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Wake Up Dead Man movie review: knives way the hell out (London Film Festival 2025)

Wed, Nov 26, 2025
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Rian Johnson’s third outing with droll detective Benoit Blanc, perhaps the most memorable original new movie character in decades, is a grimly funny gothic romp through modern hot-button Americana.

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movies by or about women opening UK/Ire Apr 08-12

Fri, Apr 12, 2019
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Nicole Taylor writes musical drama Wild Rose, starring Jessie Buckley; more… [This post is for Patreon patrons only for the first month.]

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movies by or about women opening US/Can Mar 15

Sun, Mar 17, 2019
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Mikki Daughtry cowrites teen romantic drama Five Feet Apart, starring Haley Lu Richardson; more… [This post is for Patreon patrons only for the first month.]

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movies by or about women opening UK/Ire from Wed Aug 22

Fri, Aug 24, 2018
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Susanna Fogel directs a comedy about a spy’s girlfriend; Renee Edwards directs a documentary about New Orleans musicians; more…

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movies by or about women opening US/Can from Wed Aug 01

Sat, Aug 04, 2018
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Mila Kunis and Kaye McKinnon have a spy adventure; Amandla Stenberg fights for respect in a future dystopia; Chloë Grace Moretz undergoes a terrible “therapy”; more…

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A Bad Moms Christmas movie review: cruel coal in the stocking

Wed, Nov 01, 2017
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This rushed sequel is an insult to its progenitor movie. A cheap knockoff that doesn’t understand what made Bad Moms so smart, funny, and feminist-wise.

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Where Are the Women? Jupiter Ascending

Mon, Feb 09, 2015
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This is how you squander a female protagonist: Don’t let her make any decisions about her own life and make sure she is in constant need of rescue by a man. [This post is not behind the paywall.]

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Jupiter Ascending movie review: princess drearies

Thu, Feb 05, 2015
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Sees no need to engage metaphor or dispense with cliché, so when you haven’t seen it before, you can’t believe what you’re seeing. And not in a good way.

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2014 preview: only movies left underived

Wed, Jan 15, 2014
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Here are the few films coming in 2014 that are not sequels, remakes, reboots, or based on a stage show, the Bible, young-adult novels, comic books, cartoons, or — someone make it stop — toy lines.

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Jupiter Ascending trailer: the Wachowskis are back

Mon, Jan 06, 2014
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This looks potentially interesting, apart from the presence of Channing Tatum.

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