A good rom-com [Variety]

Michael Moorcock remembers Arthur C. Clarke

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An anthropologist with the charming name of Hortense Powdermaker turned the condescending eye of her profession on the sort of savage, primitive tribe that deserved it. The book was called Hollywood, the Dream Factory. Her subjects retain that sort of charming simplicity; for instance, they believe that no movie centered around Asian-American women could possibly succeed. But The Joy Luck Club did.

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Mari Ness’s excellent series of Disney posts turns to one of my childhood faves: Lady and the Tramp

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John C. Wright* does not like the new Star Wars because Rey is not a damsel in distress. Love it! The movie has blown away the Nutty Nuggets argument, the case that bang-bang sci-fi adventure with lots of plot and special effects also needs Young White Guy Gets Busty Babe or it’s not the real thing.

*This link may be seen as a kind of benevolent Rickroll.

The top 50 assholes in cinema. Language and spoilers

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PG-13: Helping make movies big, expensive, and mediocre

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How to tell from a trailer that a movie is going to suck

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