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Diane Kruger

movies by or about women opening UK/Ire Aug 16

Fri, Aug 16, 2019
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Savannah Knoop cowrites docudrama J.T. Leroy, starring Kristen Stewart and Laura Dern; more… [This post is for Patreon patrons only for the first month.]

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movies by or about women opening US/Can Aug 02

Sat, Aug 03, 2019
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Whitney Hamilton writes, directs, and stars in historical drama Union; more… [This post is for Patreon patrons only for the first month.]

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movies by or about women opening US/Can Apr 26

Sat, Apr 27, 2019
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Elizabeth Rynecki directs documentary Chasing Portraits, about her own personal family quest; more… [This post is for Patreon patrons only for the first month.]

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Welcome to Marwen movie review: toying with our sympathy

Wed, Dec 19, 2018
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The plastic terror of The Polar Express melded with the kooky charm of Forrest Gump is a bad, sometimes outright icky, way to tell a tale of trauma and recovery, and does a disservice to Steve Carell’s sensitive performance.

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movies by or about women opening UK/Ire from Mon Jun 18

Fri, Jun 22, 2018
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Sandra Bullock and Cate Blanchett plan a heist, Diane Kruger plots revenge, and more…

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Disorder (aka Maryland) movie review: security blank

Mon, Jul 25, 2016
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Moments of genuine tension are few in this would-be suspenseful thriller, which can’t settle on a state of mind for its protagonist, or for its own story.

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Fathers & Daughters movie review: fit to be family tied

Fri, Nov 13, 2015
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It’s all rather implausible and hugely melodramatic as it milks ham-fisted histrionics from high soap opera. A pitiable excuse for a movie.

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A Perfect Plan movie review: dumb and dumber

Fri, Jun 13, 2014
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With rom-coms like this, who needs warcrimes? This is the most cruel, most contrived romantic comedy I have ever had the displeasure to endure.

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Joyeux Noël (aka Merry Christmas) (review)

Thu, May 04, 2006
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Dramatizes a bizarre moment in time with a straightforward aplomb that is devastating, that makes you wish you could laugh at the insanity and pointlessness of it but refuses all emotional response except overwhelming rage and grief.

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