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Susan Sarandon

Blackbird movie review: the bell tolls, ever so tastefully

Mon, Sep 21, 2020
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The to-die-for cast can’t quite save this melodrama from its trite obviousness, in which rage and grief are matters of tasteful, upscale lifestyle. But they at least make it passingly watchable.

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movies by or about women opening US/Can from Fri Oct 26

Fri, Oct 26, 2018
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Abby Epstein directs medical-marijuana documentary Weed the People; Frances Causey directs racism documentary The Long Shadow; more…

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A Bad Moms Christmas movie review: cruel coal in the stocking

Wed, Nov 01, 2017
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This rushed sequel is an insult to its progenitor movie. A cheap knockoff that doesn’t understand what made Bad Moms so smart, funny, and feminist-wise.

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Tammy movie review: women behaving badly

Thu, Jul 03, 2014
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Dumb, pointless, unentertaining crap. But at least it’s about women. Yay? Nah.

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That’s My Boy (review)

Wed, Jan 23, 2013
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This is like the evil Mirror Universe version of Ted.

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Arbitrage (review)

Mon, Dec 17, 2012
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For all the satisfying ironies that are dished up, some of what we’re served is hopelessly naive.

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Cloud Atlas (review)

Mon, Oct 22, 2012
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Insanely grand… My god, I love this movie. It’s every movie. It’s the ultimate movie.

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Jeff, Who Lives at Home (review)

Thu, May 17, 2012
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Those with a very low tolerance for indie quirk may find their patience tried, but I, who have been mixed on the Duplass Brothers and really hated their last film, kinda couldn’t help being charmed by this one.

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Susan Sarandon has the brilliant solution to women being treated like unpersons (and other adventures in social networking)

Thu, Apr 26, 2012
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What my followers on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ saw today…

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question of the day: Which film actors would you like to see make the move to television?

Thu, Feb 02, 2012
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What sort of show would you cast them in?

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