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Golden Globes

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OFCS 2022 awards winners announced

Tue, Jan 24, 2023
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Everything Everywhere All at Once leads with six wins; The Banshees of Inisherin takes fours awards. Twelve films overall earned awards.

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what do women want? ‘Little Women’ and ‘Hustlers’ have some answers

Wed, Jan 15, 2020
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Women want to be able to tell our own stories, and we want to be heard. Hustlers and Little Women are so much about this (and other important things of female concern) that they’re practically the same movie.

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AWFJ 2019 EDA Awards winners announced

Mon, Jan 13, 2020
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And we have winners!

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Downton Abbey movie review: embarrassment of riches

Thu, Sep 19, 2019
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Wherein the working class revels in servitude, and wealth and privilege are deserved. Deeply reactionary and unlikely to please anyone not already enamored of the show. I get Anglophilia, but really?

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things Hollywood men could have said at the Golden Globes

Tue, Jan 09, 2018
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These will all work at the Oscars too! Feel free to steal ’em, guys.

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All the Money in the World movie review: cashed out

Tue, Jan 02, 2018
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The most interesting thing about this all-over-the-place drama-thriller is Ridley Scott’s last-minute Hail Mary pass to replace a disgraced cast member. The finale is tense and exciting, but it’s a slog to get there.

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The Fencer (Miekkailija) movie review: en garde against yourself

Thu, Nov 30, 2017
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The true story of an Estonian sports hero offers a lovely twist on a familiar tale. A cinematic triumph from a nation that’s been missing from the global film stage.

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women at the Golden Globes = “too much estrogen”

Tue, Jan 14, 2014
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Marvel at the terror of a man seeing the dominance of his privilege challenged on unwitting display.

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do major nominations or awards help you decide which movies to see?

Mon, Jan 13, 2014
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Now with a poll for a quick response!

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QOTD: Are the Academy Awards making a good move by rebranding as “the Oscars”?

Thu, Feb 21, 2013
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There may be some things about the Academy Awards that need fixing, but this didn’t seem to be it.

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