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Four Christmases
Motherhood, Four Christmases submits, is all Kate needs to be happy. The husband, he's incidental.
25 Nov 2008
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Talk, Talk, Talk: November 2008
Like the sainted sigh of relief that comes after another shriek-filled All Hallow's Eve, November usually means the start of the 'nominate me' process for the proposed prestige pictures of 2008.
10 Sep 2008
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Step Brothers
In Step Brothers, Nancy (Mary Steenburgen) is the ideal audience, the girl who can't fathom the anti-nuances of masculine ritual.
24 Jul 2008
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The Return of the Popcorn Circus: July 2008
And it just doesn't stop. If part two in this three-ring play was packed with well hyped product, July just keeps the receipt treats coming.
29 Apr 2008
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Performance Art: The Best Acting of 2007 - Female
From the most sweetly nuanced performance of Jennifer Jason Leigh's career to Cate Blanchett's revelatory portrayal of Bob Dylan in I'm Not There, the women of 2007 were stellar.
08 Jan 2008
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The Best Big Screen Eye Candy of 2007
When flipping through my mental catalog of the year's films, certain scenes stand out. This past year offered a veritable feast of visual goodies.
Daynah Burnett
03 Jan 2008
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The Brave One
For all the hubbub about the sensational girl shooter, The Brave One is almost more interesting for its flaws and omissions.
13 Sep 2007
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The Dead Girl (2006)
An anthology of five stories organized around the titular corpse, the movie is a bleak but oddly robust homage to women's survival and defeat in the face of violence, oppression, and non-options.
27 Mar 2007
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Joan of Arcadia
Joan is more a young girl answering to an authority figure than a blind-faith disciple.
Samantha Bornemann
01 May 2005
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Ragtime (1981)
Profound as Coalhouse walker's story might be, Ragtime is about far more.
Nikki Tranter
28 Nov 2004
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Casa de los Babys (2003)
The movie, which focuses on a group of U.S. women arrived in an unidentified Latin American country to adopt children, is as much about cultural imperialism and racism as it is about women and babies.
Cynthia Fuchs
02 May 2004
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Joan of Arcadia
The potential for edgier investigations and deeper questions is built into Joan of Arcadia's framework.
Jennifer D. Wesley
05 Oct 2003
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Sunshine State (2002)
If there's anyone you'd want to have talking you through his movie, it would be John Sayles.
Cynthia Fuchs
09 Dec 2002
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Sunshine State (2002)
Its attention to intricate sociopolitical tensions, Sunshine State, recalls Sayles' previous work.
Cynthia Fuchs
17 Jul 2002
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