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Month: February 2019

Oscar Nominated Animated Shorts 2019 (91st Academy Awards) review

Tue, Feb 19, 2019
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My pick: The animated short of the year surely must be Domee Shi’s “Bao,” a bittersweet reverie on motherhood that features one of the most hilariously shocking moments onscreen this year.

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Fighting with My Family movie review: real fake

Tue, Feb 19, 2019
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Genuinely heartwarming, totally cheerworthy, bursting with warm and generous performances, and just a whole damn lotta fun. (And I hate professional wrestling.) Florence Pugh absolutely rocks it.

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have some more (fictional) notes from The British Museum

Sat, Feb 16, 2019
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A flash-fiction project, stories from which are available to all Patreon patrons at the $1/month level or above. Thank you for your support!

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movies by or about women opening US/Can Feb 13-15

Fri, Feb 15, 2019
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Rebel Wilson stars in fantasy comedy Isn’t It Romantic, written by Erin Cardillo, Dana Fox, and Katie Silberman; more… [This post is for Patreon patrons only for the first month.]

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movies by or about women opening UK/Ire Feb 13-15

Fri, Feb 15, 2019
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Rosamund Pike stars as journalist Marie Colvin in A Private War; more… [This post is for Patreon patrons only for the first month.]

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How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World movie review: dragon its feet to a blah finale

Fri, Feb 15, 2019
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The gorgeous and once glorious fantasy series comes to a flat conclusion, one in which the stakes feel way lower than they should and the spark that once animated and elevated the story is missing.

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Alita: Battle Angel movie review: ‘Rollerblade Runner’ with a Strong Female Character(TM)

Wed, Feb 13, 2019
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Devoid of personality and soul, this hellish Frankenstein monster of processed entertainment product wallows in a stew of borrowed ideas and imagery and does absolutely nothing fresh with them.

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movies by or about women opening US/Can Feb 08

Fri, Feb 08, 2019
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Tina Gordon and Jas Waters cowrite fantasy comedy What Men Want, starring Taraji P. Henson; more… [This post is for Patreon patrons only for the first month.]

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movies by or about women opening UK/Ire Feb 06-08

Fri, Feb 08, 2019
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KiKi Layne stars in historical romantic drama If Beale Street Could Talk; more… [This post is for Patreon patrons only for the first month.]

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If Beale Street Could Talk movie review: a velvet fist of love and strength

Fri, Feb 08, 2019
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A beautiful story about ugliness, about dignity in the face of hatred, told via delicate yet steely performances that imbue it with a power at once tender and infuriating. Totally enrapturing.

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