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Home Again review: Reese Witherspoon and the Unbearable Whiteness of Being in a Rom-Com like this

September 10, 2025 by thestakemag Leave a Comment

This movie is (at least) 10 years too late for our culture.

Filed Under: Movies, Reviews Tagged With: Hallie Meyers-Shyer, Home Again, Rachel Woldum, Reese Witherspoon

City of Ghosts review: Life as a citizen journalist in Syria

August 4, 2025 by thestakemag Leave a Comment

Witness.

Filed Under: Movies, Reviews Tagged With: City of Ghosts, Rachel Woldum

Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets review: a visual joyride with pesky companions

July 20, 2025 by thestakemag Leave a Comment

But nothing gets in the way of Luc Besson’s wondrous imagination.

Filed Under: Movies, Reviews Tagged With: Luc Besson, Rachel Woldum, Valerian and the City of the Thousand Planets

OKJA review: A visionary farce from a visionary director

June 30, 2025 by thestakemag Leave a Comment

A strange film that reminds us to respect the dignity of life.

Filed Under: Movies, Reviews Tagged With: Joon-Ho Bong, OKJA, Rachel Woldum

King Arthur is a war movie for for people who love Charlie Hunnam in leather pants. And no one else.

May 12, 2025 by thestakemag Leave a Comment

Guy Ritchie’s update on the Arthurian legend is a mess. But it has some moments.

Filed Under: Featured, Movies, Reviews Tagged With: Charlie Hunnam, Guy Ritchie, King Arthur, Rachel Woldum

Snatched and the too familiar case of Amy Schumer

May 11, 2025 by thestakemag Leave a Comment

A mediocre movie affords Rachel the chance to reflect on the state of women in comedy.

Filed Under: Featured, Movies, Reviews Tagged With: Ay Schume, Rachel Woldum, Snatched

Our Bodies, Our Minds: a review of Ghost in the Shell

March 31, 2025 by thestakemag Leave a Comment

Ghost in the Shell, Scarlett Johansson

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How does a hyper-sexualized body function when separated from the mind it holds?

Filed Under: Featured, Movies, Reviews Tagged With: Anime, Ghost in the Shell, Rachel Woldum, Scarlett Johansson

Personal Shopper is a discomfiting showcase for Kristen Stewart

March 23, 2025 by thestakemag Leave a Comment

The French Kristen Stewart ghost movie you’ve been waiting for.

Filed Under: Featured, Movies, Reviews Tagged With: Kristen Stewart, Olivier Assayas, Personal Shopper, Rachel Woldum

In 2017, Table 19 is little more than a timid, feeble pat on the back

March 3, 2025 by thestakemag Leave a Comment

Table 19 is probably a few years too late.

Filed Under: Movies, Reviews Tagged With: Anna Kendrick, Rachel Woldum, Table 19

Logan: More Cormac McCarthy than comic book

February 20, 2025 by thestakemag 2 Comments

Fighting against becoming what you were made to be. With lots of violence, too.

Filed Under: Featured, Movies, Reviews Tagged With: Hugh Jackman, Logan, Rachel Woldum, Reviews, X-Men

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