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'Penelope' review: Teen girl logs off to touch grass, literally

Few rejoinders sting quite the way “touch grass” does. For those who aren’t chronically online, the phrase essentially means you need to log off and go outside, but the deeper undercurrent is that you’ve lost touch with the real world and desperately need to reconnect to something tangible. It’s “get …

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'His Three Daughters' review: Grief is a real bitch

Out the gate, the cast alone for His Three Daughters demands notice: Carrie Coon, who deserved — but did not receive —an Oscar nomination for her performance as the combative twin sister of Gone Girl; Elizabeth Olsen, who has been awing critics since long before WandaVision with her turns in …

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