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Molly Templeton

Molly Templeton was Eugene Weekly's longtime arts editor, now freelance movie reviewer. She is publicity manager at Tin House Books.

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Reshaping the Marvel Universe

The dominance of male superheroes is questioned in the smart, fun Captain Marvel

Film 6 years ago

Right now, in the glow of Captain Marvel’s excellent debut, it feels like there are as many articles about the troll response to Captain Marvel … Continue reading →

Twice Told Tales

A new take on the Arthurian legend in The Kid Who Would Be King

ArtsFilm 6 years ago

If you haven’t seen Attack the Block, Joe Cornish’s 2011 aliens-invade-the-council-block movie starring the future first female Doctor Who and future Finn in The Force … Continue reading →

Widows

Four women team up to pay a debt in Steve McQueen’s heist flick

Film 7 years ago

Within the first few minutes of Widows, a heist goes terribly awry. You’ll see this coming. It isn’t the job that you’re here to see, … Continue reading →

You Can Check Out But You Can Never leave

Mysterious strangers collide in Drew Goddard’s new Bad Times at the El Royale

Film 7 years ago

Bad Times at the El Royale is the multi-talented Drew Goddard’s first film as a director since 2012’s horror delight The Cabin in the Woods … Continue reading →

Depth Challenged

Wash Westmoreland’s pretty Colette misses the subtle charm of its complicated subject

Film 7 years ago

It is always sunny in Colette. Wash Westmoreland’s new biopic of the early years of the French author exists in the kind of period-piece world … Continue reading →

Two Agendas

Assassination Nation clever but has mixed messages

Film 7 years ago

Assassination Nation, writer-director Sam Levinson’s bloody, messy commentary on our outrage-fatigued era, can’t commit. The story of four teen girls vilified by the mostly white-male … Continue reading →

The Stories We Tell

Madeline’s Madeline takes an immersive, affecting plunge into the life of a confident teenager

Film 7 years ago

At first, Madeline is a cat. Cats sniff things; they curl up in strange places; they pounce; they rub their faces on their people and … Continue reading →

Stuck in Middle School

Bo Burnham’s Eighth Grade shows teen angst is forever

Film 7 years ago

For all the things that have changed about being a teen — apps and laptops, likes and subscribes, the endless awareness that everyone else really … Continue reading →

Being Kind Takes Work

Mister Rogers in the age of Trump

Film 7 years ago

If you as a child had even a passing familiarity with Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, you don’t need anyone to tell you to hop the trolley … Continue reading →

Birth of a Nerf Herder

Solo movie looks at the origins of Star Wars’ iconic anti-hero, with mixed results

Film 7 years ago

The galaxy far, far away hasn’t been a nice place for a long time. We’ve known this since we saw Alderaan blow up in the … Continue reading →

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