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Marie Curie

Radioactive movie review: science, bitch

Sat, Aug 01, 2020
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Rosamund Pike is perfection in this intellectual romance, an unsentimental portrait of a woman striving to be appreciated for her mind at a time even more anti-woman than today. Feminist and flinty.

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Beyond the Visible: Hilma af Klint documentary review: still way ahead of her time

Wed, Apr 15, 2020
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Wonder and mystery dwells in the work of forgotten abstract pioneer Hilma af Klint. Sarcasm and side-eye for the male- and money-dominated fine-art establishment dwells in this superb doc about her.

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Marie Curie: The Courage of Knowledge movie review: so hot she’s radioactive

Thu, Nov 23, 2017
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With more sexy baths than any movie about a male scientist has ever seen, this biopic undermines the battle Curie fought to be taken seriously that is depicted here.

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Hollywood, you are 300 movies away from making me want to marry you!

Thu, Oct 03, 2013
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I don’t get the feeling that you’re all that into me. But you could do something for me that would convince me that you love me…

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classic ‘Doctor Who’ blogging: “The Movie”

Sat, May 22, 2010
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Made of spoilers. Don’t read until you’ve seen the episode.

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