“Wicked: For Good imparts an awful message about friendship.”
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“Sinners explores intraracial conflicts, showcasing the diversity of Black Americans.”
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“Merrily We Roll Along’s source material leaves little room for its women to have agency or nuance.”
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“H is for Hawk irons out the most interesting complexities of Helen Macdonald’s lived experience.”
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“In a sometimes cavalier movie like Nuremberg, the invocation of horrific archival footage feels misguided, even callous.”
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“Without a single original idea, Violent Ends just doesn't hold up.”
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“No matter how sharply Margaret Qualley plays Blue Moon’s blond bombshell, there’s no fixing a script that spends most of its time objectifying her.”
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“After the Hunt feels outdated in its surface-level commentary on the #MeToo movement.”
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“A Diwali Dilemma grapples with the internal conflict shared by many people of color.”
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“While the visuals lean heavily into traditional gender coding, Gabby’s Dollhouse: The Movie avoids toxic messages.”
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“To its credit, Adulthood does weave in disability storylines without sensationalizing them.”
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“The cultural references in Doin’ It suffer from oversimplification.”
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“The Sun Rises On Us All demonstrates an intimacy with women’s experiences around healthcare and fertility, with certain moments feeling plucked from my own life.”
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“The women of Meadowlarks are recognizable in so many ways.”
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“Modern Whore challenges the desexualization of disabled people in mainstream narratives.”
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“Weapons squanders its potential by rehashing outdated stereotypes.”
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“The Bad Guys 2 gives a stellar blueprint for how a franchise can tweak older material to suit today’s audiences.”
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“Is it too much to ask for a kids’ movie like Smurfs to skip the value judgments on food and body size?”
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“The diversity in Jurassic World Rebirth feels like more than just box-ticking.”
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“The emotional maturity of all the main characters in Worth the Wait, men and women alike, goes a long way in balancing onscreen gender roles.”
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