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The Current War movie review: fathers of invention, in conflict

Thu, Oct 24, 2019
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An electrifying style lights up this geek adventure of the intersections between science, culture, and capitalism in the 19th-century battle to power our world. Cumberbatch and Shannon are brilliant.

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today is the 22nd anniversary of Flick Filosopher

Sun, Sep 08, 2019
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On this day in 1997, I launched Flick Filosopher. Not many movie sites that were online in 1997 are still around. But me, like a fool? Still here.

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me on feminist film criticism

Tue, Mar 12, 2019
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Enjoy the rage.

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The Girl in the Spider’s Web movie review: an itsy-bitsy reboot

Fri, Nov 23, 2018
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A rote crime action thriller — very car chase! such gunshots! — that drains its protagonist of much of the raw power that has made her so fascinating in the past.

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readers’ choice: should I review ‘The Nutcracker and the Four Realms’? vote at Patreon (final)

Sat, Nov 03, 2018
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Due to overwhelming lack of interest from readers, I will not be reviewing this movie.

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curated: even when women film critics exist, we’re ignored by gatekeepers

Mon, Jun 11, 2018
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The story of my life.

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curated: LA, NYC, Boston and Nat’l film critics boycott Disney films in year-end awards

Tue, Nov 07, 2017
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The relationship between the studios and critics has always been a contentious one, for obvious reasons, but what might have been previously called a cold war has hotted up this year…

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Friend Request movie review: Facebook, a horror story (again)

Tue, Sep 19, 2017
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We’ve literally just seen this, in 2015’s Unfriended. Tedious wannabe scarefest misses the true horrors of Facebook and cultivates a personality-free blandness.

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curated: yes, Hollywood is trying to game opening-day Rotten Tomatoes scores

Thu, Sep 07, 2017
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I knew it.

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curated: no, Rotten Tomatoes is not killing film criticism

Mon, Mar 27, 2017
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And apparently I’m one of the critics keeping the flame.

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