In 2018, co-founders Miranda Bailey and Rebecca Odes decided enough was enough with very little to no representation of the female and non-binary critical voice.
So they started CherryPicks... and you can read more HERE: https://bit.ly/33ra8J0
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Here are this week's #CherryPicksChoices #FilmChoices: the new release picks we can't wait to watch this weekend! ✨
01. CYRANO
02. DONKEYHEAD
03. DEFINITION PLEASE
04. STOP-ZEMLIA
05. SIMPLE PASSION
🍒 CherryPicks highlights reviews from female and non-binary critics. Visit thecherrypicks.com to see what scores your favorite films got!
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Our sweepstakes closes on Thursday January 20th at 11:59pm PT. Winners will be contacted via email each day!
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Stay tuned for more from #CherryPicks & #Athleta's Virtual #SundanceFilmFestival Studio this weekend!
SWEEPSTAKES ALERT! 🍒
As part of our CherryPicks & Athleta Virtual Sundance Studio, we are giving away a $100 Athleta shop card (valid in stores and online!) AND goodies from our local So-Cal partners to one winner EVERY DAY, this Friday (1/21) through Sunday (1/23).
HOW TO ENTER: ***US ONLY
01. Like this post.
02. Tag a friend in the comments.
03. Register here: events.athleta.com/athletacherrypicks
Our sweepstakes closes on Thursday January 20th at 11:59pm PT. Winners will be contacted via email each day!
Thanks to our sponsors at Athleta So-Cal, we have a special discount code that you can use to get 20% off in stores and online at athleta.com! Enter code CHERRYP20 at checkout 1/20-1/23.
Stay tuned for more from #CherryPicks & #Athleta's Virtual #SundanceFilmFestival Studio this weekend!
Bridgerton released some new stills to accompany its official Netflix season 2 release date: March 25, 2022! 👑
https://bit.ly/3IhS5HU
Today, we're revisiting this 2019 op-ed by Lauren Brickman about watching the Rebel Wilson rom-com Isn't It Romantic as a plus-size woman. Click for a preview, and find the whole piece at the link below! 🌹
https://bit.ly/3Kqeh4v
Join #FilmFatales and Bentonville Film Festival for a discussion with the creative team behind Framing Agnes on Friday Jan. 21st at 2pm PT. With Chase Joynt, Aubree Bernier-Clarke, Jules Gill-Peterson, Morgan M Page and Samantha Curley. Register: https://ffla012122.eventbrite.com
Join #FilmFatales and Bentonville Film Festival for a discussion with the creative team behind Framing Agnes on Friday Jan. 21st at 2pm PT. With Chase Joynt, Aubree Bernier-Clarke, Jules Gill-Peterson, Morgan M Page and Samantha Curley. Register: https://ffla012122.eventbrite.com
Did you catch the new Scream this weekend??? How did it compare to the original (or to the many other installations of the franchise) in your eyes?
Click to read what #CherryPicker Lex Briscuso had to say in her review for Paste Magazine, and tell us what you thought in the comments! 👻
Hear from the rest of our critics on #ScreamMovie: https://bit.ly/3IfZWWn
Laura Marano talked to #CherryPicks about Netflix's #TheRoyalTreatment, how she's learned to overcome the business of rejection, and why a rom-com is what the world needs right now. ❤️👑
https://bit.ly/3GAOYKJ
It’s #MartinLutherKingJrDay, and we want to take a moment to honor this man and his legacy (including his radical anti-racism work that doesn’t get as much attention as his most famous speeches), as well as honor the many other Black individuals who fight tirelessly against racism, segregation and discrimination every day outside of the spotlight. Thank you.
It’s #MartinLutherKingJrDay, and we want to take a moment to honor this man and his legacy (including his radical anti-racism work that doesn’t get as much attention as his most famous speeches), as well as honor the many other Black individuals who fight tirelessly against racism, segregation and discrimination every day outside of the spotlight. Thank you.
This week on our #IGLive series #CherryChat, presented by Athleta! 🍒 Stay tuned for exclusive offers from #Athleta this week.
TUES 1/18 @ 12pm PT (3pm ET): Laura Marano, star and producer of Netflix's The Royal Treatment.
TUES 1/18 @ 3pm PT (6pm ET): Nicole Kang, star of CW's Batwoman.
