Released 30 years ago this week, ‘Terminator 2: Judgment Day’ expanded the canvas of James Cameron’s original – and explored his fascination with the limits of the human body.
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Jacques Tati’s delightful 1953 comedy is, in many ways, the perfect summer movie.
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The first of Netflix’s three “Fear Street” movies has a germ of a good idea, but the execution is off the mark.
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Deftly mixing mumblecore, surrealism, and LGBTQ themes, Brandon Colvin’s comedy/drama is slight but sweet.
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Steven Soderbergh’s latest crime picture offers the expected and customary genre pleasures – with a twist.
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The groundbreaking filmmaker and the genius of pulp fiction collaborated twice – but it was a tricky alliance, tripped up by stubbornness and ego.
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“Zola” is entertaining, to be sure, but this Twitter-thread journey is ultimately a road to nowhere.
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On its fortieth anniversary, a look back at the unjustly overlooked breakthrough film of groundbreaking Pakistani independent filmmaker Jamil Dehlavi.
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A few kind words for the recently-departed and invaluable co-star of the Muppets’ second movie, released 40 years ago this week.
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This late John Wayne vehicle is a mighty good Western – and a none-too-subtle commentary on his place in the cinema of its time.
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The Hulu-debuting pregnancy thriller is a mostly unsuccessful attempt to fuse ‘Rosemary’s Baby’ and ‘Get Out.’
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This horror comedy has a juicy premise and some gifted performers, but it never quite comes together properly.
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