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REVIEW: Dirty Doc Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood Is Really into Annals

August 18th, 2018 Eric D. Snider

Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood is the movie version of the 2012 memoir Full Service, in...

REVIEW: Who's a Good Movie? Alpha's a Good Movie!

August 17th, 2018 Eric D. Snider

They don't make a lot of movies that are set in 18,000 B.C. and told entirely in made-up caveman...

REVIEW: Mile 22 Squanders an Easy Premise with Incoherent Jingoism

August 17th, 2018 Eric D. Snider

Peter Berg, director of good movies like Friday Night Lights and The Rundown, has fallen in with a...

REVIEW: No One's Expectations Low Enough to Enjoy Slender Man

August 13th, 2018 Eric D. Snider

Even by the low standards of lame PG-13 horror movies about teenage girls being harassed by...

Surely you can't be serious

PSA: Your Odds of Surviving an Encounter with Various Aquatic Movie Monsters

If you faced The Meg (opening this weekend), a 75-foot prehistoric shark properly called “Megalodon,” odds are you wouldn’t survive. In that...

August 9th, 2018Adrianne Frost

How Will Hollywood Screw Up the Effort to Cash in on <i>Black Panther</i>'s Success?

How Will Hollywood Screw Up the Effort to Cash in on Black Panther's Success?

Now that Black Panther has dispelled the long-held belief that African-American movies don't do well overseas, Hollywood is scrambling to green-light...

August 6th, 2018Kaia Alderson

Mission: Accountable — The Facts & Figures of Ethan Hunt and the IMF

The sixth Mission: Impossible movie was released 22 years and two months after the first one — say what you will about this franchise, they're not...

July 30th, 2018Eric D. Snider

Our Ideas for New Jukebox Musicals

Jukebox musicals have been popular on Broadway for years, and some — like Mamma Mia! and Jersey Boys — have successfully been turned into movies....

July 19th, 2018Adrianne Frost

The 20 Most Shocking <i>Solo: A Star Wars Story</i> Spoilers

The 20 Most Shocking Solo: A Star Wars Story Spoilers

Solo: A Star Wars Story opens in a few days, and everyone is supremely excited because making a prequel to Star Wars is a slam-dunk idea that can’t...

May 16th, 2018Bill Bria

The Rom-Com Returns, This Time in Color

1988: The Summer of Freddy

The Last Controversy of Christ

Pineapple Express and David Gordon Green's Lowbrow Trilogy

Mission: Accountable — The Facts & Figures of Ethan Hunt and the IMF

Which Baseball Movie Fits Your Mood? A Handy Guide

All of Kevin Costner's Sports Movies: A Beginner's Guide

Hell Will Hold No Surprises: Ken Russell’s 'The Devils'

The Movie Theater…Of The Future!

Friday Movie Pile & Do-It-Yourself Woodworking Instructions: March 30, 2018

Tribeca Report: High-Stakes Parenting

The Feminism of Ann-Margret's Early Roles

The Uncomfortable Legacy of the Revenge of the Nerds Franchise