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On The Basis Of Sex Movie Review

admin — Wed, 06 Feb 2019 16:01:43 +0000

After the box office and critical success of the Ruth Bader Ginsburg documentary RBG last year, it was inevitable that there would soon be a live action version of her story. On The Basis Of Sex is that film and it’s a fine work. She is a fascinating person and one of the most important women of the last century.

The filmmakers have wisely chosen a single case to focus on and it formed an important milestone in Bader Ginsburg’s career. In it she took on generations of prejudice based on gender in American law and won her first important case. In a life filled with many major accomplishments, trying to feature too many cases would have defused the film’s impact.

The story also sheds a spotlight on how marginalised women were in American society in the fifties, sixties and even into the seventies. The struggle of women to acquire an education, raise a family and have a career forms the backbone of this story. Overcoming intrinsic sexism also features heavily in the story arc.

Bader Ginsburg is a rock star of the legal profession and even rose to the heights of being a Supreme Court Judge, a position she still holds. On The Basis Of Sex focuses on the early flame that has burnt so bright ever since. Thanks to her tireless work on behalf on women’s rights, those roles that were so very limited and so clearly defined have slowly begun to expand.

Rob Hudson
www.OnTheBasisOfSexFilm.com.au

Win a double pass to see On the Basis of Sex!

admin — Fri, 11 Jan 2019 16:00:59 +0000

Thanks to eOne we have ten in season passes to giveaway to On the Basis of Sex starring Felicity Jones and Armie Hammer.

The inspiring true story of a young Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a passionate lawyer who dedicates herself to ending gender discrimination when she takes on a ground-breaking case in 1975.

At the heart of Ruth’s journey is a moving romance with her husband Marty (Hammer), her greatest ally in a partnership built on love and equality. Now an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, Ruth has become an international icon. See where her story began in this stirring, heartfelt drama.

Directed by Mimi Leder (The Leftovers) and starring Felicity Jones (The Theory of Everything), Armie Hammer (Call Me By Your Name), Justin Theroux (The Leftovers), Kathy Bates (Misery), Sam Waterson (Law & Order) and Cailee Spaeny (Pacific Rim: Uprising).

On the Basis of Sex is in Australian Cinemas February 7, 2019!
www.OnTheBasisOfSexFilm.com.au

To enter this great competition just fill out the entry form below.

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Competition will be drawn 4 February 2019, winners will be notified by mail.

RBG Movie Review

admin — Wed, 25 Jul 2018 16:59:22 +0000

When a documentary gets things right, it can be as powerful as any form of media and RBG gets things right. Ruth Bader Ginsburg is a force of nature and one of the most important people (male or female) of the twentieth century. Her impact both as a lawyer and as a Supreme Court Judge has had such a positive impact on women’s rights in the United States that it has impacted world view

Now in her eighties and every bit the fire brand of her younger years, she has become emblematic of how things can be if brilliant minds are put to task and party politics are left behind. It’s a stark contrast to the ever widening division now being perpetrated in America between the haves and have nots in relation to basic human rights.

It’s also a love story that shows a man can support a woman in all ways and not be thought the lesser for it. Her successes were helped dramatically by a husband who recognised the brilliance of her mind. She has not slowed down with age and has become as close to a rock star as any octogenarian in history. For once those accolades are truly deserved.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg has lead a remarkable life and RBG is a fascinating insight into a brilliant legal mind, ones whose impact will hopefully be felt for decades to come. The compassion she feels for equality is a beacon that will hopefully outshine the current darkness.

Rob Hudson
www.facebook.com/RBGmovie