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Cate Young BattyMamzelle Mar 10, 2019 4/5 While the film feels overstuffed at points ( ... ) the core story between Ralph and Vanellope is touching and shows what can happen when love curdles into possession. Go to Full Review Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018) 88% 64%

Cate Young BattyMamzelle Mar 10, 2019 5/5 As the motivations and secrets of these characters trickle out, we get a very affecting portrait of how relationships suffer when communication breaks down. Go to Full Review Nothing to Hide (2018) 86% 74%

Cate Young BattyMamzelle Mar 10, 2019 2/5 J.K. Rowling is leading the charge in destroying the thing so many have loved, and Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald is proof. Go to Full Review Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018) 36% 54%

Cate Young BattyMamzelle Mar 10, 2019 4/5 [T]he film inadvertently sidelines the value of real world femininity as something that has to be shed in order to attain power. Go to Full Review I Am Not an Easy Man (2018) - - 71%

Cate Young BattyMamzelle Mar 10, 2019 4/5 Cam offers few answers as to the nature of the film's malevolence but it does an excellent job of demonstrating the stigmas that sex workers face even in the digital world. Go to Full Review Cam (2018) 93% 53%

Cate Young BattyMamzelle Mar 10, 2019 5/5 The real star of the film is the technology [...] Password protected accounts are a short confirmation email away, and geo-tags reveal more history than an interrogation. Go to Full Review Searching (2018) 92% 88%

Cate Young BattyMamzelle Mar 10, 2019 4/5 The film's strength is in the contrast between its medieval setting and its contemporary sexual politics. The women are all engage in forbidden sexual activity with abandon. Go to Full Review The Little Hours (2017) 78% 49%

Cate Young BattyMamzelle Mar 10, 2019 2/5 Simon never gives his friends the chance to rally around him, instead tricking them into situations that benefit only him. Go to Full Review Love, Simon (2018) 92% 87%

Cate Young BattyMamzelle Mar 10, 2019 4/5 Battle of the Sexes [makes] for an arresting narrative that is never undercut by that fact that its main plot is "spoiled" by history. Go to Full Review Battle of the Sexes (2017) 84% 71%

Cate Young BattyMamzelle Mar 10, 2019 3/5 [T]he film loses the plot on being the witty commentary about pretending and public image in the social media age, but it's still an entertaining romp from start to finish. Go to Full Review Ingrid Goes West (2017) 84% 71%

Cate Young BattyMamzelle Mar 10, 2019 3/5 For a musical film, [it's] not very musical at all, with a discordant soundtrack that sounds like castoff 90s R&B and vocalists not up to the task of meeting the melodies. Go to Full Review Been So Long (2018) 92% 67%

Cate Young BattyMamzelle Mar 10, 2019 4/5 How do we keep our wits about is when all that is left behind for us is chaos, confusion and fear? ( ... ) it is generational trauma that is the Big Bad for a new generation. Go to Full Review Hereditary (2018) 90% 70%

Cate Young BattyMamzelle Mar 10, 2019 4/5 Largely the fight [about abortion] is in the language, and the right's expert ability to reframe discussions on their own terms. Go to Full Review Reversing Roe (2018) 88% 66%

Cate Young BattyMamzelle Mar 10, 2019 1/5 While Frances McDormand's performance works hard to be enough to recommend the film, there is nothing redeeming about the narrative ( ... ). Go to Full Review Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017) 90% 87%

Cate Young BattyMamzelle Mar 10, 2019 2/5 The story's biggest problem is that it [is] unclear why Renée couldn't simply have put a little more effort into dressing in a way that makes her feel confident ( ... ). Go to Full Review I Feel Pretty (2018) 35% 35%

Cate Young BattyMamzelle Mar 10, 2019 5/5 [I]ts pervasive bubbly effervescence sets it apart from other depictions of the character (... ). Marvel's Peter Parker is young, bright and eager to participate. Go to Full Review Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017) 92% 88%

Cate Young BattyMamzelle Mar 10, 2019 3/5 Harding isn't blameless or even necessarily good. She's simply a woman who had one good thing and wanted the chance to show that she was more than disposable ( ... ). Go to Full Review I, Tonya (2017) 90% 88%

Cate Young BattyMamzelle Mar 10, 2019 4/5 The story itself will always be fundamentally anti-feminist (...) [b]ut the efforts to update [it] to better suit a contemporary sensibility are acknowledged and appreciated. Go to Full Review Beauty and the Beast (2017) 71% 80%

Cate Young BattyMamzelle Mar 10, 2019 3/5 The film has clever ideas about literalizing black fear of the pathology of whiteness, but it doesn't go far enough in its indictment of white supremacy. Go to Full Review Get Out (2017) 98% 86%

Cate Young BattyMamzelle Mar 10, 2019 2/5 One can either make a thriller about existential threats in the emptiness of space or love lost to time, but this film lacks the skill needed to successfully blend the two. Go to Full Review Passengers (2016) 30% 61%