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Lindsay Duncan

Blackbird movie review: the bell tolls, ever so tastefully

Mon, Sep 21, 2020
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The to-die-for cast can’t quite save this melodrama from its trite obviousness, in which rage and grief are matters of tasteful, upscale lifestyle. But they at least make it passingly watchable.

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Alice Through the Looking Glass movie review: a mirror cracked

Tue, May 24, 2016
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Believes six impossible things — like implausible character motivations, or big emotions — because they’re in the script, without bothering to earn them.

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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) movie review: winged infamy

Tue, Feb 24, 2015
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It’s all a bit satirical. Or maybe not. Look, over there, Shakespeare in a superhero cape!

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Le Week-end review: la vie et le bonheur

Wed, Apr 02, 2014
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A marvelous little unpacking of the meaning of happiness, precisely what constitutes it, and how to know whether you’ve found it.

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Doctor Who thing: Behind the Sofa: Celebrity Memories of Doctor Who

Thu, Nov 07, 2013
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All royalties from this collection of reminiscences — including many from those involved in making the current and classic show — go to charity.

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Le Week-end trailer: ah, Paris!

Mon, Oct 07, 2013
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Ah, Jeff Goldblum! Ah, Jim Broadbent and Lindsay Duncan!

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About Time review: creep trick

Fri, Sep 06, 2013
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Arbitrary and inconsistent rules of time travel in aid of creepy romantic manipulation and temporal stalking. But hey, at least it’s got Bill Nighy!

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