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Jane documentary review: “girl” does a science, changes the world

Fri, Nov 24, 2017

Combines new insight from famed primatologist Jane Goodall on her early work with astonishing vintage footage to craft a portrait that is simple yet profound.

Breathe movie review: paralyzed but determined to be mobile (LFF 2017)

Wed, Oct 11, 2017

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A romance and a real-life adventure, full of life-and-death peril and unexpected cheerful good humor, about a pioneer in disability rights and dignity.

American Made movie review: they’re quite bad fellas, in fact

Mon, Sep 25, 2017

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Style and humor galore, and a hugely entertaining performance from Tom Cruise. But should a true story of immense governmental corruption be quite this fun?

Battle of the Sexes movie review: totally ace

Thu, Sep 21, 2017

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An essential history lesson with a smart smack of relevance for today (because feminism always has to be relitigated). It’s also warm, funny, and hugely entertaining.

Birthright: A War Story documentary review: how America hates women

Fri, Jul 21, 2017

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An enraging, essential documentary rundown of all the ways that women’s rights, agency, and bodily autonomy are under attack in the US. It’s not just about abortion.

Free Fire movie review: guns a-boring

Mon, Apr 17, 2017

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A 90-minute shootout that never makes us care who lives and who dies. In attempting to send up a cinematic cliché, this only becomes a tedious example of same.

Dig Two Graves movie review: and bury this deep

Fri, Mar 24, 2017

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Muddy and muddled 70s-style backwoods gothic Americana only comes to life when it rises to the accidentally silly. Little more than an incoherent showreel.

Kong: Skull Island movie review: ape-ocalypse now

Mon, Mar 06, 2017

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Boiled down to its bonkers essence, Skull Island is a Vietnam war movie with monsters, a retro analog vibe, and a dash of both Moby-Dick and The X-Files.