“The U.S. military is much more diverse than Hunter Killer suggests.”
Read More“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.”
Read More“While overly simplistic, Hell Fest does feature some nuances of female friendship.”
Read More“A couple instances of queerness sneak into A Simple Favor.”
Read More“For those who say To All the Boys is trodden territory, I ask: Trodden territory for whom?”
Read More“Without an independent arc, Zoë Kravitz’s character exists mainly to provide emotional support for the male protagonist.”
Read More“Usually, the missing or abducted girl is a flat character who gets just a handful of lines, at best. Thankfully, Searching has other ideas.”
Read More“Radicalizing Kwame Ture more than he was, just to create a false equivalence to the KKK, is troublesome.”
Read More“Crazy Rich Asians has been burdened with a great deal of responsibility.”
Read More"The clear lack of interest in non-white perspectives makes The Spy Who Dumped Me a little hard to root for."
Read More“Blindspotting easily breaks the confines of Black and white binaries.”
Read More“Ant-Man and the Wasp feeds into a longstanding trope about disability and doesn’t even seem to realize it’s doing it.”
Read More“Uncle Drew does nothing behind the scenes to give actual opportunities to older actors.”
Read More“The only fully non-white character is Dr. Wu, who falls straight into the Asian American stereotype as a deferential doctor-scientist.”
Read More“Cate Blanchett’s Lou blatantly telegraphs as queer. Unfortunately, it’s never made explicit.”
Read More“The character deaths in Solo: A Star Wars Story are unearned and disproportionately affect women.”
Read More“Avengers: Infinity War is an exercise in extreme toxic masculinity.”
Read More“Krasinski lifts up not just himself, but others in the creation of A Quiet Place.”
Read More“The Hitman’s Bodyguard seems to think that by making Hayek homicidal and capable of defending herself, that she’s somehow empowered. She isn’t.”
Read More“The only characters with any power in Ready Player One are exclusively straight white men.”
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