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Bullet Train movie review: total derailment

Sat, Aug 06, 2022
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The cast is, on paper, terrific, but there’s nothing engaging in their bloody savagery. A misfire of a supposed action comedy, this mind-numbing mess is by turns grating, tedious, and infuriating.

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question of the weekend: what’s your favorite road-trip movie?

Sat, Oct 09, 2021
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I want to assure you, dear readers, that my pal Shirley and I, currently on a mini road trip through Wales, have no intentions of replicating Thelma and Louise’s misadventures.

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my picks for tonight’s 92nd Academy Awards (the Oscars for 2019’s films) (winners indicated)

Mon, Feb 10, 2020
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I correctly guessed 10 out of the 24 categories, which is at least a little better than last year.

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AWFJ 2019 EDA Awards winners announced

Mon, Jan 13, 2020
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And we have winners!

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OFCS 2019 awards winners announced

Wed, Jan 08, 2020
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And we have winners!

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Allied movie review: movie spies with delicious old-fashioned mystique

Mon, Nov 21, 2016
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An elegant potboiler that judiciously balances psychological and physical suspense, one that feels like a romantic drama from WWII only recently rediscovered.

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from Facebook: there are no fairy tales…

Tue, Sep 20, 2016
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The Big Short movie review: first thing we do, let’s kill all the bankers

Tue, Dec 22, 2015
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An infuriating yet entertaining look at the “other guys” of the 2008 financial crash. You will want to weep. While you’re laughing! *sob*

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Fury movie review (London Film Festival)

Mon, Oct 20, 2014
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A particularly ugly iteration of “war is hell”… and I mean that as a compliment. This is a film that is deeply unpleasant and near genius.

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movies I can’t wait to see at the 58th BFI London Film Festival

Thu, Sep 04, 2014
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LFF is a veritable orgy of cinema, and I love it. It’s exhausting, but I love it.

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