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Elinor Jones

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Elinor Jones is a gossip columnist, film critic, and unqualified dinosaur expert in Portland, Oregon. She likes your lipstick.

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Barb & Star Go to Vista Del Mar (2021) 81% EDIT “Within 60 seconds, this movie got me deeper inside my brain than I've been in months, and then it went on for another 104 silly, charming, and seriously wacky minutes.” – The Stranger (Seattle, WA) Feb 18, 2021 Full Review Last Christmas (2019) 47% EDIT “This movie is bad. It's so bad. But what's great is that if it's even a modest hit, it could inspire a whole cinematic universe of movies loosely based on George Michael songs, and "Father Figure" would be weird as hell.” – The Stranger (Seattle, WA) Nov 12, 2019 Full Review Brittany Runs a Marathon (2019) 89% EDIT “I'm happy this wasn't actually a feature-length film about how losing weight can change your life (vomit), because once she's out of the problematic prosthetics, Bell is hilarious.” – The Stranger (Seattle, WA) Aug 29, 2019 Full Review Late Night (2019) 80% EDIT “Late Night is super predictable. But it doesn't matter: Kaling and Thompson are magnetic in everything they're in, and they're more than capable of turning this otherwise light film to something not unlike the smart comedies Kaling and I grew up on.” – The Stranger (Seattle, WA) Jun 21, 2019 Full Review Trial by Fire (2018) 63% EDIT “So I want to warn the rest of you: Watching this film felt like having rocks thrown at my face. It's effective filmmaking, I'll give it that, and O'Connell's performance as scumbag-turned-sympathetic-scumbag is one of the best I've seen.” – The Stranger (Seattle, WA) May 22, 2019 Full Review Long Shot (2019) 82% EDIT “Rogen is fully competent as a funny schlub, and Theron destroys as a secretary of state and presidential hopeful, and the two of them together are -- I know, this is weird -- charming as hell.” – The Stranger (Seattle, WA) May 3, 2019 Full Review The Best of Enemies (2019) 51% EDIT “Ugh, this movie is such a f---ing mess.” – The Stranger (Seattle, WA) Apr 8, 2019 Full Review Captain Marvel (2019) 79% EDIT “Is the movie perfect? Almost! My biggest issue-this is true-is an improper application of No Doubt.” – The Stranger (Seattle, WA) Mar 8, 2019 Full Review Isn't It Romantic (2019) 70% EDIT “The film mocks every cliché of the romcom while simultaneously delivering a flawless execution of the genre, something that's both brilliant and entertaining.” – The Stranger (Seattle, WA) Mar 6, 2019 Full Review On the Basis of Sex (2018) 72% EDIT “Ginsburg is framed in the same manner as Hawking was-with a plucky, wide-eyed enthusiasm that makes everyone else in the movie smirk at her, until they are won over by the sheer force of her brilliance. In other words, it's patronizing.” – The Stranger (Seattle, WA) Dec 20, 2018 Full Review Can You Ever Forgive Me? (2018) 98% EDIT “This all sounds sad, I know, but there's warmth underneath, thanks to Israel's friendship with the charming, equally self-destructive Jack Hock (Richard E. Grant).” – The Stranger (Seattle, WA) Nov 6, 2018 Full Review The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (2018) 32% EDIT “The whole experience is all over the place.” – The Stranger (Seattle, WA) Nov 2, 2018 Full Review Pick of the Litter (2018) 97% EDIT “Pick of the Litter isn't all roly-polies and snuggles and yips: The star dogs of the film work their tails off as they are trained to become service animals, and their journey is emotional, tense, inspiring. (And yes, cute as hell.)” – The Stranger (Seattle, WA) Sep 12, 2018 Full Review Juliet, Naked (2018) 82% EDIT “It's charming, funny, and very smart. And this might sound crazy, but I've never liked Ethan Hawke more than in this film, where he pokes fun at his own status as an aging '90s icon.” – The Stranger (Seattle, WA) Aug 30, 2018 Full Review Crazy Rich Asians (2018) 91% EDIT “Crazy Rich Asians is romantic-comedy gold that should be celebrated not only for its cast but also for its perfect execution of light, breezy escapism.” – The Stranger (Seattle, WA) Aug 16, 2018 Full Review Krystal (2017) 14% EDIT “This sounds bad, right? But it's wonderful.” – The Stranger (Seattle, WA) Aug 13, 2018 Full Review Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again (2018) 80% EDIT “I want to reconsider my stance on marriage so that I can marry Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again.” – The Stranger (Seattle, WA) Jul 19, 2018 Full Review The Gospel According to André (2017) 87% EDIT “While no feature-length film could fully capture his big, fascinating life, The Gospel According to André gives us some good glimpses.” – The Stranger (Seattle, WA) Jun 20, 2018 Full Review On Chesil Beach (2018) 67% EDIT “Instead, it's its own type of doomed romance, with twists and intrigue and a quick pace that manages to still leave room for humanity. There were highs, lows, and parts I sincerely hated-just like any real, human, non-rom-com relationship.” – The Stranger (Seattle, WA) Jun 14, 2018 Full Review Ocean's 8 (2018) 69% EDIT “I'm delighted to share that Anne Hathaway is the most delightful part of a very delightful movie!” – The Stranger (Seattle, WA) Jun 12, 2018 Full Review Life of the Party (2018) 38% EDIT “Life of the Party is terribly named, because jerks like me are gonna make incorrect assumptions about what the movie's deal is, but we shouldn't, because it's just a joy” – The Stranger (Seattle, WA) May 11, 2018 Full Review RBG (2018) 93% EDIT “We learn that Ruth Bader Ginsburg the Human, while immensely awesome, and yes, very petite, is not a cute or silly person. She's f***ing smart. Like, I'm-embarrassed-that-this-idiot-brain-is-the-one-I-have-to-use-to-write-about-her smart.” – The Stranger (Seattle, WA) May 9, 2018 Full Review I Feel Pretty (2018) 35% EDIT “To be clear, my criticism here is not "[Amy] Schumer isn't fat enough for I [Feel] Pretty's premise to work." It's that I don't want to laugh at this premise at all.” – The Stranger (Seattle, WA) Apr 18, 2018 Full Review Blockers (2018) 84% EDIT “There are some lessons learned and fun to be had throughout Blockers' high jinks, misunderstandings, wieners, and kids having access to far doper prom partying than I ever did, but none of it really lands.” – The Stranger (Seattle, WA) Apr 5, 2018 Full Review Red Sparrow (2018) 45% EDIT “And J. Law, who I like, was way too J. Law to work in this. I couldn't fall into the movie enough to ignore her hair and accent, and I just kept thinking about how women shouldn't have to be raked over coals to be found compelling.” – The Stranger (Seattle, WA) Mar 2, 2018 Full Review
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