New Moon, Same Old Sexist Story
New Moon is a film full of gender stereotypes -- testosterone-driven male aggression, females who pine away over lost loves, boys who fix motorcycles and the girls who watch them.
Beyoncé's I Am...Yours is a satisfying decade-and-then-some retrospective that reveals the artist's interesting back story with a personal warmth not always emphasized by our current cast of pop stars.
New Moon is a film full of gender stereotypes -- testosterone-driven male aggression, females who pine away over lost loves, boys who fix motorcycles and the girls who watch them.
We come from a history of disregarding feeling as frivolity, and prior to Oprah we hadn't paid attention to its heft. She understood that our emotional lives inform every single thing we do.
At the beginning of this year, there were predictions that as many as 10,000 American not-for-profit arts organizations would go bankrupt as a result of this recession.
To put it bluntly, Twilight sucks. (Sorry, that pun is too irresistible). One moody high school girl lusts after an even moodier vampire and the result is a potential $100 million opening weekend at the box office?
In Precious, director Lee Daniels returns to the formula that has won him acclaim in the past: stories of poor Black women who are too pathetic, sick and incapable of caring for themselves or their children.
Here are the first of two offerings of some current inspirations for cheer. If you've been laid off, Madeoff-ed, or you just plain need a lift during a tough holiday season, check these out.
The Twilight Saga: New Moon raked in a monstrous $140.7 million over the weekend. Three reasons why the second film of the popular book series may have the biggest autumn opening weekend in history.
New Moon just grossed $26 million in just midnight and 3am showings, and it clocked $72 million in just the first 24 hours. Why do I feel like Tommy Lee Jones at the end of No Country For Old Men?
When you're making an animated film, one of the big differences is that you can add scenes, change dialogue, and re-write as you're going along.
I've been thinking about the arc of the series, from 1960 to 1963. Where has the series been, where is it now, and where might it be going with creator Matthew Weiner?
Fortunately, as the father of two sons, absolutely no one is asking me to see New Moon, but for those out there waiting in some bloody line, here's my moon-themed playlist.
The Twilight New Moon premiere featured beautiful stars, elegant outfits and the true strength of the Twilight franchise: the fans.