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Emma (2020)

my picks for tonight’s 93rd Academy Awards (the Oscars for 2020’s films) (winners indicated)

Mon, Apr 26, 2021
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I correctly guessed 11 out of the 24 23 categories, which is slightly better than last year.

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Trolls: World Tour movie review: a cinematic Rubicon by dint of pandemic coincidence

Tue, Apr 07, 2020
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As pastel and glittery as its predecessor, with a silliness more glorious and less forced. Sweet, smart, sincere… but it doesn’t deserve to be carrying the future of movies on its little shoulders.

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movies by or about women opening US/Can Feb 21

Sat, Feb 22, 2020
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Autumn de Wilde directs and Eleanor Catton writes Emma., starring Anya Taylor-Joy; more… [This post is for Patreon patrons only for the first month.]

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movies by or about women opening UK/Ire Feb 14

Fri, Feb 14, 2020
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Autumn de Wilde directs and Eleanor Catton writes Emma., starring Anya Taylor-Joy; more… [This post is for Patreon patrons only for the first month.]

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Emma. movie review: this queen bee has a bitter sting

Fri, Feb 14, 2020
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A sly, penetrating zing and a frisson of Insta-influencer horror — of the oppression of performative perfection against a marzipan backdrop — renders Austen’s fluff and nonsense deadly serious.

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