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It is sickly hilarious to make a movie in which so much consensual sex is had, often so gleefully, that is not the least bit sexy. Though Bella Baxter’s insatiable libido might be her guiding light at first in “Poor Things,” sexual liberation (or “furious jumping,” as she calls it)…

Emma Stone has responded to criticism that Poor Things is "exploitative" and "sexist".

Yorgos Lanthimos’s erotic sex-comedy is alluringly grotesque and abhorrently enchanting 4.5 stars

I don’t understand the critical love for the whacky dramedy/sci-fi flick “Poor Things.” I know so many people in the cinematic universe that

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The magical realist sci-fi film explores themes of womanhood, humanity and creation within a breathtakingly imaginative new world.

Stadium 9 900 Translux Drive, Durango, 247-9799, www.allentheatresinc.com Lisa Frankenstein A coming of rage love story from acclaimed writer Diablo Cody about a misunderstood teenager and h...

“Poor Things” - ( R; 2 hours, 21 minutes) - Embark on an incredible journey with filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos and producer Emma Stone as they weave the fantastical evolution of Bella Baxter (Stone), a young woman brought back to life by the brilliant...

The entirety of Yorgos Lanthimos often stunning and lavish — yet laborious — 140-minute production turns out to be little more than a self-indulgent exercise in expanding on those themes of death and rebirth, mating and the longing for love.

With the help or hindrance of the various individuals she meets, Bella Baxter makes her way, awkwardly, sometimes tortuously, toward an awareness of herself and the world.