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Captain Marvel

X-Men: Dark Phoenix movie review: dark matter, done way too light

Wed, Jun 05, 2019
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A lazy treadmill of a sci-fi morality play that wastes a terrific cast. A numbingly dull game of mutant checkers that has no idea how to tell a woman’s story except filtered through the eyes of men.

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Avengers: Endgame movie review: with a bang *and* a whimper

Wed, May 01, 2019
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A miraculous blend of grief and humor. Big, bold, brash, then sneakily meta. I am only starting to get my head around the emotional and creative right-hook of it. A fitting end (for now) to the MCU.

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Unicorn Store movie review: a fantastic beast

Tue, Apr 23, 2019
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More movies like this, please: a piquant mix of whimsy and snark; an insistence that it’s not crazy to forge your own oddball path; an embrace of girly uncool. Bring on the weird, difficult women.

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my top 10 films of 2019 (so far)

Mon, Apr 15, 2019
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With the year about one-third over, here’s a peek at my top 10 films of the year so far, out of the 71 2019 releases I’ve seen to date.

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curated: explaining Captain Marvel’s vitally important, gamechanging character arc

Fri, Apr 05, 2019
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I don’t expect the whiny manbabies to get it, but at this point, it won’t be for lack of trying.

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gendered abuse I have received

Thu, Mar 21, 2019
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Dude thinks calling me ugly somehow negates my review of Captain Marvel.

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Captain Marvel movie review: superpowered female SJW invites manbaby nerds to suck it

Sun, Mar 10, 2019
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An indie ethos comes to the comic-book movie, upending the origin story and offering a female superhero who throws out the boys’ rule book, goes her own way, and stalks among us with easy confidence.

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movies by or about women opening US/Can Mar 08

Fri, Mar 08, 2019
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Anna Boden codirects and cowrites Captain Marvel, starring Brie Larson; more… [This post is for Patreon patrons only for the first month.]

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movies by or about women opening UK/Ire Mar 08

Fri, Mar 08, 2019
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Anna Boden codirects and cowrites Captain Marvel, starring Brie Larson; more… [This post is for Patreon patrons only for the first month.]

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