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Where’s the So-called ‘Feminism’ in  Zack Snyder’s Violent ‘Sucker Punch’?
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Where’s the So-called ‘Feminism’ in  Zack Snyder’s Violent ‘Sucker Punch’?

By
Colin Dray
/ 20 February 2018

Cinema's Russian doll of vacuous misogynist hyper-sexualised spectacle is a swing-and-a-miss.

‘Pompeii’, Slaves and Their Short-Lived Payback
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‘Pompeii’, Slaves and Their Short-Lived Payback

By
Cynthia Fuchs
/ 21 February 2014
On one hand Atticus, the most awesome slave-gladiator in Pompeii, is smart and splendidly charismatic. On the other, he's tormented.
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The Truly Impenetrable ‘Sleeping Beauty’

By
Jake Meaney
/ 3 May 2012
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‘Sucker Punch’: Sound and Fury Signifying Nothing — a Furious Sounding Nothing

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Jake Meaney
/ 9 August 2011
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Five Hot Chicks and the MPAA, Why Can’t This Be Europe? Zack Snyder’s ‘Sucker Punch’

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George Russell
/ 25 March 2011
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The Uninvited

By
Cynthia Fuchs
/ 30 January 2009
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Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events: Special Collector’s Edition (2004)

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Cynthia Fuchs
/ 14 April 2005
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Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)

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Cynthia Fuchs
/ 17 December 2004
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Ghost Ship (2002)

By
Todd R. Ramlow
/ 24 October 2002

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