Movies

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Jesse Hassenger

Seeking redemption in Father Stu

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Jesse Hassenger

Pining for a Best Chris movie

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Steve Larkin

The 1951 film that explains why modern news is so bad

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Karaoke Crimes

Flash and Fantastic Beasts star Ezra Miller arrested in Hawaii bar

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Jesse Hassenger

The Oscars' greatest nail-biter

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Joshua Goodstein

Cruella's camp doesn't deserve the name

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Jesse Hassenger

Sandra Bullock's one last (rom-com) job

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Chase Hutchinson

The unfamiliarity and relatability of Drive My Car

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Jeva Lange

The Big Bad is back

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Brendan Morrow

Turning Red deserved to be Pixar's 1st movie back in theaters

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Brendan Morrow

A surprisingly hopeful Batman

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Jesse Hassenger

Colin Farrell's best comeback ever

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Noah Millman

The pictures got small — maybe that's okay

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Joel Mathis

The Day After, all over again

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David Faris

10 movies to ruin your Valentine's Day

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Vikram Murthi

Kimi, Soderbergh, and the limits of control

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Jesse Hassenger

In defense of Gal Gadot's Death on the Nile performance

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Neil J. Young

The 2021 Oscar nominees could really use the bump

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Brendan Morrow

The biggest shocks of the 2022 Oscar nominees

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Jesse Hassenger

Moonfall is a vintage big-ticket disaster movie

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Jesse Hassenger

Woody Allen goes out with a whimper

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Brendan Morrow

Scream takes toxic fandom to task

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David Faris

15 movies to watch in 2022

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After all this time

HBO airs Harry Potter anniversary special with controversial appearance from J.K. Rowling

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Brendan Morrow

The Matrix gets meta

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The More You Know

Jon Stewart is aghast at Harry Potter's anti-Semitic banker goblins

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Brendan Morrow

A surprisingly satisfying Spider-Man

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Jesse Hassenger

The too-muchness of Nightmare Alley

Michael Nesmith of rock group The Monkees.

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Monkee do

5 heady facts about late Monkees singer-songwriter Michael Nesmith

Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence.

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Jesse Hassenger

Lectures over laughs?

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Jesse Hassenger

Movies

Seeking redemption in Father Stu

Pining for a Best Chris movie

The 1951 film that explains why modern news is so bad

Flash and Fantastic Beasts star Ezra Miller arrested in Hawaii bar

The Oscars' greatest nail-biter

Cruella's camp doesn't deserve the name

Sandra Bullock's one last (rom-com) job

The unfamiliarity and relatability of Drive My Car

The Big Bad is back

Turning Red deserved to be Pixar's 1st movie back in theaters

A surprisingly hopeful Batman

Colin Farrell's best comeback ever

The pictures got small — maybe that's okay

The Day After, all over again

10 movies to ruin your Valentine's Day

Kimi, Soderbergh, and the limits of control

In defense of Gal Gadot's Death on the Nile performance

The 2021 Oscar nominees could really use the bump

The biggest shocks of the 2022 Oscar nominees

Moonfall is a vintage big-ticket disaster movie

Woody Allen goes out with a whimper

Scream takes toxic fandom to task

15 movies to watch in 2022

HBO airs Harry Potter anniversary special with controversial appearance from J.K. Rowling

The Matrix gets meta

Jon Stewart is aghast at Harry Potter's anti-Semitic banker goblins

A surprisingly satisfying Spider-Man

The too-muchness of Nightmare Alley

5 heady facts about late Monkees singer-songwriter Michael Nesmith

Lectures over laughs?

West Side Story is not an old man's movie