars: The Force Awakens) Best Dog - boy: Jack Bright, The Good Dinosaur Worst Dog - man: Channing Tatum, Jupiter Ascending Worst Implicit Historical Comparison: Moving the events of The Secret in Their Eyes from Argentina's Dirty War to post-9 / 11 America Best Backward - Looking Reboot: Star Wars: The Force Awakens Worst Backward - Looking Reboot: Terminator Genisys Best Home Movies: Me and Earl and the Dying Girl Nicest Russian Spy: Mark Rylance, Bridge of Spies Trends of the Year: Women ruling comedy (Trainwreck, Spy); an overdue pushback against CGI (Mad Max: Fury Road, Star Wars: The Force Awakens); sneakily feminist themes in summer sequels (Magic Mike XXL, Mad Max: Fury Road); spy spoofs (Spy, Kingsman: The Secret Service, The Man from U.N.C.L.E, the final third of Spectre)
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The movie begins on that island, Themyscira, where strong - limbed women spend their lives in martial - arts training in preparedness against possible invasion — there appear to be no local industries, so this is as good a way as any to use the time — and where everyone seems to speak with an unplaceable accent (Spanish?
BEST FOREIGN FILM I've Loved You So Long BEST FEMALE IMAGES IN A MOVIE: The Secret Life Of Bees BEST UNRELEASED MOVIE: How The Garcia Girls Spent Their Summer BEST EQUALITY OF THE SEXES: Nothing But The Truth BEST MUSIC: Cadillac Records BEST ANIMATED FEMALE: Eve: WALL - E BEST FAMILY FILM WALL - E LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD: Meryl Streep ACTING AND ACTIVISM: Natalie Portman ADRIENNE SHELLY AWARD: For a film that most passionately opposes violence against women: Changeling JOSEPHINE BAKER AWARD: For best expressing the woman of color experience in America: Ballast KAREN MORLEY AWARD: For best exemplifying a woman's place in history or society, and a courageous search for identity: Battle In Seattle COURAGE IN ACTING: Deidra Edwards in DisFigured: For redefining conventional standards of female physical beauty and pride on screen, and promoting positive images of big bodied women.
Coming 39 years after the original film starring Sylvester Stallone, the movie certainly has its share of training montages and struggles against adversity, as well as an endearing romance between a young fighter and a woman from the neighborhood.
They can't have a movie rooted in women's empowerment being part - financed by a man accused of sexual misconduct against women.»
Brought to us from Turkey by means of France, there might not be a movie that better typifies 2015 as the year women ruled the filmic roost than the furious polemic against the patriarchy that is Mustang.
Apparently, Gadot wants that to stop, with the source saying that she knows Warner Bros. will have to side with her on this because it «can't have a movie rooted in women's empowerment being part - financed by a man accused of sexual misconduct against women.»
WHY: It's a shame that «Mustang» had to compete with Best Foreign Language juggernaut «Son of Saul» at this year's Academy Awards, because the Turkish drama (although it was technically France's official submission) is a beautiful but tragic movie about a group of free - spirited young women pushing back against the oppressive, misogynistic older generations set in their ways.
Brought to us from Turkey by means of France, there might not be a movie that better typifies 2015 as the year women ruled the filmic roost than the furious polemic against the patriarchy that is
And it's also still up against Wonder Woman, which was not only one of the top movies of 2017, but also captured the zeitgeist in a much timelier way — though that film's Allan Heinberg - penned script did not get a WGA citation either.
Black Rock is a badass movie, both with its raw presentation of survival, and as a force against the rampant automatic objectification of women across genre and media.
This movie talks about women empowerment, fighting your fears, component of a story, breaking taboos, fight against false norms.
As a movie fan, I can't how many times I've seen a man or woman wronged by the villain before setting out to gain vengeance against the perpetrator, their friends, their family, their dog and anyone within a several mile radius.
Among the highlights will be the social practice artist Theaster Gates singing his own rendition of «God Bless America,» «The Battle Hymn of the Republic» and other traditional patriotic tunes; the filmmaker Arthur Jafa presenting his lauded short movie about racism, «Love Is the Message, the Message Is Death»; the artist Shirin Neshat showing films about violence against women; the composer David Lang performing and also speaking about «danger and honesty in both pop and classical music»; the poet Elizabeth Alexander reading her own work; and the artist Hank Willis Thomas presenting and discussing his film «A Person Is More Important Than Anything Else» (2014) on James Baldwin.