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weekend watchlist: a couple of treasures for Pride Month

Mon, Jul 18, 2022
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Plus a lovable English crank and a put-upon Texan mom. (First published June 18th, 2022, on Substack and Patreon.)

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Downton Abbey: A New Era movie review: should we improve society somewhat, or nah?

Fri, Apr 29, 2022
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Steady your heart palpitations: it’s the same old era for the nicest feudal hangover. The delusional reactionary fantasy of wealth and privilege for some, cheerful servitude for others remains intact.

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Tomb Raider movie review: raiders of the old movie

Thu, Mar 15, 2018
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Another videogame adaptation in which empty avatars run around perfunctorily because that’s what the plot requires of them. There’s no humor, no fizz, no movie magic at all.

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Oscar Nominated Animated Shorts 2018 (90th Academy Awards) review

Sun, Mar 04, 2018
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My pick: I suspect that this year’s winner will be “Garden Party,” a spectacular debut from new French animation studio Illogic that I am sure we will be seeing a lot more stunning work from.

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Testament of Youth movie review: woman’s war story

Wed, May 13, 2015
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A compassionate, distressing tale of a woman’s determination to find her own purpose, full of heartbreaking moments that pile up until they’re unbearable.

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Pride movie review: hanging together rather than hanging separately

Fri, Sep 12, 2014
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One of the rare movies that gets absolutely everything right, bursting with happy-tears emotion about solidarity, friendship, and smashing bigotry.

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John Carter (review)

Tue, Mar 06, 2012
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This dreary Disneyfied inconsequence features all the bigotries of century-old pulp fiction and none of the romance, neither the sexual nor the adventurous kind…

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female gazing extra: crisp white shirt

Sat, Dec 17, 2011
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Guys look awesome in a crisp white shirt. And so I present a selection of gorgeous guys who look even more gorgeous in a white shirt…

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female gazing at: Dominic West

Wed, Nov 09, 2011
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Dominic West hadn’t really jumped out at me until just recently, when a one-two punch made me realize he’s not just a ruggedly handsome face…

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The Awakening (review)

Wed, Nov 09, 2011
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An elegantly creepy tale of a haunting that, wonder of wonders, one may approach equally well from the perspective of total supernatural belief or entrenched skepticism…

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