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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In Avengers: Infinity War, Josh Brolin is big and purple. His Thanos is the film’s lynchpin and its main character almost […]
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This week’s “good enough, I guess, if you’re not too picky” home-invasion thriller is Breaking In,”which offers the innovative twist of […]
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You’ll think you’ve seen Life of the Party before, or at least something very much like it: A dowdy, newly divorced mom […]
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My brother and I like to bother each other and those around us with a game of soundtracks: When a deep, […]
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This month marks the 10th anniversary of David Mamet’s mixed-martial-arts thriller Redbelt. In the intervening years, Mamet — the preeminent American […]
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The rape-revenge sub-genre has many entries, and everything about Revenge (including the title) sounds derivative until you get to the credits. How […]
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There are two premises in Bad Samaritan, one that drives the plot and one that explains the villain’s motives. They are […]
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