George Santayana isn’t a household name, but something he said is one of the best-known quotations in human history: “Those who cannot […]
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Memoirs of an Invisible Man sounds like a lazy joke in a comedy about 1985 Hollywood. A nameless executive is airing […]
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There is a certain movie formula where an ordinary man must do something illegal and dangerous (usually to save a loved […]
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A movie about an African-American boyfriend visiting his white girlfriend’s family home sounds like a hackneyed drama about race relations in […]
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My fellow Americans, here we are at the dawn of a new day. A great, shining day of promise and change. […]
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The success of M. Night Shyamalan’s mind-bending thriller Split has inspired the director to announce plans to make a sequel to […]
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Kenneth Lonergan’s Manchester by the Sea and Damian Chazelle’s La La Land, two Oscar contenders with more differences than similarities, use […]
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Gore Verbinski has directed three Pirates of the Caribbean movies and The Lone Ranger, plus The Ring, Rango, and Mousehunt, as well […]
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There are certain movies that filled my teen years. Some of these, like Sixteen Candles and The Lost Boys, are staples […]
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Is a bad comedy truly a bad comedy when you find yourself laughing a lot? I don’t mean pleasure from a […]
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When we aren’t using up government resources to try and rescue him from the far reaches of outer space, Matt Damon […]
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With February 14 once again upon us and Fifty Shades Darker siphoning an obscene amount of money out of the pockets of […]
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