Reaction Shots

Mike Coppola/Getty Images for Tribeca Festival/VALERIE MACON/AFP via Getty Image  Mike Coppola/Getty Images for Tribeca Festival/VALERIE MACON/AFP via Getty Image   In a story that’s been making the rounds , Sharon Stone raises a challenge to Hollywood’s narrative that Meryl Streep is the be-all and end-all of actresses. Her admiration of Streep isn’t in question; she’s asking why actresses (and for that matter, audiences) are basically brought up to see Streep as “the good one.”  Stone lists a number of actresses just as good as Meryl and that Hollywood and society for that matter, pit women against each other. She points out that there can only be one queen in the execs’ eyes and there are all these other, lesser ones (Stone says she herself is probably “the queen of smut”). But the larger social aspect isn’t so different. The way women are categorically labeled; this one’s a fine mother compared to that one who’s a slut; she’s good because she’s there for her husband a...

“This is the stupidest movie I’ve ever seen.” - My Sister Given the pedigree behind “The Cabin in the Woods” and that my sister has voiced support for Joss Whedon and Drew Goddard’s other work, I thought this would be a slam dunk. I didn’t reckon with her distaste for horror films. Liking “Zombieland” does not a fan girl make. I realize my mistake and my way to make this up is to watch “The Holiday”. This is not equitable. I like “The Holiday” (it’s Nancy Meyers, after all, and sure it’s a little sappy, but c’mon: Kate Winslet, Jude Law, Cameron Diaz, and Jack Black do a swell job). It’s one of the rom-coms I genuinely like.  “Serendipity” or “Shallow Hal” would be harsher pay-back, but sis is taking it easy on me, I think.  However, that’s not what’s on my mind as I write this. I know that most people I know would rally around the “Pro-Cabin Cause” and rise to defend one of the wittiest meta-texts in recent cinema. There are plenty of think pieces and positive reviews an...