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Emily Blunt

movies by or about women opening UK/Ire Dec 21-Jan 04

Thu, Dec 20, 2018
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Women get wide releases! Christina Hodson writes and Hailee Steinfeld stars in sci-fi action-adventure Bumblebee; Deborah Davis cowrites and Olivia Colman, Emma Stone, and Rachel Weisz star in historical dramedy The Favourite; more…

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Sherlock Gnomes movie review: oh gnome they didn’t… (they did)

Thu, May 10, 2018
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A flimsy treasure-hunt plot, a sexy song-and-dance number, and more of the same Elton John songs deployed with trite, lazy tedium. They mean to keep cranking out these dumb, dull movies, don’t they?

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movies by or about women opening US/Can from Fri Apr 06

Fri, Apr 06, 2018
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Kay Cannon and Lynne Ramsay direct two very different movies about adults trying to protect children, and more…

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movies by or about women opening UK/Ire from Thu Apr 05

Fri, Apr 06, 2018
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Emily Blunt and Millicent Simmonds versus real monsters, Madison Wolfe versus (possibly) invented monsters, Maggie Grace versus armed robbers, and more…

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A Quiet Place movie review: hushed horror

Tue, Apr 03, 2018
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An apocalypse unlike any onscreen before. A film often almost unbearably tense, in part because it audaciously reconsiders the role sound plays in eliciting our emotional response.

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The Girl on the Train movie review: in praise of flawed women

Thu, Oct 06, 2016
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An imperfect adaptation of an uncinematic novel is nevertheless a challenging portrait of a woman as deeply screwed up as usually only men get to be onscreen.

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The Huntsman: Winter’s War movie review: snow what?

Thu, Apr 07, 2016
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It’s a prequel and a sequel! It’s got girl powerrr and lady-hating! It’s a mashup of Lord of the Rings and Frozen! It’s all these things, and less.

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AWFJ 2015 EDA Awards winners announced

Tue, Jan 12, 2016
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Spotlight takes four awards, including Best Film…

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why does the Sicario Region 1 DVD cover art make it look like Benicio Del Toro is the star of the film?

Wed, Dec 23, 2015
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In a year when badass women are obviously doing very well for Hollywood, this is no explanation for this beyond unthinking, reflexive sexism.

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Sicario movie review: lies, injustice, and the American way

Mon, Oct 05, 2015
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The “War on Drugs” has never felt more like an actual war in this brutal, scathing condemnation of the lawlessness of the battle… on the “good guys” side.

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