The neo-noir was a genre closely identified with the ‘90s. By 1998, though, neo-noirs were a dime a dozen, with directors […]
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While I’ve always liked the original Star Wars trilogy, I don’t have the depth of knowledge (i.e., memorization) that some do, so […]
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Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg started to become a pop-culture icon a few years ago, when the court shifted rightward […]
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“If people had to choose, this summer, between seeing one dinosaur movie, much as I’m proud of Carnosaur, I would probably […]
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The English Romantic writer Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley lived about as cinematic a life as one could, filled with historic achievement, tortuous […]
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FORD PREFECT: Oh, Zaphod, this is a friend of mine, Arthur Dent. I saved him when his planet blew up. ZAPHOD […]
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In 1975, Peter Weir’s debut film Picnic at Hanging Rock put Australia’s burgeoning art cinema squarely on the map, on its […]
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The imaginatively titled Book Club, about four women in their late 60s whose love lives are rekindled by reading the Fifty […]
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What distinguishes Deadpool from most other superheroes is that he swears, kills people, and breaks the fourth wall. That is also, […]
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In 2008, 13-year-old Saoirse Ronan received her first Oscar nomination for Atonement, a British WWII melodrama based on an Ian McEwan […]
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Solo: A Star Wars Story opens in a few days, and everyone is supremely excited because making a prequel to Star […]
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Deadpool came in like a comet in 2016, grossing $783.1 million worldwide — fantastic for any movie, but unheard of for […]
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