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Martian

Proxima movie review: the work of the world

Fri, Nov 20, 2020
3 comments

Brings a fundamental new humanity to the story of those who court great danger in order to advance human knowledge. Eva Green is immense. Writer-director Alice Winocour’s compassion is achingly acute.

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Bad Times at the El Royale movie review: bad times indeed

Thu, Oct 11, 2018
25 comments

A self-indulgent, faux-woke mashup of noir crime, black comedy, and Tarantino-esque ultraviolence. Some great performances, including a spectacular feature debut from Cynthia Erivo; shame they’re so wasted.

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Arrival movie review: how to talk to aliens and expand your consciousness

Tue, Nov 08, 2016
70 comments

Intelligent, intense, grownup science fiction that will thrill genre lovers and satisfy fans of moving human drama. A beautiful, thought-provoking film.

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Approaching the Unknown movie review: no life on the way to Mars

Tue, Jun 07, 2016
4 comments

I wish I could figure out what this would-be trippy space odyssey wants to say. I was hoping for sci-fi philosophy. I got nothing but lifeless nonsense.

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my predictions for Oscars 2016 (88th Academy Awards for 2015’s films)

Mon, Feb 29, 2016
10 comments

Now updated with all the winners…

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The 33 movie review: swallowed up by the earth

Wed, Jan 27, 2016
2 comments

A missed opportunity to tell what should be a captivating real-life disaster tale that is instead plodding, scattershot, and lacking in dramatic impetus.

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AWFJ 2015 EDA Awards winners announced

Tue, Jan 12, 2016
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Spotlight takes four awards, including Best Film…

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OFCS 2015 awards winners announced

Mon, Dec 14, 2015
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Mad Max: Fury Road gets a lot of love…

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from Facebook: potatoes and Legos on Mars

Wed, Oct 21, 2015
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Where Are the Women? The Martian

Mon, Oct 12, 2015
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This should be the basic model for female representation onscreen: it offers the bare minimum we should accept for the depiction of women in most films.

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