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Hanna Directed by Joe Wright Written by David Farr and Seth Lockhead USA, 2011 In promoting Hanna, his new thriller/fairy-tale starring a barely pubescent female killer, director Joe Wright has taken a stance against Zach Snyder’s Sucker Punch, deriding it (as most critics have) as appropriating the language of female empowerment in order to sell …

The Way Back Directed by Peter Weir Written by Peter Weir and Keith R. Clarke USA, 2010 An old-school period epic in every sense of the idea, Peter Weir’s first film since 2003’s Master and Commander is a similarly pared-down, male-dominated tale of survival and strength of will, albeit tinged this time around with a …