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Sebastian Stan

Endings, Beginnings movie review: when it ends is the best part

Thu, Apr 16, 2020
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Love this cast, but, my god, I hate these characters. I hate this miserable take on romance, which mistakes wallowing in self-pity for introspection, and people being awful for philosophical depth.

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Destroyer movie review: holding out for an antiheroine

Sat, Jan 19, 2019
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Nicole Kidman’s pitiless performance completely upends genre expectations in Karyn Kusama’s tense, grim crime noir. Uncompromising and subtly challenging, like a cerebral itch you can’t quite scratch.

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I, Tonya movie review: a woman at war with herself

Thu, Dec 14, 2017
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A black comedy about domestic violence, parental abuse, and low self-esteem (and it works!), one that challenges our appreciation of how true based-on-fact might be.

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from Facebook: worship Stan

Thu, Aug 04, 2016
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from Facebook: OMG Sebastian Stan is a clone of Mark Hamill for real

Tue, May 10, 2016
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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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The Martian movie review: life on Mars

Mon, Oct 12, 2015
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An excellent complement to the novel, simplifying the science without dumbing it down yet retaining the suspense and urgency of its interplanetary stranding.

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female gazing at: Derek Luke

Fri, Jul 29, 2011
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Men of Captain America Week concludes with the very handsome Derek Luke…

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female gazing at: Sebastian Stan

Thu, Jul 28, 2011
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Men of Captain America Week continues with Sebastian Stan. Who is so darn cute…

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Captain America: The First Avenger (review)

Mon, Jul 25, 2011
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It’s now a tossup whether the best comic-book superhero movie of 2011 is X-Men: First Class or Captain America: First Avenger… But I’m leaning toward Captain America.

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