Latest articles by Jesse Hassenger
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Mark Wahlberg and Mel Gibson seek redemption in Father Stu
opinion The film's disgraced stars complicate its Catholic-movie absolution
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Pining for a Best Chris movie
opinion Chris Pine's dive into Dad Cinema isn't quite a success
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How Best Actress became the Academy Awards' greatest nail-biter
opinion And the Oscar goes to … who knows?!
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Is The Lost City Sandra Bullock's send-off to her rom-com career?
opinion Bullock seemingly bids adieu to her girl-next-door persona
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The weird and wonderful divergences of Colin Farrell
opinion Is this the actor's best comeback ever?
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In defense of Gal Gadot's Death on the Nile performance
opinion She isn't the terrible actress you think she is
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Moonfall is a vintage big-ticket disaster movie, for better and worse
opinion They do, in fact, make 'em like they used to
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Woody Allen goes out with a whimper
opinion 'Rifkin's Festival' won't be Woody Allen's last movie. But it might as well be.
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The too-muchness of Nightmare Alley
opinion Guillermo del Toro's latest is excessive. That's not always a bad thing.
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Being the Ricardos and Don't Look Up are comedies. So why aren't they fun?
opinion Adam McKay and Aaron Sorkin's new films would rather lecture than crack jokes
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West Side Story is not an old man's movie
opinion Half a century in, Steven Spielberg is still just getting started
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The dreamy music video aesthetics of Licorice Pizza
opinion Paul Thomas Anderson's overdue — and unexpected — homage to music videos
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Matt Damon's American masculinity
opinion The star puts a more complex spin on a familiar trope in 'Stillwater'
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Kristen Wiig's belated Bridesmaids follow-up
feature Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar comes out almost 10 years after the smash hit put her on a superstar trajectory
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Amy Adams is too good to do something like Hillbilly Elegy
feature Let's hope this is a blip and not a trend in a stellar and varied career
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The welcome return of sad Ben Affleck
feature In The Way Back, the Hollywood A-lister returns to his underdog comfort zone
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Julia Louis-Dreyfus, movie star
feature The sitcom queen brings her mastery to the big screen in Downhill
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Why are the Oscars trying to be the Grammys?
The Explainer The Academy Awards were all song and dance
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What was it like to work for Harvey Weinstein? The Assistant shows the everyday weight of harassment.
feature Kitty Green's new movie is a smaller, deeper #MeToo portrayal than Bombshell
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The Lion King remake shows some stories aren't meant to be told in 'live-action'
feature Better technology doesn't necessarily mean better storytelling
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The not-so-parallel careers of Robert Downey Jr. and Will Smith
feature The two stars are swapping their usual roles in Dolittle and Bad Boys For Life this weekend
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In defense of middlebrow Sam Mendes
feature 1917 continues the director's legacy of balancing art with commercial success
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Cats only inspires one question: Why?
feature Proof that some culture doesn't need to be preserved on film
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Richard Jewell is Clint Eastwood's latest film to go small
The Explainer The director has lately focused on footnotes to recent history
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