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Where Are the Women? X-Men: Days of Future Past

Sun, Feb 08, 2015
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Jennifer Lawrence’s complex antagonist and lots of female mutants make for a respectable showing, particularly for the genre. [This post is not behind the paywall.]

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X-Men: Days of Future Past movie review: time for hope

Mon, May 19, 2014
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With its time-twisting plot, sci-fi soapiness, powerful humanism, and to-die-for cast, this is the summer blockbuster done with elegance and heart.

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Hugh Jackman sings Les Mis’s “Who Am I” as Wolverine

Sat, Mar 29, 2014
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You’re welcome.

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Prisoners review: the unbearable darkness of being

Mon, Sep 16, 2013
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Please see this movie. We need to let Hollywood know that there is, in fact, an audience for sophisticated drama for adults.

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Prisoners trailer: Detective who now?

Mon, Sep 02, 2013
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I am deeply concerned about the fact that one character is called “Detective Loki.”

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The Wolverine review: prickly on the outside, cuddly on the inside

Mon, Jul 22, 2013
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There’s plenty of good summer popcorn fun, with fresh and exciting action setpieces, but this is mostly an intimate story about Logan, as a mutant and as a man.

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The Wolverine (trailer)

Thu, Mar 28, 2013
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Or, Logan Goes to Japan and Becomes a Real Boy.

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the 85th Academy Award nominees

Tue, Feb 12, 2013
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With links to my reviews. I’ll be adding reviews of the last few films I haven’t yet covered between now and the Oscars.

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QOTD: Which iconic (or imaginary) actor pairings would be fun to reverse?

Wed, Feb 06, 2013
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Like how Russell Crowe and Hugh Jackman could have swapped roles in Les Misérables and it would have worked just as well…

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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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