Novelty Acts & Cult Heroes Take The Spotlight

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Novelty Acts & Cult Heroes Take The Spotlight

The secret to “Weird Al” Yankovic’s estimable powers is that he’s flagrantly, proudly, irresistibly uncool. He plays the accordion, one of the few instruments that no musician in human history has ever gotten laid for mastering, and he uses it…

The Way of Water’s Box Office Is Big, But Is It Big Enough?

A billion-dollar question that will need more than a billion dollars to be answered. Concerns around the success of the much-awaited Avatar sequel Way of Water have been making rounds for quite a long time now. And these concerns are…

How the That ’90s Show Trailer Takes Fans Back to Point Place

Hello, Wisconsin! Netflix blessed us with the first extended trailer for That '90s Show this holiday season. For anyone looking to recapture their love of the original series, this trailer did not disappoint. Picking up in the summer of 1995,…

Andrew Dominik’s Fictionalized Biopic Of Marilyn Monroe Is A Relentless, Brutal Statement On Celebrity [Venice]

No film at the Venice Film Festival not called “Don’t Worry Darling” has attracted such morbid fascination as Andrew Dominik’s Marilyn Monroe not-a-biopic, “Blonde.” Turns out that “morbid” qualifier is soft, to say the least: to call “Blonde” relentless would…

Wintry Western Movies to Watch Before Winter Ends

Typically associated with expansive desert vistas and sun-drenched ghost towns, the Western genre is oftentimes placed within a restrictive category of summer-tinged spaces where personal roaming and political conquest seem never-ending. Although films like The Hateful Eight present the West…

Jim Carrey’s Grinch Movie Used to Be Hated: What Happened?

Perhaps one of the classic examples of the power of peace and love can be seen within The Grinch’s character arc. He goes from a foul one to a lovable cheer meister. His heart grew three sizes in one night,…

‘Succession,’ ‘Ted Lasso,’ ‘The White Lotus’

Will there be any surprises when the 2022 Emmy season comes to a close Monday night? Can “Abbott Elementary” or “Hacks” topple “Ted Lasso” for Comedy Series? Could “Squid Game,” “Severance,” or “Stranger Things” take out “Succession” for Drama Series?…

Top Ten of 2022: A Unity in Cinema

Top Ten films of 2022 . . . that’s a tough chore. Once again, I’m coming in right under the wire. As I write this, my list of Top Films of 2022, we’re seven hours, 30 minutes from ringing in…

Why Pam Grier’s Jackie Brown Is Quentin Tarantino’s Most Important Character

Throughout his storied career, Quentin Tarantino has crafted characters that transcend the bounds of the films in which they exist, embodying a bold and distinctly cinematic vision of ensemble storytelling. From immortalized fan favorites like Jules Winnfield (Samuel L. Jackson)…

Plot, Cast, Release Date, and Everything Else We Know

Although the genre seldom goes out of fashion, fans of horror comedies have been particularly spoiled for choice of late, with Henry Selick's animated film Wendell & Wild, indie found footage film Deadstream, and Netflix's Addams Family spinoff series Wednesday…

Hugh Jackman Ably Anchors A Devastating, But Ultimately Dull Domestic Drama [Venice]

Writer/director Florian Zeller cannot manage to reproduce the magic of “The Father” with his latest film, “The Son.” This latest screen adaptation of Zeller’s trilogy of stage plays about families falling apart, co-written with Englishman Christopher Hampton, expands its setting…

Ava Gardner’s The Night of the Iguana Performance Mirrored Her Life

Ava Gardner’s exceptional career is due as much to her straightforward southern disposition and bold personality as her acting acumen. In a time when women were often encouraged to play the demure and docile second fiddle, Gardner was a formidable…

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