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RBG documentary review: though she be but little she is fierce

Mon, Apr 30, 2018
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A marvelous, funny, deeply moving biography of Ruth Bader Ginsburg from her rise as a legal champion of women’s rights in the 1970s to her ascension as a Supreme Court justice and social-media hero “Notorious RBG.”

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Funny Cow movie review: standing up for herself

Thu, Apr 19, 2018
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This is scorched-earth cinema that challenges us to find moments of grace and triumph among misery, cruelty, and emotional frugality. Maxine Peake is absolutely incendiary.

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Beirut (aka The Negotiator) movie review: an American man finds absolution in the messy Middle East

Wed, Apr 18, 2018
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A same-old story of a white man’s angst, set against the “exotic” backdrop of 1980s war-torn Beirut. This brand of Hollywood myopia is tired, uninteresting, and no longer acceptable.

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Borg vs McEnroe movie review: they get served

Tue, Apr 10, 2018
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Excruciatingly suspenseful and unexpectedly moving portrait of the on-court rivalry between the two great tennis players… and the intriguing secret layer to the public dynamic between them.

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Call Me by Your Name movie review: met a boy cute as can be…

Tue, Jan 09, 2018
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You can feel the stillness and the heat of this sultry, sensual summer in Italy. This is a glorious romance about falling in love with life itself, and living with gusto.

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I, Tonya movie review: a woman at war with herself

Thu, Dec 14, 2017
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A black comedy about domestic violence, parental abuse, and low self-esteem (and it works!), one that challenges our appreciation of how true based-on-fact might be.

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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.

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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?

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It movie review: a series of unfortunate events

Fri, Sep 08, 2017
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The Goonies, Stand by Me, and Poltergeist went into a blender with a pinch of E.T. and John Hughes to smush into a mess of retro 80s mush.

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Atomic Blonde movie review: bland ambition

Fri, Aug 11, 2017
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The living, breathing, bleeding life of the breathtaking fight scenes cannot overcome confusingly twisty spy intrigue and multiple male gazes on the story.

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