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Nightbitch movie review: live, bark, love

Wed, Dec 04, 2024
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Replaces the novel’s rage with gentle comedy, biting its tongue and undercutting its protagonist. Still, mundane truths about women’s realities that rarely get public airings are on welcome display.

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daily stream: discovering humanity in the face of aliens

Tue, Sep 26, 2023
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2016’s Arrival is new on US Netflix, but leaves UK Netflix at the end of September.

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AWFJ 2021 EDA Awards winners announced

Tue, Jan 25, 2022
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And the winners are…

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my picks for tonight’s 91st Academy Awards (the Oscars for 2018’s films) (winners indicated)

Mon, Feb 25, 2019
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I correctly guessed 9 out of the 24 categories, which is appalling. I shall be in my corner reprimanding myself.

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AWFJ 2018 EDA Awards winners announced

Thu, Jan 10, 2019
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Our most honored films are Roma (five awards), The Favourite (four awards), and Can You Ever Forgive Me? (three awards).

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Justice League movie review: grab ’em by the fanboy

Fri, Nov 17, 2017
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The cinematic equivalent of Trump and Brexit as awfulness brought upon ourselves. Incoherent and cheap-looking. There are no heroes, and everything is broken.

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OFCS 2016 awards winners announced

Tue, Jan 03, 2017
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Moonlight wins big…

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AWFJ 2016 EDA Awards winners announced

Thu, Dec 22, 2016
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Moonlight leads, with seven awards…

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Arrival movie review: how to talk to aliens and expand your consciousness

Tue, Nov 08, 2016
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Intelligent, intense, grownup science fiction that will thrill genre lovers and satisfy fans of moving human drama. A beautiful, thought-provoking film.

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Big Eyes movie review: painted into a corner

Wed, Apr 06, 2016
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A bitter feminist fairy tale about a woman betrayed by love and trust and crafted by culture to be vulnerable to the charms of a con-artist husband.

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