The RP's Weekly Web Gems: The Politics of Film

The Politics of Film

The Hurt Locker duo Katheryn Bigelow (director) and Mark Boal (screenwriter) have been planning a film about Osama Bin Laden for quite some time.  Now, it will probably get a different ending.  You know, since they killed him and everything. [Guardian]

The film Bridesmaids opens this week.  Many people have pointed to this film as feminizing the sub-genre of films made popular by The 40-Year-Old Virgin, The Hangover, and Pineapple Express.  Maybe so–we will see next week...