Amanda Seyfried’s Arresting Performance Grounds Peacock’s Subversive Crime Thriller
Crime thrillers have graced our television screens almost as long as television itself has existed. Whether it's emotionally tormented detectives rooting out evildoers in grimy urban cities or preternaturally insightful investigators sniffing around cozy, quirky English villages, the crime genre…
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The White Tiger Bares His Teeth
Editor's note: The below recap contains spoilers for Daredevil: Born Again Episode 3.Oh, Matt Murdock (Charlie Cox). What makes you think that we can rely on the legal system to deliver justice? The trial of Hector Ayala (Kamar de los…
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Rosamund Pike & Matthew Rhys’ Nail-Biting Psychological Thriller Is Exactly What I Want In A Suspenseful Movie
Babak Anvari is perhaps one of my favorite filmmakers when it comes to setting the tone and building suspense. His breathtaking masterpiece, Under the Shadow, is one of my favorite horror movies, and his latest, Hallow Road, is no less…
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A24’s Powerful, Nuanced Dramedy About Cultures of Silence
Few things are as dangerous as familial cultures of silence around the perpetuation of abuse. Of course, it's common for families to want to protect their own, and in many cultures that's considered a sacred duty (or, at least, close…
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André Holland Finds Himself in Duke Johnson’s Gorgeous Solo Debut
Director Duke Johnson made his feature debut with 2015’s Anomalisa, a film he co-directed with Charlie Kaufman, a filmmaker whose name alone conjures up strange, idiosyncratic projects. As a stop-motion animator, Johnson’s projects have equally been unconventional, with Johnson working…
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Netflix’s Crime Series Comprised Entirely of Four Oners Is More Than Technically Impressive — It’s Essential Viewing
Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story is a controversial series — and for good reason. The show is flawed at best, with tedious pacing and borderline offensive creative decisions. There is, however, one shining light that almost everyone can…
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Black Bag Review | Flickreel
On more than one occasion, Michael Fassbender goes fishing in Black Bag. These scenes sum up the movie’s tone. Black Bag is presented as a spy thriller, which it is. Despite the presence of Pierce Brosnan and Naomie Harris, though,…
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Roman Reigns Finally Gets Revenge on Seth Rollins and CM Punk, and More Highlights You May Have Missed on ‘WWE Raw’ on Netflix
It was another explosive night on WWE Raw, and this time, the action took over Madison Square Garden. The long-awaited steel cage match between CM Punk and Seth Rollins delivered everything fans hoped for—until Roman Reigns made sure neither man…
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The Unexpected Buddy Comedy I Didn’t Know I Needed
The Accountant 2's best scenes have nothing to do with guns or hand-to-hand combat. In fact, when I saw the film last night at its SXSW world premiere, the audience was laughing along with it more than they were gasping…
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Chris Pratt & Millie Bobbie Brown Swing & Miss
The commonplace, overused narrative about filmmakers Joe and Anthony Russo, aka The Russo Brothers, is that ever since their tremendously successful Marvel run—five films culminating with two of the highest-grossing box office films of all time, “Avengers: Infinity War” and…
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Porky Pig and Daffy Duck Head Into a New Era
Introduced in 1930, Looney Tunes has now been around for almost a century, but the last few years have been rough for this goofy crew. 2021’s Space Jam: A New Legacy wasn’t exactly the brand resurgence that Warner Bros. clearly…
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Chris Pratt and Millie Bobby Brown Phone It In Hard for the Russos’ Robotic Netflix Nightmare
We all saw the trailer and had the haunting visage of Woody Harrelson’s Mr. Peanut seared permanently into our minds, and at long last, the wait is over. Netflix’s latest budget-breaking star vehicle, The Electric State, is finally upon us,…
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