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Before writing her fourth novel, Emma, Jane Austen already knew that not many people would take a liking to her titular character, a rich yo…
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Even if the writing at times fails to fully express how everything fits together, Anne Hathaway’s performance and Dee Rees’ direction give…
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There’s something deeply, fundamentally perverse about filming a Jack London story with CGI animals—it’s akin to shooting a film version of James Joyc…