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OFCS 2023 awards nominees announced (updated with winners)

Tue, Jan 23, 2024
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Oppenheimer takes eight awards, Barbie four…

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AWFJ 2023 EDA Awards winners announced

Thu, Jan 04, 2024
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The Zone of Interest, Killers of the Flower Moon, and Barbie are the big winners.

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AWFJ 2022 EDA Awards winners announced

Tue, Jan 17, 2023
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The Banshees of Inisherin, Everything Everywhere All at Once, and Women Talking tie for the most awards, at four apiece.

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The Suicide Squad movie review: primrose psychopaths

Tue, Aug 03, 2021
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Spanks the 2016 film and sends it off to the corner to think about what it did. This one is the definite article: Gory, grim, bleakly funny. Full of feverish, anarchic energy and exhausting cynicism.

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my picks for tonight’s 92nd Academy Awards (the Oscars for 2019’s films) (winners indicated)

Mon, Feb 10, 2020
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I correctly guessed 10 out of the 24 categories, which is at least a little better than last year.

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movies by or about women opening US/Can Feb 07

Sat, Feb 08, 2020
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Cathy Yan directs and Christina Hodson writes Birds of Prey, starring Jurnee Smollett-Bell and Margot Robbie; more… [This post is for Patreon patrons only for the first month.]

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movies by or about women opening UK/Ire Feb 07

Sat, Feb 08, 2020
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Cathy Yan directs and Christina Hodson writes Birds of Prey, starring Ella Jay Basco Margot Robbie; more… [This post is for Patreon patrons only for the first month.]

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Birds of Prey: And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn movie review: fantabulous

Thu, Feb 06, 2020
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Behold ladyrage given full candy-colored, sparkle-sprinkled voice in an ironically comical spectacle: Haha, isn’t this delightfully absurd? Or is it? This is kidding-not-kidding on celluloid.

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movies by or about women opening UK/Ire Jan 17

Sat, Jan 18, 2020
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Charlize Theron, Nicole Kidman, and Margot Robbie star in Bombshell; more… [This post is for Patreon patrons only for the first month.]

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OFCS 2019 awards winners announced

Wed, Jan 08, 2020
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And we have winners!

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