Welcome to the third edition of the Chick Flix Film Club! A programme presented by She Sources and Making It: Women in Film, airing the first Monday of every month. This month, we discuss the 2016 reboot of Ghostbusters, and the Ocean's-franchise spin-off Ocean's 8.
Both of these movies are "gender flips" of previously male-led franchises, and received a fair amount of backlash - especially Ghostbusters, which has become a poster child for the campaign against gender flipping. Today we discuss the backlash, whether or not it was all a cheap gimmick, and then fall into a rabbit hole rant about J*mes C*rden's appearance in Ocean's 8.
Timestamps:
Ghostbusters | 00.00 - 22.00
Birds of Prey | 22.00 - 52.00
Movies for October:
Midsommar (2019, dir. Ari Aster)
A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (2014, dir. Ana Lily Amirpour)
This episode was made by Lauren Piskothy (She Sources, co-host), Lauren San Miguel (MIWIF, co-host) and Malin Evita (MIWIF, co-host and editor.) Follow us on Instagram at @ChickFlixFilmClub and write to us through
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