Gadot and director/co-writer Patty Jenkins push away from comic book traditions of superheroines as sexy pin-ups with a Wonder Woman who’s athletic, empathetic, smart, and strong.
Watching ‘Wonder Woman’ Gal Gadot Break the Superhero Glass Ceiling
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Pause Your Therapy App. Dive into the Tech Thriller Algorithm: Bliss
Laughter. Screams. Cover-your-eyes thrills. Who needs a therapy app when the cult horror Algorithm: Bliss lands on your sofa.
WWII Documentary Shadows of Freedom spotlights the heroic Jewish resistance in Algiers
Film: Review of Tech Thriller ’Ex Machina’
In ‘Ex Machina,’ writer/director Alex Garland balances futurist forecasting with classic noir elements and a beautiful woman.
‘The House’ Review: Director Desiree Lim delivers a genre mash up in slick, sometimes silly ‘The House’
Tweet The House Unrated Running Time: 109 minutes Grade: C+ Vancouver-based filmmaker Desiree Lim re-teams with her frequent collaborator, actress Natalie Skye for the genre mash-up The House and the result is a cool, stylish drama part ghost story but…
‘The Island President’ Review: Director Jon Shenk makes the climate change issue into a story of one man’s amazing journey
Tweet The Island President Samuel Goldwyn Films Rated PG Running Time: 101 minutes Grade: B REVIEW BY STEVE RAMOS A talent for storytelling is what separates veteran documentary filmmaker Jon Shenk from the scorched landscape of reality television. His belief…
‘Martha Marcy May Marlene’ Review: Elizabeth Olsen breaks out in suspenseful cult drama
Tweet Martha Marcy May Marlene Rated R Running Time: 101 Minutes Grade: A Perfect ambiguity brings filmmaker Sean Durkin’s suspenseful drama about a young woman (Elizabeth Olsen) escaping an abusive cult to a daring close that leaves audiences wondering…
‘Fordson: Faith, Fasting, Football’ Review: Stories of tolerance and football come together on a high school field in engaging doc ‘Fordson’
Tweet Fordson: Faith, Fasting, Football North Shore Films Unrated Running Time: 92 minutes Grade: B REVIEW BY STEVE RAMOS For Fordson High School football players in the working class section of Dearborn, Michigan, the big game involves hunger, thirst…
TIFF 2011: ‘Livid’ Review: French filmmaker duo Julien Maury and Alexandre Bustillo create a frightening fantasy
Tweet Livid The Weinstein Company Rating: TBD Running Time: 88 minutes Grade: B REVIEW BY STEVE RAMOS The French filmmaker duo Julien Maury and Alexandre Bustillo are undisputed masters of horror thanks to their incredible debut thriller Inside (A l’intérieur),…
TIFF 2011: ‘Damsels in Distress’ Review: Whit Stillman returns with quirky female comedy
Tweet Damsels in Distress Sony Pictures Classics Rating TBA Running Time: 98 minutes Grade: B REVIEW BY STEVE RAMOS Up-and-coming actress Greta Gerwig and long-absent filmmaker Whit Stillman make a comic dream team in the hip and intentionally odd…