Lydia White

Lydia White

Lowering the age of the average Roger Ebert devotee by at least 8 years: thanks for saving me from the Evangelical Cinematic Universe, man

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  • Sweetpea

    ★★★½

  • Adolescence

    ★★★★★

  • A Real Pain

    ★★★★

  • 10 Cloverfield Lane

    ★★★★

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  • Sweetpea

    Sweetpea

    ★★★½

    This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

  • Adolescence

    Adolescence

    ★★★★★

    This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

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  • Strange Days

    Strange Days

    ★★★★½

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  • Mad Max: Fury Road

    Mad Max: Fury Road

    ★★★★★

    Tattoo this on my body and engrave it on my tombstone.

    This is The Iliad for women, and a masterclass in how you execute the female badass. Theron's work here is visceral and vivid: her Furiosa is ferocious, tender, protective, capable, beautiful, inventive, tough, and commanding. The representation of disability with heroism and femininity without objectification is startling.

    Every male director who aspires to work in action movies should be mandated to watch a class taught by George Miller on…