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Aubrey Plaza

Happiest Season movie review: don we now our gay apparel…

Wed, Dec 02, 2020
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Finds something fresh and gently feminist in the tropes and claptrap of an overbaked genre. Stewart and Davis have terrific chemistry, and the supporting cast of modern legends of funny is to die for.

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movies by or about women opening UK/Ire from Mon Oct 22

Fri, Oct 26, 2018
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Sandi Tan writes and directs documentary Shirkers; Audrey Wells writes and Amandla Stenberg stars in teen drama The Hate U Give; more…

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movies by or about women opening US/Can from Wed Oct 17

Fri, Oct 19, 2018
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Elizabeth Chomko directs family drama What They Had; Marielle Heller directs literary-forging dramedy Can You Ever Forgive Me?; plus a whole bunch of documentaries directed by women…

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Ingrid Goes West movie review: an antisocial-media story

Mon, Sep 04, 2017
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Bitter, snide, and ultimately brutal, exactly the movie about social media we deserve; a satire that is barely satirical. Aubrey Plaza is hashtag savage.

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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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Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates movie review: a meeting of childish minds

Thu, Aug 11, 2016
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A sweetly silly trounce of the idea that overgrown frat boys are charming. Shakes up the subgenre in a way remarkably, if perhaps accidentally, feminist.

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The To Do List redband trailer: horny-teen-girl movie, hoorah!

Tue, Jul 16, 2013
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Cannot wait to see this. I love Aubrey Plaza. I have every faith that she can pull this off. Assuming the script is any good, of course.

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Damsels in Distress (trailer)

Wed, Apr 18, 2012
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I am going to remain optimistic here and presume that the “men are fixer-uppers” theme is satirical. Because it had better be.

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Safety Not Guaranteed (trailer)

Wed, Apr 04, 2012
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Color me intrigued. Time travel, hints of romance, and soup. What’s not to love?

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