As neither a child of the ’90s, a current child, or a person who has ever played Pokemon, I am not […]
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Long Shot has the skeleton of a romantic comedy, but the flesh on those bones has a lot of flavors: political […]
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As is increasingly the case in modern cinema, groups underrepresented onscreen are having their stories told more frequently and more honestly […]
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The Ringer declared last summer that the moment of horror is now here: “Millennial” is no longer a synonym for “young […]
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Dependency can be horrifying. The feeling that your life would suffer irreparable damage if someone or something were removed from it […]
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The only way to enjoy The Intruder, a mediocre domestic thriller with a plot that’s entirely predictable (and totally spelled out […]
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The main purpose of the animated UglyDolls film is to make viewers aware that there is a line of plush toys called […]
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In 2012, the first Avengers movie served as the closing night film for the Tribeca Film Festival. This year, the latest […]
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There are two things I know about Emily Dickinson: She was a reclusive spinster, and many of her poems can be […]
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Family, a sunny and likable small-scale comedy from first-time filmmaker Laura Steinel, belongs to the subcategory of movies in which bad […]
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(Note: I’m going out of my way not to “spoil” anything here, including things that happen within the first 20-30 minutes […]
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Etymology time! “Hagazussa” (“hedge sitter”), an Old High German word that gave us witchy terms like “hag” and “hex,” refers to […]
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