Make sure to follow us so you get notified when we go live and you don't miss either of these ladies OR our Athleta discount code. 💋 Tune in: instagram.com/thecherrypicks
This week's #ClassicFilmChoices are a tribute to Faye Dunaway, in honor of her 81st birthday this past Friday! ✨ Swipe through for a peek at her legendary career.
01. Bonnie & Clyde
02. The Thomas Crown Affair
03. NETWORK
04. Mommie Dearest
05. GIA
🍒 See our #CherryScores for each of these films, as reviewed by our female and non-binary critics: https://bit.ly/3nyBl7S
Welcome back to #SettlingTheScore! In the spirit of the Sundance Film Festival next week, this week’s film is the 2020 Groundhog Day-esque romantic comedy #PalmSprings, starring Cristin Milioti and Andy Samberg, which sold at Sundance in 2020 to Neon and Hulu. The sale broke the record for the highest sale of a film at Sundance.
The highly sought-after film follows wedding guests who get trapped in a time loop, so during peak 2020 lockdown, this was the perfect film. We all felt like we were living the same day over and over again, without any straightforward way out. However, even when not (fully) stuck in our houses and apartments for months on end, this film resonates.
Our #CherryPickers gave Palm Springs an 84%, which is not far off from Rotten Tomatoes’ 95% and Metacritic’s 83 (plus a “Metacritic Must-See” badge). Our critics admired the film for subverting the typical rom-com tropes of the woman being a catalyst for changing the man and improving his life. Rather, in this film, it’s Milioti’s character Sarah that actively pushes the plot forward by searching for a way out of their dilemma with her brainpower and sci-fi knowledge, while Samberg’s character Nyles’ arc is more emotional and internal. Click to hear from #CherryPicker Li Lai on just that in her review for Mediaversity.
Overall, Palm Springs is a smart, enjoyable film, and a much-needed update for the genre as a comedy that sneaks up on you, only to surprise you with its poignancy.
🍒 Read more from our critics on Palm Springs: https://bit.ly/3KdgkbZ
Welcome back to #CherryOnTop, where we tell you the five biggest stories this week in pop culture and entertainment. 🎬📺🎵🎤🎭 A lot happened this week! SWIPE THROUGH to read about it.
01. RONNIE SPECTOR | Ronnie Spector, the lead singer of ‘60s vocal trio The Ronettes, died on Wednesday at the age of 78. The Ronettes redefined the typical model for girl groups at the time, turning heads with their tight dresses, high-piled hair, and street-smart music, including songs like “Be My Baby” and “Baby, I Love You.” Spector later released music as a solo artist and staged a biographical one-woman show called Beyond the Beehive in 2012. Rest in peace.
02. BOB SAGET | Bob Saget, the comic who starred in the classic sitcom Full House, died unexpectedly on Sunday at the age of 65. Saget, who was first and foremost a stand-up comic, was cast as the widowed father Danny Tanner on Full House in 1987, and stayed on the show until its final episode in 1996. In 1989, Saget also became the host of America's Funniest Home Videos. In later years, he returned to the comedy circuit to mock his wholesome TV alter ego, developing a cult following. Rest in peace.
03. SAG AWARDS NOMINATIONS | The nominations for the 2022 Screen Actors Guild Awards were announced on Wednesday, and they were full of snubs and surprises. Ridley Scott’s House Of Gucci and Jane Campion’s The Power of the Dog led the film categories with three nominations. In the television categories, Succession and Ted Lasso led with five nominations apiece. The show will simulcast a live event on February 27 on TNT and TBS.
04. MACHINE GUN KELLY & MEGAN FOX ENGAGED | Megan Fox and Machine Gun Kelly are engaged! The musician proposed to the actress in Puerto Rico on Tuesday. They first went public with their relationship in June 2020 after meeting on the set of the film Midnight in the Switchgrass.
05. ADELE’S NEW MUSIC VIDEO | Adele dropped the music video for her single “Oh My God”! The 15-time Grammy winner, who’s latest album 30 was 2021’s best-selling record, unveiled the highly anticipated video on Wednesday. The video was directed by Sam Brown, who also directed her video for “Rolling in the Deep” a decade (!!) ago.
Welcome to our fourth installment of #GrowingUpCherry. 🍒 We're sharing movies that were there for us at a certain age or inspire us for stages of life to come, from childhood to our golden years.
