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Angelina Jolie

Maleficent trailer: another baroque CGI fairy-tale orgy?

Thu, Nov 14, 2013
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Angelina Jolie looks and sounds the part, at least…

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Sat, Aug 17, 2013
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Sat, Jun 08, 2013
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Sun, May 26, 2013
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Sun, May 19, 2013
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women’s bodies as public property (on Angelina Jolie’s medical care)

Tue, May 14, 2013
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Because celebrity, women’s body issues, women’s health and health care all exist as public phenomena.

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In the Land of Blood and Honey (review)

Fri, Feb 24, 2012
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Written and directed by actress Angelina Jolie, there is nevertheless nothing “Hollywood” about this film: it stars local actors and is in the local languages, and it shies not one whit from the horrors of the Bosnian civil war.

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Haywire (review)

Mon, Jan 16, 2012
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There’s a lot of fight in Haywire, but very little punch — it starts to feel very grim and plodding…

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AWFJ announces 2011 awards

Wed, Jan 11, 2012
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So happy that The Artist is Best Film for us…

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In the Land of Blood and Honey (trailer)

Thu, Dec 22, 2011
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So, Ethnic Cleansing: A Love Story, then?

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