How did something so simple and potentially empowering turn into something so destructive and problematic?
Tag: Margot Robbie
Say hello to one of 2022’s most polarising films – it’s not difficult to see why, with its lengthy runtime, belligerent vulgarity, and understandably divisive ending. It’s a big swing; most of Babylon is. Your mileage may vary, depending on how those swings land. For me, the hits are enough to make up for the […]
Birds of Prey opens with Harley Quinn’s (Margot Robbie) break-up with the Joker. Freed from its connections to Suicide Squad (2016), the film is able to embark upon its own bold direction: a very loose adaptation of its comic book counterparts (a female crimefighting team founded by Barbara Gordon/Batgirl). Such emancipation is a vital theme […]
What happens when victims are “unlikeable”? The 2016 sexual assault allegations against Fox News chairman Roger Ailes unearthed the long-assumed but carefully-guarded toxic workspace of Fox’s right-wing media, with multiple women testifying to their sexual harassment under the chief executive. Such harassment is obviously inexcusable and undeserved by anyone, but there’s an interesting premise in […]
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Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
When a director can communicate their love, passion and command of filmmaking through their work, the result is immediately infused with a soul and personality, thus feeling less like a piece of entertainment or a product sold to the viewer. A prime example of this is Quentin Tarantino’s latest, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. […]
Recently, it was announced that Margot Robbie will be playing Barbie in a live-action film chronicling the adventures of the now 50-year toy, set to be released around 2021. Originally set the play the title role was actor and comedian Amy Schumer, known for a body of work that includes, if not centres upon, ‘body […]
As discontent with Europe grows, the woman who rules over England sees her already waning authority threatened by her ferocious fellow ruler north of the border, who questions her claim to power. Alas, this is not a tale of the Scottish Government’s discontent with Brexit. This is Mary Queen of Scots, the story of the […]
There are two things I can say in favour of I, Tonya, Craig Gillespie’s frequently callous and unempathetic biopic of the former figure skater Tonya Harding. Firstly, the skating scenes, the camera swirling and gliding along with Harding, are impressively staged, especially when she lands her first triple axel. Secondly, Margot Robbie gives a very […]