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Year: 2017

The Handmaiden movie review: the women pushing back against misogyny, thwarted by their own film

Fri, Apr 14, 2017
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The intrigue, shifting alliances, and twisted revenge? Delicious, pulpy fun. The male-gazey soft-core porn that undermines the female protagonists? Not so much.

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curated: Cognitive Dissonance: A Star Wars Story

Fri, Apr 14, 2017
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If little boys cannot see themselves in the characters in Star Wars: Forces of Destiny, they’ll just die, or something.

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curated: a tribute to Carrie Fisher

Fri, Apr 14, 2017
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Lovely.

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Thu, Apr 13, 2017
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A reader has generously offered to cover the $10-per-month charge to remove ads from Disqus…

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Fast & Furious 8 (aka The Fate of the Furious) movie review: notes from the critics’ ward

Wed, Apr 12, 2017
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EMPs and nukular codes and cyber crap and submarines, oh my! “What does this have to do with us?” Michelle Rodriguez cries, and I’m like I know, right?

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curated: “Rescued by Rover,” 1905

Tue, Apr 11, 2017
1 comment

Meet Blair the collie, the first dog movie star.

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curated: why CG sucks (except it doesn’t)

Mon, Apr 10, 2017
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Important.

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God Knows Where I Am documentary review: into her mind

Mon, Apr 10, 2017
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A meditative, enormously sad, and sometimes angry-making portrait; provides a stark peek into a mind mentally ill yet remarkably confident and determined.

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The Belko Experiment movie review: team-killing exercise

Mon, Apr 10, 2017
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A one-note scenario that never ups the ante on itself, and never even bothers to use its extreme situation to send up office politics or corporate policies.

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curated: Star Trek Continues E08: “Still Treads the Shadow”

Sat, Apr 08, 2017
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I’m still absolutely thrilled at what a perfect pastiche of the original Star Trek series this fan-made project is.

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