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Captain America: Civil War movie review: the consequences of superpowers

Fri, Apr 29, 2016
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Tough, unanswerable human questions frame spectacular, innovative action sequences that are like superhero ballets. This series just keeps getting better.

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from Facebook: CGI to turn white actors Asian, because this is Hollywood in 2016

Fri, Apr 15, 2016
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The Jungle Book movie review: welcome to the jungle

Thu, Apr 14, 2016
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Goes right up to the bleeding edge of cinema to tell a story that is strapping yet simple, and hugely appealing. Disney found a good reason to redo an old film.

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Avengers: Age of Ultron movie review: mad science fiction

Thu, Apr 23, 2015
106 comments

Not without problems, but continues the Avengers tradition of big, bold blockbusters that don’t need to toss away thoughtfulness to remain pure popcorn fun.

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Where Are the Women? Captain America: The Winter Soldier

Sat, Feb 21, 2015
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With multiple women who are competent professionals defined by their work first, this is a great example of good female representation in a man’s story. [This post is not behind the paywall.]

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AWFJ 2014 award winners

Wed, Jan 14, 2015
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The Alliance of Women Film Journalists is one of the orgs for which I help choose year-end best-ofs.

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Lucy movie review: head case

Fri, Aug 22, 2014
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In this pile of adolescent heavy-metal-deep pseudo-sci-fi philosophy, the meaning of humanity depends on how “cool” something looks onscreen.

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Chef movie review: very tasty

Fri, Jun 27, 2014
11 comments

Jon Favreau’s midlife artistic crisis rendered as food porn. Funny, poignant, and wise, though the wish-fulfillment romantic fantasy of it is a tad much.

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why movies like Under the Skin and Nymphomaniac are not feminist

Mon, Apr 14, 2014
86 comments

These films act like what it means to be a woman is purely about sex and bodies, purely about interacting with men in no other way than a sexual one.

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Under the Skin movie review: sex as a weapon

Wed, Apr 09, 2014
177 comments

Scarlett Johansson is an alien serial killer who sexes men to death in a misogynist fanboy wet dream that also fails to satisfy as science fiction.

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