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Month: December 2015

Star Wars: The Force Awakens movie review: a new hope

Thu, Dec 17, 2015
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Charts a path to a future that refuses to get mired in nostalgia. Yet all the Star Wars notes are here, remixed into a glorious new arrangement.

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London photo: Christmas on Coventry Street

Wed, Dec 16, 2015
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The stretch of street between Leicester Square and Piccadilly Circus.

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Where Are the Women? Snoopy and Charlie Brown: The Peanuts Movie (aka The Peanuts Movie)

Wed, Dec 16, 2015
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The resonance of Charlie Brown’s put-uponness has descended into clichés about male characters who are prompted to personal journeys by beautiful women.

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Snoopy and Charlie Brown: The Peanuts Movie (aka The Peanuts Movie) movie review: good grief

Wed, Dec 16, 2015
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Of all the potential Charlie Brown movies Hollywood might have made, this might be the Charlie Brown-iest. That’s not necessarily a good thing.

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Fat movie review: prisoner of his own body (and mind)

Wed, Dec 16, 2015
3 comments

There is fearlessness here, and uncomfortable raw honesty, but there’s also little opportunity to care about a man who pushes everyone, including us, away.

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London photo: the wisdom of Yoda

Tue, Dec 15, 2015
1 comment

Good advice from my local Vue cineplex.

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Where Are the Women? Sisters

Tue, Dec 15, 2015
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Two screwed-up female protagonists, a female villain, and humor with a female perspective. This is what we need to see more of at the movies.

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Sisters movie review: women are messed-up people too

Tue, Dec 15, 2015
8 comments

The just-right mix of wistfulness, snark, and painful personal growth makes this nonstop hilarious, with humor that gets women in a way movies rarely do.

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OFCS 2015 awards winners announced

Mon, Dec 14, 2015
1 comment

Mad Max: Fury Road gets a lot of love…

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London photo: Leicester Square Christmas carnival

Fri, Dec 11, 2015
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Very festive.

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