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A Royal Night Out movie review: princess hijinks

Fri, May 15, 2015
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A bit of House of Windsor fan fiction: cute but slight, though the re-creation of London’s citywide VE Day celebrations is kind of amazing.

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Maps to the Stars movie review: kill it with fire

Mon, Feb 23, 2015
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Quite hilarious in a deeply disturbing way that you won’t want to look straight on at, lest it forever ruin you as a lover of movies.

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Dracula Untold movie review: it doesn’t suck

Sat, Oct 04, 2014
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A solid action fantasy more elemental and visceral than I expected, thanks to the potent presence of Luke Evans.

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Belle movie review: untold stories

Fri, Jun 13, 2014
22 comments

Wonderful true story about a mixed-race woman raised in aristocratic late-18th-century England; like the best Jane Austen romance with a social conscience.

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Antiviral (review)

Mon, Feb 04, 2013
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Disturbing body-horror dark satire that sends up our obsession with celebrity…

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