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Sarah D. Bunting

Sarah D. Bunting, co-founder of Television Without Pity, is the publisher of Tomato Nation and the true-crime blog The Blotter.

Summer of '85: Hair is Hair: The Legend of Billie Jean

Summer of ‘85: Hair is Hair: The Legend of Billie Jean

by Sarah D. Bunting
June 24, 2010

Digging further into the film raises many more questions than it answers.

Summer of '85: David Greenwalt's Secret Admirer and the Unexpected Pleasure of a Bridge-Club Set-To

Summer of ‘85: Secret Admirer and the Unexpected Pleasure of a Bridge-Club Set-To

by Sarah D. Bunting
June 17, 2010

It has a handful of gratifying moments and nuances you don’t expect from the genre, starting with girls who eat and curse like boys.

Void Movie, Teen Dream: The Outsiders

Void Movie, Teen Dream: The Outsiders

by Sarah D. Bunting
May 15, 2008

A first-time watcher of The Outsiders could easily follow and appreciate the plot without having to listen to the dialogue.

A Sincere Failure: Joe Carnahan's Smokin' Aces

A Sincere Failure: Joe Carnahan’s Smokin’ Aces

by Sarah D. Bunting
February 1, 2007

Smokin’ Aces is a handsome and entertaining 108 minutes, but it’s not a good movie, and it’s difficult to get at why.

5 for the Day: Jennifer Jason Leigh

5 for the Day: Jennifer Jason Leigh

by Sarah D. Bunting
October 30, 2006

If Curly’s Christmas letter could take human form, it would clearly take the form of Jennifer Jason Leigh

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