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movies by or about women opening UK/Ire Jan 25

Fri, Jan 25, 2019
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Jennifer Lopez stars in romantic comedy Second Act; more… [This post is for Patreon patrons only for the first month.]

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movies by or about women opening US/Can Jan 16-18

Fri, Jan 18, 2019
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Tika Sumpter stars and Jamie Lee Curtis costars in dramatic thriller An Acceptable Loss; more…

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movies by or about women opening UK/Ire Jan 18

Fri, Jan 18, 2019
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Saoirse Ronan and Margot Robbie star in historical drama Mary Queen of Scots; more…

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movies by or about women opening US/Can Jan 11

Sun, Jan 13, 2019
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Bel Powley stars in historical drama Ashes in the Snow; more…

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movies by or about women opening UK/Ire Jan 09-11

Sun, Jan 13, 2019
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Keira Knightley stars in historical docudrama Colette, cowritten by Rebecca Lenkiewicz; more…

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movies by or about women opening US/Can Dec 17-Jan 04

Thu, Dec 20, 2018
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It’s Christmas for movies about women! Women-centered Mary Queen of Scots, The Favourite, Second Act, and Bumblebee all open wide over the holidays. Amazing.

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movies by or about women opening UK/Ire Dec 21-Jan 04

Thu, Dec 20, 2018
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Women get wide releases! Christina Hodson writes and Hailee Steinfeld stars in sci-fi action-adventure Bumblebee; Deborah Davis cowrites and Olivia Colman, Emma Stone, and Rachel Weisz star in historical dramedy The Favourite; more…

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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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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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