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Sharon Horgan

The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent movie review: Cage, staged

Thu, Apr 21, 2022
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Amusing but instantly forgettable, fueled by a self-congratulatory smugness and self-reference. The best bits are the sincere stuff: a scene-stealing Pedro Pascal and a sweetly vulnerable Nic(k) Cage.

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Together movie review: lockdown love-hate

Wed, Aug 25, 2021
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Fresh, raw, wielding physical and psychological intimacy like a shiv, this is a deeply compelling, empathetic emotional roller coaster fueled by McAvoy’s and Horgan’s intense and cutting performances.

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movies by or about women opening UK/Ire Mar 06

Sat, Mar 07, 2020
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Stella Meghie writes and directs The Photograph, costarring Issa Rae; more… [This post is for Patreon patrons only for the first month.]

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Military Wives movie review: tired choir dramedy needs to change the tune

Sat, Mar 07, 2020
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So aggressively precisely what you think it is that there’s almost no point in seeing it. Flattens a true story into generic pap that isn’t even that successfully, authentically feel-good, either.

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movies by or about women opening UK/Ire from Thu Mar 01

Fri, Mar 02, 2018
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Documentaries by Andrea Luka Zimmerman and Jen Randall, a drama by Saila Kariat, and more.

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Game Night movie review: triumph of the nerds

Tue, Feb 27, 2018
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Absolutely hilarious, full of smart snarksters, comedic suspense, and gleeful smashing of action-movie clichés. Part screwball comedy, part romantic adventure, all pure movie-movie joy.

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movies by or about women opening US/Can from Fri Feb 23

Fri, Feb 23, 2018
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Natalie Portman and Bingbing Li have scientific adventures, Rachel McAdams has a nerd adventure, and more…

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