Hollywood continues to solve racism one bigot at a time with The Best of Enemies, a shiny, shallow trinket based on […]
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(On HBO.) Little had to be changed about the plot of Richard Wright’s 1940 novel Native Son to make it work with […]
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The title character in Hotel Mumbai is actually called the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel, or the Taj for short, and it was […]
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The whole point of Pet Sematary — both Stephen King’s 1983 novel and the effective 1989 movie version — is that […]
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Despite their adventures ostensibly being aimed at kids, most superheroes aren’t children themselves. Except for the Spider-Men and occasional moments with […]
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The latest film to earn the distinction of being #1 at the box office and universally disliked is Dumbo, from Disney, […]
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Spoilers for Us. For most in the film business, marketing is simply a tool, a way to let potential customers know […]
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The title character in The Beach Bum, a stoner-poet named Moondog, is the part Matthew McConaughey was born to play, and […]
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The self-cannibalization at Disney continues with Dumbo, a turgid, labored, bloated live-action remake of the 1941 animated classic with precisely none […]
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Coming-out stories have become common enough that movies are starting to tell them with nuance. The “Am I gay?” question no […]
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Since the dawn of that guy who tried to cut all women out of The Last Jedi, we’ve entered a new […]
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Twenty years ago, Katarina Stratford — played by the inimitable Julia Stiles — blasted Joan Jett’s “My Reputation” from the speakers […]
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