In the view of ThePunch.com’s Sam Cleveland, 2009 was “the year the ‘chick flick’ smartened up…rounded female characters showed up in everything from straight-out Oscar bait to rock ’em-sock ’em horror flicks, while some of the best films of the year centered around women and their distinct set of needs and challenges.” The September Issue, 500 Days of Summer, Drag Me to Hell, Whip it, Coco Before Chanel, Julia and Julie, An Education, etc.
To my great surprise and delight, Christy Hall‘s Daddio, which I was remiss in not seeing during last year’s Telluride...
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7:45 pm: Okay, the initial light-hearted section (repartee, wedding, hospital, afterlife Joey Pants, healthy diet) was enjoyable, but Jesus, when...
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It took me a full month to see Wes Ball and Josh Friedman‘s Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes...
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Unless Part Two of Kevin Costner‘s Horizon (Warner Bros., 8.16) somehow improves upon the sluggish initial installment and delivers something...
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For me, A Dangerous Method (2011) is David Cronenberg‘s tastiest and wickedest film — intense, sexually upfront and occasionally arousing...
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