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movies by or about women opening US/Can Dec 20

Fri, Dec 20, 2019
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Francesca Hayward costars in Cats; more… [This post is for Patreon patrons only for the first month.]

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movies by or about women opening UK/Ire Dec 19–20

Fri, Dec 20, 2019
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Daisy Ridley costars in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker; more… [This post is for Patreon patrons only for the first month.]

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The Legend of Tarzan and Free State of Jones movies review: enough with the white saviors

Mon, Aug 01, 2016
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Filtering other people’s stories through the eyes of white men is tedious and offensive, and it feels like a desperate hedge against fresh perspectives.

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Where Are the Women? Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

Thu, Feb 05, 2015
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Even among the chimps, there’s just one token female, and she’s defined solely as the sexual partner of a male and as the mother of his children. [This post is not behind the paywall.]

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Dawn of the Planet of the Apes movie review: people get ready

Fri, Jul 18, 2014
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A magnificent science fiction drama, and a beautiful one. Wonderfully radical for the simple fact that it is ruled by principled ideas.

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Austenland review: bomb and bombasticity

Fri, Sep 27, 2013
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Austenland, allow me to tell you how ardently I loathe and despise you.

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Extraordinary Measures (review)

Wed, Jan 27, 2010
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*Extraordinary Measures* is to science what *Erin Brockovich* was to the law.

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Bedtime Stories (review)

Tue, Dec 23, 2008
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Cheap and lazy and obvious…

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