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The Secret Garden movie review: weedy with misplaced eeriness

Fri, Aug 07, 2020
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Pointless adaptation of the beloved children’s novel soaked in a gothic spookiness that seems to deliberately misunderstand the story. Neither literal enough nor magical enough. My heart was unmoved.

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movies by or about women opening US/Can Dec 17-Jan 04

Thu, Dec 20, 2018
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It’s Christmas for movies about women! Women-centered Mary Queen of Scots, The Favourite, Second Act, and Bumblebee all open wide over the holidays. Amazing.

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movies by or about women opening UK/Ire Dec 21-Jan 04

Thu, Dec 20, 2018
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Women get wide releases! Christina Hodson writes and Hailee Steinfeld stars in sci-fi action-adventure Bumblebee; Deborah Davis cowrites and Olivia Colman, Emma Stone, and Rachel Weisz star in historical dramedy The Favourite; more…

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movies by or about women opening US/Can from Fri Jul 20

Fri, Jul 20, 2018
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Amanda Seyfried learns about her mother Meryl Streep’s past; Lauren Greenfield looks back to her childhood in glitzy Los Angeles to explore American materialism; and more…

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movies by or about women opening UK/Ire from Fri Jul 20

Fri, Jul 20, 2018
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Amanda Seyfried and Lily James sing ABBA tunes; Jodie Foster patches up criminals; Lauren Greenfield investigates Western materialism; and more…

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Brooklyn movie review: across the ocean to find yourself

Wed, Nov 11, 2015
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Beautifully portrays a very universal experience — not only of immigration but of growing up — via an elegantly nuanced performance by Saoirse Ronan.

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Where Are the Women? Paddington

Mon, Jan 12, 2015
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The state of women onscreen these days is so bad that a neutral score of zero is actually a positive! [This post is not behind the paywall.]

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Paddington movie review: please look in on this movie, thank you

Wed, Nov 26, 2014
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Adorable. So witty and compassionate and bittersweet and just the right little bit of snarky that you will cry tears of joy from the perfection of it.

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July 15-17: DVD alternatives to this weekend’s multiplex offerings

Fri, Jul 17, 2009
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We know how it is: You’d like to go to the movies this weekend, but Harry Potter has been sold out since Christmas and, well, that’s the only new movie opening everywhere. But you can have a multiplex-like experience at home with a collection of the right DVDs. And when someone asks you on Monday, … more…

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