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A whole new set of streamers have fallen in love with the entertaining legal drama Suits, and rightfully so. It's fantastic! Take it from me and my good friend Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson. But if you're in the mood for another dramedy that features a bunch of well-dressed workaholics throwing around arcane pop culture references, prepare to fall in...
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Everything Everywhere All at Once is a transcendent film that exceeds the hype. Directed and written by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, this resplendent breath of fresh cinematic air follows an aging Chinese immigrant (Michelle Yeoh) who gets swept up in an absurd adventure in which she alone can save the world by connecting with parallel...
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The phrase "speaking truth to power" always sounds noble in theory, but the devastating documentary Nothing Compares shows the consequences of putting that principle into action. In October of 1992, Sinéad O'Connor was one of the brightest stars in the music industry, having won a Grammy in 1991 for her haunting take on the Prince-penned "Nothing ...
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"You could say that Laura Palmer is Marilyn Monroe, and that Mulholland Drive is about Marilyn Monroe, too. Everything is about Marilyn Monroe." That's a quote from an interview that David Lynch gave to Vanity Fair back in 2017, a quote which came roaring back into my mind after watching Andrew Dominik's Blonde. You might even say that Dominik...
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If you're a fan of Chevy Chase's classic 1985 comedy Fletch, you're going to love Greg Mottola's Confess, Fletch. In a bit of pitch-perfect casting, Jon Hamm portrays irreverent investigative reporter Irwin "Fletch" Fletcher and instantly imbues the iconic character with an easy-going charisma. The new film follows Fletch as he becomes the prime...
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If you could only remember 10 seconds of each day of your life, which moments would you save? That's a question I've been pondering since I saw After Yang, Kogonada's gorgeous new sci-fi drama that is now streaming on Showtime and playing in select theaters. Colin Farrell and Jodie-Turner Smith star as a husband and wife who purchase a robot of...
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In a world filled with bloated franchise-driven I.P. — 3 hours for The Batman? C'mon now! — this "sequel" to 1974's gonzo indie horror classic The Texas Chain Saw Massacre gets it absolutely right. A light dusting of story (woke Zillenial wannabe cult leaders team up with a bank to gentrify a Red State ghost town), some memorably brutal kills,...
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