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Natalie Portman

Fountain of Youth movie review: raiders of the lost art

Fri, Jun 06, 2025
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Hollywood has lost the ability to buckle swash. Guy Ritchie, shamelessly stealing from Indiana Jones, gives us a charmless treasure hunt that feels honed by corporate focus groups and cinematic SEO.

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movies by or about women opening UK/Ire Dec 06

Sun, Dec 08, 2019
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Lisa Barros D’Sa codirects and Lesley Manville costars in Ordinary Love; more… [This post is for Patreon patrons only for the first month.]

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movies by or about women opening US/Can Oct 04

Sun, Oct 06, 2019
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Natalie Portman stars in Lucy in the Sky; more… [This post is for Patreon patrons only for the first month.]

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movies by or about women opening US/Can Aug 09

Sun, Aug 11, 2019
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Andrea Berloff writes and directs The Kitchen, starring Elisabeth Moss, Melissa McCarthy, and Tiffany Haddish; more… [This post is for Patreon patrons only for the first month.]

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curated: Natalie Portman announced as Thor, and the manbaby fanboys are freaking out

Sun, Jul 21, 2019
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Delicate-snowflake misogynist whiny-ass crybaby fanboys lose their shit… again.

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movies by or about women opening UK/Ire May 03

Fri, May 03, 2019
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Linda Cardellini stars in horror mystery The Curse of La Llorona, cowritten by Mikki Daughtry; more… [This post is for Patreon patrons only for the first month.]

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movies by or about women opening US/Can from Thu Dec 06

Fri, Dec 07, 2018
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Bridey Elliott directs dramedy Clara’s Ghost; Alexis Bloom directs documentary Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes; more…

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Eating Animals documentary review: where’s the beef (coming from)?

Fri, Jun 15, 2018
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The philosophical and the sentimental trump the practical in this exposé of factory farming that, while effective in showing us the horrors, offers only simplistic solutions.

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movies by or about women opening US/Can from Fri Feb 23

Fri, Feb 23, 2018
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Natalie Portman and Bingbing Li have scientific adventures, Rachel McAdams has a nerd adventure, and more…

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things Hollywood men could have said at the Golden Globes

Tue, Jan 09, 2018
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These will all work at the Oscars too! Feel free to steal ’em, guys.

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