Lemon Deserved to Win ‘Canada’s Drag Race vs the World 2’
If you stay puckered, you don't have to get puckered! The third time was officially the charm for Lemon. As the winner of Canada's Drag Race vs the World 2, Lemon proved that hard work and determination can get you…
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Moonstruck Screenwriter Says Lawrence Kasdan Asked Norman Jewison to Step Aside and Let Him Direct
Moonstruck screenwriter John Patrick Shanley remembers a brief tug-of-war between Norman Jewison and Lawrence Kasdan over who would get to direct the beloved 1987 romantic comedy starring Cher and Nicolas Cage. “Norman Jewison read it and he said, ‘I want…
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Creative Sci-Fi Romance Cautions Us About Dreams While Being Unbelievable
If an experimental drug existed that would enable you to create lucid dreams, where you could control anyone and everything, would you take it? Writer-director Nacho Vigalondo poses this question to a grieving man who recently lost his girlfriend in…
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Fails To Capture The Game’s Spirit
Eli Roth’s Borderlands, a science fiction action-comedy adapted from the popular video game series, arrives with high expectations, given its star-studded cast and the rich world of Pandora that the games have established. Unfortunately, the film stumbles in its attempt…
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Joey King Reveals Why Starring in Netflix’s ‘Uglies’ Has Been Years in the Making for Her
The Big Picture Joey King stars and executive produces Netflix's Uglies alongside scream queen and friend, Brianne Tju. 'Uglies,' based on Scott Westerfeld's novel, explores a dystopian society enforcing surgery for physical beauty. King dreamt of playing Tally Youngblood since…
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Chase Stokes & Keith Powers Are Far from Ugly in This Discussion of Netflix’s Uglies
Uglies (2024) Your changes have been saved Email has already been sent close Please verify your email address. close You’ve reached your account maximum for followed topics. Manage Your List Follow Followed Follow with Notifications Follow Unfollow Link copied to…
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‘Pachinko’ Season 2 Episode 4 Recap
Editor's note: The below recap contains spoilers for Pachinko Season 2 Episode 4. Apple TV+'s Pachinko has always done a fantastic job intertwining the two alternating storylines. In its latest season, Sunja (played in her younger years by Minha Kim…
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“Ditched It 2 Weeks Before They Started”
James McAvoy recalls replacing Joaquin Phoenix after he dropped out of Split. McAvoy played Kevin Wendell Crumb, an individual with 23 distinct personalities, including the Beast, in the 2016 film directed by M. Night Shyamalan. Split's ending and final plot…
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Julie Delpy’s Immigration Dramedy Is Well-Meaning, But Mild & Slight [TIFF]
Filmmakers, like humans, mellow with age; at least, that’s the refrain we usually hear. But this adage is arguably true in the case of filmmaker Julie Delpy, now 54. Her social and dark commentaries always had some terrific bite to…
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Michael Keaton Forgot He Was in a Marvel Movie
Michael Keaton has portrayed some of cinema's most iconic characters, including Beetlejuice and Batman, so the actor should be forgiven for forgetting he played one of the best villains in a Marvel movie. Keaton made his MCU debut in Spider-Man:…
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“We Ascribe this Cuteness to Older Women”: Sarah Friedland on Familiar Touch
Kathleen Chalfant in Familiar Touch Depicting aging and diminishing mental acuity, with increasing candor about same, essentially has become its own subgenre—the drama of descent or disappearance. Sarah Friedland’s Familiar Touch feels like something different, eschewing the conventions of linear…
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Narco Shark Featured, Reviews Film Threat
The sheer lunacy of writer-director Gerardo Preciado’s Narco Shark guarantees that cult midnight screenings or private viewings at home in whatever state of awareness you choose are not obsolete. It’s fun because the picture showcases a love for genre cliches and the…
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