Day: December 21, 2019

Female Characters, Female Filmmaker, Film Reviews, Reviews, Women in Film1 Comment

A first timer’s view of “Little Women”

Caz

I have never read the book “Little Women” by Louisa May Alcott or seen any of the previous adaptations. I have little interest in period dramas, frocks and debutant balls. All I knew about the film was that there were a bunch of teenage-ish girls, it was written 150 years ago and the Joey on Friends got upset about one of the characters dying.

So, I knew I’d be a hard sell on this but after a shaky start this film really won me over. Continue reading A first timer’s view of “Little Women”

Female Characters, Personal Essays, Women in FilmLeave a comment

Rey: The Force Will Be With You Always

Bianca 'Bee' Garner

2015. It had been 10 years since the Star Wars saga had wrapped up with 2005’s “Revenge of the Sith”. There I was standing in a massive line around noon waiting to get into a 7 pm showing of “Star Wars: The Force Awakens”. The first outing post-Disney buy out. No one quite knew what to expect. Reviews hadn’t gone live, advance screenings started at 3pm, the script had been kept tightly under wraps, it was all up in the air.

The marketing at this point had all eyes on Finn as the supposed new Jedi of this trilogy, with Rey as the leia type character. Portrayed by Daisy Ridley, nothing was known about this character, other than she was a scavenger who played into the story somehow. Little did we know she would actually be the main character of this new trilogy. So it took everyone by surprise when at the end it was her wielding the lightsaber in the climactic battle against Kylo Ren play by Adam Driver. Continue reading Rey: The Force Will Be With You Always