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Jennifer Aniston

Dumplin’ movie review: throwing her weight around

Mon, Dec 10, 2018
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A lovely movie that warmly embraces a wide(ish) range of girls-and-women-as-people, one that doesn’t reduce its large heroine — the amazing Danielle Macdonald — to nothing more than her size. This should not feel so damn radical, but it is.

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AWFJ 2016 EDA Awards winners announced

Thu, Dec 22, 2016
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Moonlight leads, with seven awards…

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Horrible Bosses 2 movie review: the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad sequel

Mon, Nov 24, 2014
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It’s not funny, only its villains speak truth, and its putative heroes are now the horrible bosses… though the movie doesn’t seem to realize that.

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Life of Crime movie review: minor misdemeanor

Fri, Sep 05, 2014
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Low-key black comedy and sporadic horror lazily pop up among the crime drama, but never enough of either to score many zings.

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things wot we learned from the 2013 summer movies

Fri, Aug 30, 2013
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Have you been paying attention to what the movies have been saying — what the movies have really been saying — all summer? Here’s a refresher.

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We’re the Millers review: broken bad

Thu, Aug 22, 2013
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Reason No. 34,075 to legalize drugs: it would eliminate painfully unfunny comedies like this one. Comedy shouldn’t make you pity the comedians.

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We’re the Millers greenband and redband trailers: a lesson in the MPAA’s twisted priorities

Wed, Jul 31, 2013
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Before you watch the redband trailer, can you guess what extra bits to be found there will be deemed too naughty for tender eyes and ears?

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Starbuck (review)

Fri, Nov 23, 2012
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When are “lovable” movie losers even more (allegedly) lovable? When they’re all foreign and arthousey, of course!

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Wanderlust (trailer)

Wed, Feb 22, 2012
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Shockingly, this trailer does not make me want to slit my wrists…

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question of the day: What was the most sexist movie or movie moment in 2011?

Fri, Jan 06, 2012
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Yesterday’s QOTD was about a feminist net positive: the most kickass female action character of 2011. Today, we go the other way…

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