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Emma Stone

Aloha movie review: hello, and good-bye

Thu, Mar 10, 2016
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A mess of a romantic dramedy full of colonialistic offensiveness, forced quirkiness, implausible emotion, and oblivious masculine self-centeredness.

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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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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) movie review: winged infamy

Tue, Feb 24, 2015
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It’s all a bit satirical. Or maybe not. Look, over there, Shakespeare in a superhero cape!

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87th Academy Awards: the Oscar nominees (and winners) for 2015

Mon, Feb 23, 2015
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Now with winners indicated.

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AWFJ 2014 award winners

Wed, Jan 14, 2015
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The Alliance of Women Film Journalists is one of the orgs for which I help choose year-end best-ofs.

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Magic in the Moonlight movie review: the spirit moves me

Wed, Sep 17, 2014
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A flimsy trifle, but a diverting one. Colin Firth is absolutely hilarious, and the re-creation of the 1920s French Riviera is gorgeous.

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The Amazing Spider-Man 2 review: black and white and web all over

Fri, Apr 18, 2014
131 comments

Suffers badly by comparison with the cogent, witty Avengers flicks. This feels like a campy Saturday-morning cartoon left over from the 1970s.

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who are the most interesting young actors (male and female) working today?

Mon, Aug 05, 2013
31 comments

My picks: Saoirse Ronan and Daniel Radcliffe…

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The Croods (review)

Wed, Mar 20, 2013
30 comments

Was this secretly produced by the Institute for Creation Research?

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question of the day: What’s the most inexplicable appearance by a big star in a crappy movie?

Wed, Jan 30, 2013
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Inspired by Movie 43, which distinguishes itself in this regard merely by the sheer number of incomprehensible movie-star appearances in a single film…

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