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Tag: Motherhood

Motherhood in fiction carries more weight than almost any other relationship, and it is rarely written carefully. This tag collects reviews of films built on mothers and what the relationship does to a plot.

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Room (2015) Review

September 10, 2026

Room (2015) rates 9 out of 10 on the rewatch scale. Emma Donoghue adapted her own novel and kept the one decision that makes it bearable, which is that everything is narrated by a five-year-old who thinks the shed is…

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Suspiria (1977)

May 19, 2026

Dario Argento directs the giallo horror about an American dance student who discovers her German ballet academy is run by witches. Suspiria is Dario Argento's 1977 Italian horror film depicting an American ballet student who arrives at a prestigious German…

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Coraline (2009)

May 15, 2026

The film adapts Neil Gaiman's 2002 novella. The film cost approximately sixty million dollars and made one hundred and twenty-five million worldwide.

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Bambi (1942) Review

May 15, 2026

Bambi is one of the great American animated films and one of Walt Disney's most personal achievements. The film runs seventy minutes.

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Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) Review

March 20, 2026

James Cameron's most audacious decision in Terminator 2 isn't the liquid metal effects or the freeway chase or the nuclear dream sequence. It's taking his own iconic villain and making him the film's emotional center.

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