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Welcome to Marwen movie review: toying with our sympathy

Wed, Dec 19, 2018
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The plastic terror of The Polar Express melded with the kooky charm of Forrest Gump is a bad, sometimes outright icky, way to tell a tale of trauma and recovery, and does a disservice to Steve Carell’s sensitive performance.

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online critics pick ‘Mission: Impossible – Fallout’ as best film of 2018 in HeyUGuys poll

Wed, Dec 19, 2018
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I participated in this poll, but this is not my pick for movie of the year…

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behold 20th Century Fox’s brand-new Christmas trailer… for ‘Die Hard’

Wed, Dec 19, 2018
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This is some of the finest trolling the Internet has seen to date.

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curated: the #MeToo scandal surrounding Geoffrey Rush

Tue, Dec 18, 2018
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Australia’s defamation laws are making it a tough go for his accuser, Yael Stone…

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curated: “Using data to determine if Die Hard is a Christmas movie”

Tue, Dec 18, 2018
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It’s science!

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Aquaman movie review: deep blah sea

Mon, Dec 17, 2018
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When it’s not tediously predictable in its clichés, its complete lack of narrative or thematic daring, and its colorless meathead hero, it’s a mess of incoherent action and noisy psychedelic chaos.

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movies by or about women opening US/Can from Thu Dec 13

Sat, Dec 15, 2018
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KiKi Layne stars in drama If Beale Street Could Talk; Nadine Labaki directs social-realist drama Capernaum; more…

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movies by or about women opening UK/Ire from Sat Dec 08

Sat, Dec 15, 2018
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Susanne Bier directs science fiction drama Bird Box; Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi codirects documentary Free Solo; more…

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Mary Queen of Scots movie review: not so good to be the queen…

Fri, Dec 14, 2018
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Saoirse Ronan and Margot Robbie command the screen in this delicious anti costume drama with an earthy ethos, replete with movie-movie internecine spycraft and a sly, smart feminist parable that resonates for us today.

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curated: long-lost Kit Harington/Toothless audition tapes surface

Fri, Dec 14, 2018
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Advice for actors: Never work with children or dragons.

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