A Fun, Shaky Movie Under Way Too Much Pressure
Coyote Vs. Acme has taken on a far greater importance than it was ever meant to have. The film from director Dave Green was shot in 2022 and originally dated for July 2023, until Warner Bros. eventually announced their intention…
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Anne Hathaway’s ‘The End of Oak Street’ Is an Action-Packed Amblin Throwback
Movie-goers have been treated to a mix of familiar faces and new superstars this blockbuster season. Backrooms and Obsession kicked off the summer in surprising fashion before Pixar, Christopher Nolan, and Marvel proved to be the inevitable winners of the…
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Alan Ritchson’s ‘Reacher’ Season 4 Is the Prime Video Series’ Most Ruthless Installment
Reacher, Prime Video's exhilarating action thriller crime jewel, is back for its fourth season, and it's more muscular and unforgiving than ever. Based on the highly successful book series by Lee Child, the show sees the return of Alan Ritchson…
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Spider-Man: Brand New Day Is The Spider Man Movie We’ve Needed
Spider-Man: Brand New Day picks up after the events of Spider-Man: No Way Home, with Peter Parker living alone in a world that no longer remembers who he is. Fully embracing life as Spider-Man, Peter struggles to move forward while…
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Willem Dafoe Can’t Save This Odd, Inert Drama
The Birthday Party, a new film from director Miguel Ángel Jiménez, is an adaptation of a 2007 novel. I didn't know that going in, but I could tell. Though feeling literary can of course be a good thing for a…
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After a Sluggish Start, Silo Returns to Being One of the Best Sci-Fi Shows on TV
While there’s no shortage of under-seen TV shows that need evangelizing, the one I constantly try to push toward anyone looking for a recommendation is Apple TV’s “Silo.” A mystery-box sci-fi series about a future society that lives entirely underground,…
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Ryan Murphy’s New Crime Thriller ‘The Shards’ Is ‘American Horror Story’ Meets ‘The Breakfast Club’
It’s tough to believe there’d be a Ryan Murphy without Bret Easton Ellis. Long before the uber-producer was putting out a steady stream of shows designed to push the limits of good taste, Ellis was doing the same in the…
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Netflix’s ‘One Hundred Years of Solitude’ Delivers an Epic Conclusion for Its Most Ambitious Adaptation
With the premiere of its first eight episodes in 2024, Netflix's epic adaptation of Gabriel García Márquez's One Hundred Years of Solitude asserted itself as a visually stunning piece of filmmaking, with storytelling that didn't shrink away from depicting either…
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A Goofy Throwback That Finds Some Solid Laughs Amid Dated Comedy
Created by the comedy troupe Broken Lizard, Super Troopers has proven to be a surprisingly resilient comedy property. The first film in 2001 was a hit-or-miss comedy that stumbled with critics, but proved to be a surprisingly enduring cult classic…
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A Well-Meaning Boxing Drama That Struggles
Sports dramas have always thrived on familiar formulas. Audiences expect stories about redemption, underdogs overcoming impossible odds, and mentors finding purpose through guiding the next generation. Those conventions aren’t inherently a problem—some of the greatest films in the genre, from…
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Eli Roth’s Sugary Carnage Doesn’t Add Up to Much in ‘Ice Cream Man’
Horror movies in the present moment generally fall into one of two categories. On one side, you have psychological horror that seeks to dig into the viewer's mind, like this summer's hits Obsession and Backrooms, as well as Weapons and…
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Larry David’s American History Lesson Needs Sharper Comedy
Has Larry David’s misanthropic charm worn off, or is it misapplied in “Life, Larry, and the Pursuit of Unhappiness”? Imagine the history of these United States, interpreted through sketch comedy and narrated by Samuel L. Jackson, where every scene orbits…
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