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Flatliners movie review: DOA

Fri, Sep 29, 2017
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The reboot no one asked for of a movie no one much remembers has landed… and it’s dead on arrival, with nothing new to say and no new way to say it.

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Dead Man Down (trailer)

Mon, Feb 25, 2013
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I’ll watch Noomi Rapace and especially Colin Farrell in anything, so I’m looking forward to this. But…

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final video production diary for the first Hobbit film (and other adventures in social networking)

Fri, Nov 30, 2012
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Stuff my followers on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ saw today…

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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (review)

Mon, Dec 19, 2011
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I’m not sure I’ve seen a more superfluous film that Fincher’s pointless second take on a story that was served supremely well onscreen so recently.

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Alliance of Women Film Journalists 2010 EDA Award winners

Mon, Jan 10, 2011
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Lots of love for The Social Network, Black Swan, and The Kids Are All Right…

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Alliance of Women Film Journalists 2010 EDA Awards nominees

Tue, Dec 28, 2010
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The AWFJ is one of the critics’ groups I belong to; my input helped determine these nominees, and I will vote in the final balloting to narrow it down to the winners. I still have to watch a few of these nominees…

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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Man som hatar kvinnor) (review)

Tue, Jul 06, 2010
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See it if you love movies with compelling characters doing fascinating things and overcoming tremendous obstacles to get to an immensely satisfying end. You know: the things that movies are supposed to do, but rarely seem to manage.

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