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daily stream: when you hit the gym and the gym hits back

Thu, Aug 17, 2023
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2015’s Results is streaming on Kanopy in the US, Prime in the UK.

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movies by or about women opening UK/Ire May 10

Sat, May 11, 2019
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Aretha Franklin headlines concert documentary Amazing Grace; more… [This post is for Patreon patrons only for the first month.]

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movies by or about women opening US/Can from Fri Sep 07

Fri, Sep 07, 2018
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Rungano Nyoni tells a tale of witches; Heather Lenz profiles artist Yayoi Kusama; more…

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Jack Reacher: Never Go Back movie review: don’t go back for the sequel

Wed, Oct 19, 2016
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Jack Reacher is back. And no one seems to know why. Low stakes, a rote plot, and undistinguished action add up to a pointless and unnecessary sequel.

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The Intervention and There Is a New World Somewhere movies review: women on the verge

Thu, Aug 25, 2016
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Two movies about women at crossroads in their lives explore the sort of personal crisis — lost mojo! — typically reserved for men onscreen.

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Results movie review: emotional workout

Fri, May 29, 2015
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Bracingly off-kilter, a sort of anti rom-com that sends up a cultlike subculture while embracing the full, curious humanity of those who live in it.

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