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Ask enough women in Hollywood about being a woman in Hollywood, and eventually a theme emerges: conversation is great, and the acknowledgement of the skewed numbers and lack of equality is essential. It’s a discussion that needs to happen, but won’t it be great when we can stop just talking and put words into action?

It’s a two-pronged dream — that conversation will move past chatter and produce real results, and that those results will create a world where inequality becomes a thing of the past.

But talking has a way of being one-sided and, as it turns out, there needed to be one more step in between the chatter and actually moving things forward. That finally happened in 2017, the year people stopped talking,...

MaryAnn’s quick take… This strained comedy might have been progressive in the 1960s, but today it reeks of an infantilization of women that warrants squashing, not celebrating. I’m “biast” (pro): I’m desperate for stories about women

I’m “biast” (con): nothing

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It’s Bridesmaids lite — very, very lite — in the tedious and dated The Wedding Invitation, in which three Los Angeles friends scramble for last-minute dates to the nuptials of a former high-school classmate. The strained comedy here might be progressive and feminist if we were still living in the 1960s, but today it reeks of an infantilization of women that warrants squashing, not celebrating.

It is disappointing to see a movie written and directed by a woman that casts female passive-aggressive idiocy as charmingly kooky.

Lucy (Rainy Kerwin) is so excited to have been invited...

Securing a date to a wedding is the ultimate way to prove your worthy social status. But as Rainy Kerwin is learning in her new film, ‘The Wedding Invitation,’ the seemingly easy task of obtaining a date is actually no easy feat. In honor of the romantic comedy’s release on VOD and iTunes this week […]

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Comedies centred around women who are less than elegant, who can swear as well as any sailor, or whose ineptitude in matters of the heart and the body are gaining more traction these days (see Bridesmaids and Rough Night). Rainy Kerwin's feature film debut The Wedding Invitation is a cross between one of these and the more traditional so-called 'chick flick': a romantic comedy with plenty of gaffs and farcical moments, along with highlights of female friendship. While not groundbreaking or as funny as it could be, it's entertaining enough without going (too) far into cliche. Lucy (Rainy Kerwin) is not having a good day: her boyfriend has dumped her, and because he's her boss, he's also fired her when she's on the verge of...

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We've learned exclusively that Freestyle Digital Media has acquired female buddy comedy The Wedding Invitation. It will be released on VOD platforms on June 6, 2017. We also have the first trailer for your viewing pleasure. The film stars Eoin Macken (NBC's The Night Shift), Camille Guaty (Ghosts of Girlfriends Past), Christina Ulloa (HBO's Entourage)and Rainy Kerwin (Pride & Prejudice). Here's an official description: A last minute invitation to an 80’s prom-themed wedding puts three best friends in a desperate tailspin to land dates. Their mission, splattered with drunken-dry-heaving walk-of-shame moments, will require them to lay it all on the line for love. Rainy Kerwin wrote and directed, in addition to her starring role. This summer is shaping up to be something of a 'female...

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Keep up with the wild and wooly world of indie film acquisitions with our weekly Rundown of everything that’s been picked up around the globe. Check out last week’s Rundown here.

– Focus Features has acquired the North American and select international rights to Jason Reitman’s “Tully.” Written by Diablo Cody, the comedy stars Charlize Theron, Mackenzie Davis, Mark Duplass and Ron Livingston.

“Tully” tells the story of Marlo (Theron), a mother of three who is gifted a night nanny by her brother (Duplass). Hesitant to the extravagance at first, Marlo comes to form a unique bond with the thoughtful, surprising, and sometimes challenging young nanny named Tully (Davis). The film will premiere in U.S. theaters on April 20, 2018.

Read More: Film Acquisition Rundown: Oscilloscope Picks Up ‘November,’ The Orchard Buys ‘Flower’ and More

– Electric Entertainment has acquired the U.S. and Canadian rights to Rob Reiner’s “Lbj,...