“The entire premise of Jexi, that a broken man needs to be fixed by a woman, has no place in modern-day filmmaking.”
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“Non-bros need not apply.”
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“Singer has been repeatedly accused of sexual assault against underage boys, leading to a thick cloud of unease that hangs over Bohemian Rhapsody.”
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“Green Book stuns with its gleeful swan dive into gender roles, complete with petite women stuffed into hourglass corsets and a leading lady we never see outside the kitchen.”
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“Do we really need another Victorian-era tale with colonialist overtones that does nothing different, nor particularly well?”
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“I’m not quite sure if A Star is Born is supposed to be a tragic love story or an examination of an abusive relationship.”
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“The only fully non-white character is Dr. Wu, who falls straight into the Asian American stereotype as a deferential doctor-scientist.”
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“The character deaths in Solo: A Star Wars Story are unearned and disproportionately affect women.”
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“If there’s one thing you can count on in a Tyler Perry film, it’s that a woman’s husband will run around on her with another man.”
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“Disney has displayed complete inertia in updating this franchise for modern audiences.”
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“The film is indifferent to inclusion, just as it’s indifferent to lengthy dialogue or complex characterizations.”
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“The stereotyping of Black and Indigenous men are made worse by the fact they never speak, nor do they have any backstories.”
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“It’s alarming that millions of young men are watching—and internalizing—this display of toxic masculinity.”
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“When an 83-year old novel is more feminist than its modern film adaptation, you know there’s something wrong.”
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“Women are aggressively objectified for the male gaze, while people of color are simply erased.”
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“People of color are picked off easily, like a retro horror film where the Black guy gets killed first.”
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“Dunkirk is a sensory feast with palpable nostalgia for an era before women’s liberation and civil rights movements.”
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“Women of color are either sexual objects or played off for laughs. For example, Mantis—found by Ego and raised as his servant and ‘pet’— seems to be written explicitly for the film to indulge in submissive Asian stereotypes.”
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“The Great Wall is about as literal to the white savior trope as you can get.”
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“The uncomfortable industry adulation that surrounded Casey Affleck—despite his confirmed abuse against women in reality—outweighs my ability to recommend this film.”
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