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Good Kill movie review: American droner

Fri, May 15, 2015
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There are important issues running through this, but the film forgets to be sufficiently engaging in the course of being Significant.

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only 18 percent of 2013’s US wide releases are exclusively about girls or women (and 60 percent exclusively about men)

Fri, Nov 08, 2013
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Hint: That’s not enough.

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Stephenie Meyer has found a whole new way for teen girls to be conflicted about sex (The Host review)

Thu, Apr 04, 2013
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Did Neo come to see that the Agents had the right way of things? Did Luke eventually realize that the Empire was a stabilizing force in the galaxy? But poor Melanie is suffering from the ultimate case of Stockholm Syndrome.

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question of the day: What 2013 movie are you most looking forward to?

Thu, Jan 10, 2013
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Let’s get our geek on for the coming year!

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The Host (teaser trailer)

Mon, Mar 26, 2012
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I’d like to think that Andrew Niccol will make Stephenie Meyer tolerable…

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on my radar: opening 08.18-20.10 in U.K. theaters

Wed, Aug 18, 2010
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Anything it takes Stallone *and* a gang of badasses to do in *The Expendables,* Angelina Jolie can do all on her own in *Salt*…

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