Film
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Film reviews: ‘Hoppers’ and ‘Dreams’
Feature A teen uses technology to save a forest and a cross-cultural romance goes sideways
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Film reviews: ‘How to Make a Killing,’ ‘Pillion,’ and ‘Midwinter Break’
Feature A rich family’s outsider begins culling the herd, two men fall into a leather-heavy romance, and a quiet marriage hits a crossroads
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The Secret Agent: ‘truly special’ Brazilian thriller barely puts ‘a foot wrong’
The Week Recommends Wagner Moura is ‘soulful and seductive’ in starring role as an academic on the run
By The Week UK Published
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If I Had Legs I’d Kick You: ‘feverish’ dark comedy is ‘a hell of a ride’
The Week Recommends Rose Byrne gives a ‘barnstorming’ performance as a mother on the edge
By Irenie Forshaw, The Week UK Published
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Robert Duvall: The shape-shifter who could be savage or sweet
Feature The actor's storied career spanned decades
By The Week US Published
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Pitt vs. Cruise: The AI clip that shook Hollywood
Feature Seedance 2.0 shows what AI could do to the movies
By The Week US Published
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The best war movies of the 21st century
War is hell. For most people, these eight extraordinary films will be as close as they ever get to it.
By David Faris Published
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The Week Unwrapped: Do the Freemasons have too much sway in the police force?
Podcast Plus, what does the growing popularity of prediction markets mean for the future? And why are UK film and TV workers struggling?
By The Week UK Published
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‘Restaurateurs have become millionaires’
Instant Opinion Opinion, comment and editorials of the day
By Justin Klawans, The Week US Published
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The President’s Cake: ‘sweet tragedy’ about a little girl on a baking mission in Iraq
The Week Recommends Charming debut from Hasan Hadi is filled with ‘vivid characters’
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Microdramas are booming
Under the radar Scroll to watch a whole movie
By Devika Rao, The Week US Published
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Are Hollywood ‘showmances’ losing their shine?
In The Spotlight Teasing real-life romance between movie leads is an old Tinseltown publicity trick but modern audiences may have had enough
By Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week UK Published
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Film reviews: ‘Wuthering Heights,’ ‘Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die,’ and ‘Sirat’
Feature An inconvenient love torments a would-be couple, a gonzo time traveler seeks to save humanity from AI, and a father’s desperate search goes deeply sideways
By The Week US Published
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The biggest box office flops of the 21st century
in depth Unnecessary remakes and turgid, expensive CGI-fests highlight this list of these most notorious box-office losers
By David Faris Published
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