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No Time to Die movie review: no, Mr Bond, I expect you to retire

Thu, Oct 07, 2021
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In the era of COVID and Brexit, much of this overstuffed adventure feels redundant, farcical, inconsequential, and desperate. But Ana de Armas and Lashana Lynch show us the way to a future for 007.

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Paddington 2 movie review: wrap yourself up in this bear hug

Fri, Nov 10, 2017
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There is such kindness here, such humanity, such warmth and optimism. This is a fantasy of unique scope and astonishing emotional depth beneath the silliness.

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The Danish Girl movie review: sometimes it’s hard to be a woman

Wed, Jan 13, 2016
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Safe, conventional, and not particularly sympathetic to women, cis or trans. Mistakes the external signifiers of femininity with actually being a woman.

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In the Heart of the Sea movie review: here be monsters (and whales)

Wed, Dec 09, 2015
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Solid, old-school man-versus-nature adventure melodrama, with a simmering green awareness; rollicking, smart, breathtaking, and sobering.

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Paddington movie review: please look in on this movie, thank you

Wed, Nov 26, 2014
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Adorable. So witty and compassionate and bittersweet and just the right little bit of snarky that you will cry tears of joy from the perfection of it.

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Lilting movie review: when words fail

Fri, Aug 08, 2014
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A heartbreakingly lovely film about the seemingly insurmountable distances between us when sharing grief is too painful.

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The Hollow Crown trailer: dead kings, hot guys

Tue, Aug 13, 2013
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Let us tell sad stories of the death of kings. And let the kings be played by the hottest guys in the land.

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