This month's installment is about that time between 18 and and our mid-20s, when we are technically 'adults' (whatever that means). We can raise an adult beverage to a path of self-discovery and take advantage of our resilience as we make mistakes. Here are the films that defined our college years! Full list at the link below.
https://bit.ly/3KdVwB0
It's Julia Louis-Dreyfus's birthday today, so we put together the perfect line-up of #TVChoices #BingeworthyChoices in her honor!
01. VEEP | on HBO Max
02. Seinfeld | on Netflix
03. Curb Your Enthusiasm | on HBO Max
04. Arrested Development | on Netflix
05. The New Adventures of Old Christine | on HBO Max
🍒 https://bit.ly/CPBingeTV
Today we're revisiting our interview with Pamela B. Green about her acclaimed film Be Natural, which explores the life and legacy of the first female filmmaker, Alice Guy-Blaché.
As one of the first narrative directors, French filmmaker Alice created countless features throughout the silent era in both the U.S. and Europe, but her contributions were downplayed, marginalized, and outright erased. #CherryPicks sat down with Green to talk about the changing landscape for women directors, rediscovering details of Guy-Blaché’s life, and more. 🖤
https://bit.ly/3fm9Vxa
Station Eleven's Mackenzie Davis discusses filming a series about a pandemic during the pandemic, processing the collective trauma of the past two years through making the show, and how the show views art and storytelling as essential to life.
Okay, when are we getting this? #Euphoria #PEN15
✍️: @ameliaritt on Twitter
Okay, when are we getting this? #Euphoria #PEN15
✍️: @ameliaritt on Twitter
Here are this week's #CherryPicksChoices #FilmChoices: the new releases we can't wait to watch this weekend! 🎬🍿
01. Scream (2022)
02. S*X APPEAL
03. BELLE
04. Italian Studies
05. A Cops and Robbers Story
06. A.rtificial I.mmortality
07. Hotel Transylvania: TRANSFORMANIA
🍒 CherryPicks highlights reviews from female and non-binary critics. See what scores your favorite films got at thecherrypicks.com.
Good news, my little horoscope-hungry darlings: a season of change is upon us (and it's about damn time). To usher in this astrological abundance, we've got films to help you move into the new year with sky-high vibes and cosmically inspired courage.
xx, #CherryMoonRising 🍒🌙
https://bit.ly/NewYearNewMovies
Happy birthday to the incredible Issa Rae, who stays inspiring us on a daily basis as the person we'd most like to be when we grow up. ✨
📸: Andy Jackson for SELF
These new Death on the Nile character posters are deeply, deeply glam. 🥂💋✨
January is a great month to update your layers (and layers and layers). 🧣 Inspired by some of our favorite on-screen fashion, we #CherryPicked some coats that will keep you warm and stylish this winter. ❄️
https://bit.ly/TVWinterCoats
It seems like Hollywood can't get enough of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz these days! Amy Poehler's new documentary explores the partnership and legacy of one of the most prolific power couples in entertainment history. See #LucyandDesiMovie on Amazon Prime Video March 4 !
It seems like Hollywood can't get enough of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz these days! Amy Poehler's new documentary explores the partnership and legacy of one of the most prolific power couples in entertainment history. See #LucyandDesiMovie on Amazon Prime Video March 4 !
This week on our #IGLive series #CherryChat! 🍒
TODAY (JAN 11): Mika Abdalla, star of Hulu's S*x Appeal, joins us at 10am PT (1pm ET).
THURSDAY (JAN 13): Marika Sila, star of Ditched, joins us at 11am PT (2pm PT).
