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movies by or about women opening US/Can from Fri May 11

Sat, May 12, 2018
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Elisabeth Moss, Saoirse Ronan, Mare Winningham, and Annette Bening take on Chekhov; Gemma Arterton runs away from her family; and more…

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Strange Magic movie review: bad spell

Sun, May 24, 2015
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Apparently this was inspired by A Midsummer Night’s Dream, but it has about as much in common with that as Burger King does with Macbeth.

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Rio 2 review: jungle feeble

Thu, Apr 03, 2014
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This is what passes for a children’s movie these days: a 1950s sitcom drawn in pretty tropical CGI colors with a few mostly forgettable songs tossed in.

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question of the day: Is it really such a bad thing if an actor plays the same character — or his/herself — over and over again?

Tue, Aug 24, 2010
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I like the Tom Hanks persona. I like the Will Smith persona. I like the Kristin Chenoweth persona. Helen Mirren could just stand around being Helen Mirren and I would love her for it. Is that so wrong?

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5 reasons I’d like to be psyched for ‘Four Christmases’

Mon, Nov 17, 2008
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This is how uninspired I am by November: it’s taken me till halfway through the month to tell you how “psyched” I am for what they’re offering us to kick off the holiday season. How depressing is that? I found 3 to be truly excited about, but I’m having to fake it a bit for … more…

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Pushing Daisies: The Complete First Season (review)

Tue, Sep 16, 2008
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Is this the most adorable show ever, or what?

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Space Chimps (review)

Fri, Jul 18, 2008
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If jokes about missing links and “the primate directive” are your idea of the height of wit…

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