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  1. The Woman King wants to be a historical epic, a feminist manifesto, and a Hollywood crowd-pleaser all at once — but ends up shrinking its story, flattening its stakes, and softening its message. A case study in studio-glossed ‘representation.’
    #TheWomanKing #FilmCriticism #HistoricalEpics #HollywoodMyths #MovieReview #RepresentationMatters #CinemaStudies #StudioSystem #ViolaDavis
    ninetypercentcrapmoviereviews.

  2. John Boorman’s Excalibur (1981) is a slightly divisive Arthurian movie but its strengths outweigh its weaknesses and Boorman couldn't make a dull movie if he tried. Boorman claimed this movie kicked off the sword-and-sorcery boom.

    My review: princeplanetmovies.blogspot.co

    #80smovie #80smovies #1980smovie #1980smovies #cultmovie #cultmovies #JohnBoorman #HelenMirren #kingarthur #historicalepic #historicalepics #swordandsorcery