Make sure you're following us so you get notified when we go live! 💗 Tune in: instagram.com/thecherrypicks
This year's Golden Globes didn't have a telecast, but we still want to celebrate the incredible women that won last night! #GoldenGlobes
From top left:
✨ Rachel Zegler, West Side Story | Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy
✨ Nicole Kidman, BEING THE RICARDOS | Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama
✨ Kate Winslet, MARE OF EASTTOWN | Best Actress in a Limited Series
✨ MJ Rodriguez, Pose | Best Actress in a TV Series, Drama
✨ Ariana DeBose, West Side Story | Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy
✨ Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog | Best Director
✨ Jean Smart, HACKS | Best Actress in a TV Series, Musical or Comedy
✨ Sarah Snook, Succession | Best Supporting Actress in a TV Series
This year's Golden Globes didn't have a telecast, but we still want to celebrate the incredible women that won last night! #GoldenGlobes
From top left:
✨ Rachel Zegler, West Side Story | Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy
✨ Nicole Kidman, BEING THE RICARDOS | Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama
✨ Kate Winslet, MARE OF EASTTOWN | Best Actress in a Limited Series
✨ MJ Rodriguez, Pose | Best Actress in a TV Series, Drama
✨ Ariana DeBose, West Side Story | Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy
✨ Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog | Best Director
✨ Jean Smart, HACKS | Best Actress in a TV Series, Musical or Comedy
✨ Sarah Snook, Succession | Best Supporting Actress in a TV Series
The #NewYorkJewishFilmFestival, by Film at Lincoln Center & The Jewish Museum, will take place in-person & virtually from Jan 12-25. Learn more here:
https://www.filmlinc.org/festivals/new-york-jewish-film-festival/
The Jewish Museum and Film at Lincoln Center are delighted to continue their partnership to bring you the 31st annual New York Jewish Film Festival, presenting films from around the world that explore the Jewish experience.
Did you see The 355 this weekend?
Despite its powerhouse cast, many of our #CherryPickers were slightly disappointed in the film's portrayal of female spies. In many ways it felt like a step backwards for the genre, and definitely not a way to prove that movies about women agents can be just as thrilling and escapist as a Bond film. Click to hear from Catherine Spencer for AwardsWatch.
Read more reviews of #The355, as well as the rest of last week's #FilmChoices: https://bit.ly/CPFilmChoices
Welcome back to #SettlingTheScore. This week's edition is about Adam McKay's recently-released movie for Netflix, Don't Look Up.
#DontLookUp stars a veritable cavalcade of A-list stars, including Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence, Meryl Streep, Jonah Hill, Timothee Chalamet, Cate Blanchett, Tyler Perry, Mark Rylance, Ariana Grande, and Kid Cudi. It centers around two astronomers who discover an "extinction-sized" comet heading directly towards Earth, and have to convince both the U.S. government and the general population that they should, in fact, do something about it.
This all sounds very familiar in the year 2022, and while the film is definitely an allegory for climate change, one can't help but see the parallels to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic as well. The problem is... it's all a bit heavy-handed.
While our #CherryScore is at 70%, significantly higher than both Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic, many critics seem to have arrived at a similar consensus about this film. It's hard to criticize, being that it's very much accurate to our times, and ultimately an effective satire of the state of our country. Critics that enjoyed the film praised its humor and revelations about how humanity responds to crisis.
However, watching something like this now feels a bit like being hit over the head with a hammer of smugness, pessimism, and an enormous lack of subtlety. It's just a little TOO on-the-nose. It's hard to laugh at this ridiculousness and extremism when it isn't really seeming all that ridiculous or extreme anymore.
Clearly we could talk about this for hours, so tell us in the comments... did you enjoy #DontLookUp?
Read more from our #CherryPickers on the film: https://bit.ly/CPLookUp
Welcome back to #SettlingTheScore. This week's edition is about Adam McKay's recently-released movie for Netflix, Don't Look Up.
#DontLookUp stars a veritable cavalcade of A-list stars, including Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence, Meryl Streep, Jonah Hill, Timothee Chalamet, Cate Blanchett, Tyler Perry, Mark Rylance, Ariana Grande, and Kid Cudi. It centers around two astronomers who discover an "extinction-sized" comet heading directly towards Earth, and have to convince both the U.S. government and the general population that they should, in fact, do something about it.
This all sounds very familiar in the year 2022, and while the film is definitely an allegory for climate change, one can't help but see the parallels to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic as well. The problem is... it's all a bit heavy-handed.
While our #CherryScore is at 70%, significantly higher than both Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic, many critics seem to have arrived at a similar consensus about this film. It's hard to criticize, being that it's very much accurate to our times, and ultimately an effective satire of the state of our country. Critics that enjoyed the film praised its humor and revelations about how humanity responds to crisis.
However, watching something like this now feels a bit like being hit over the head with a hammer of smugness, pessimism, and an enormous lack of subtlety. It's just a little TOO on-the-nose. It's hard to laugh at this ridiculousness and extremism when it isn't really seeming all that ridiculous or extreme anymore.
Clearly we could talk about this for hours, so tell us in the comments... did you enjoy #DontLookUp?
Read more from our #CherryPickers on the film: https://bit.ly/CPLookUp
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