Questions?
Questions?
Frequently Asked Questions
Let' get the big one out of the way first.
Originally a term rooted in legitimate civil rights activism, “woke” once referred to an earnest attentiveness to social injustice, particularly with regard to racial inequality. Over time, however, the term has undergone significant semantic drift, and is now commonly used as a catch-all for a particular strain of performative, hyper-ideological worldview preoccupied with identity politics and victim olympics. If all the world's a stage, then the woke are its most committed players.
A once-virtuous pursuit of justice and equality has largely been displaced by an emphasis on ritualized virtue-signalling and language policing — all in service of maintaining one's standing within a self-referential ideological in-group. The result is a cultural environment where substance is secondary to surface, and where the correct words matter more than correct outcomes. What was once a politics of liberation has, in many cases, become a theology of guilt.
In the realm of film, this manifests when historical authenticity, narrative coherence, and character integrity are subordinated to ideological box-checking. While some films make this agenda plain, it's often more insidious — with ideological subtext embedded in the story itself, not broadcast from a soapbox. That's where we come in. See How It Works for our evaluation criteria.
Ever watch a wartime epic and notice the battlefield looks more like a corporate diversity brochure than 1944 France? Hold onto your hat, you're deep in woke country.
Other questions about our service.
A cinematic geiger counter for woke contamination. While the industry is telling you “3.6 roentgen, not great, not terrible”, we're already sounding the alarm. We sit through the DEI lectures so that you don't have to.
Absolutely, use the 'Evaluate This Next' button on its details page. We add new evaluations all the time. Just stop suggesting Velma. We can't find anyone here willing to sit through more than one episode.
You retain ownership but we need to display them somehow. When you post you grant us a license to display and use your reviews as needed across our site. See our Terms of Service for the legalese.
Yes you can, no questions asked. We'll even remove all your reviews from the site at the same time. Just reach out to us at [email protected] from the same email address the account was registered with.
Your hot take on 2001: A Space Odyssey has aged like milk? It's deliberately slow, pal! Manage your reviews from the My Reviews page. You can edit your score, woke rating or the review text. Or just outright delete it.
For now, yes. We can't moderate reviews written in Swahili, Klingon or anything else. That said, we welcome all English levels - even if it's your fourth language or your autocorrect is actively sabotaging you.
You can. If it's spam, hate speech or obvious trolling then there's a "Report" button next to each review. If you're just annoyed that someone gave Silence of the Lambs a 2 then consider self-reflection over reporting.
Every single one. But you can choose to just check the score and not read the evaluation.
They can certainly request it. Unless a review violates the law it's staying up.
Yes. At the bottom of each film page you'll find a comment section. Use it wisely.
We collect as little as possible, store it securely, and don't sell it. If you're worried, reach out and we'll help delete what we can.
No, we very explicitly DO NOT operate in the United Kingdom or Australia. When the voting public of those countries rediscover free expression we may reconsider. Until then our firewall blocks any visitors from those regions. If that's you, please leave and think carefully at the next election.
