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Summer of the Actionless Female
SpoutBlog — Discussion of this summer’s heroine lack is in full throttle. Last friday, New York’s Vulture blog asked, “Where are the Roles for Superwomen?; Stu at Defamer jumped off from there, ultimately suggesting an X-Men spin-off for Ellen Page; John at The Movie Blog listed reasons “Why Most Female Lead Action Films Don’t Succeed” (shocker: men can’t identify with or believe in strong — and strong — female characters). Now, adding to the conversation in the least ...

Does The Female "Buddy" Movie Exist? [Screen Sirens]
Jezebel — ... The only movies with two top-billed female roles, on the other hand, were The Devil Wears Prada and Scary Movie 4 ." And sure, there's Juno and Little Miss Sunshine , but are they the norm ? He continues: My cousin has been working on tallying (by hand!) all movies with two top-billed female stars. She reports that there are staggeringly few of them, and the roles fall mainly in two genres: mother-daughter bonding movies and horror films. Our brother site Defamer recently asked Whither the superheroines? But the question should be whither the women ? Not the ...