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'Caught Stealing' is the Best Y2K Indie Crime Movie Since the Y2K Era
Darren Aronofsky's gourmet 'Go' joins 'Weapons' and 'Sinners' in bringing back movie magic.
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Olivia Colman Might Be Our Finest Living Actress
'The Roses' has sharp wordplay and some of the best banterers alive. What else do you need?
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'Eden' is a Mid Telling of an Amazing True Story
Ron Howard's latest doesn't quite stick the landing, but it's an entertaining ride in which Jude Law hangs dong.
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I Am Begging Spike Lee to Stop Directing Love Letters to New York
'Highest 2 Lowest' seems to consist of 60% random shoutouts and 40% actual movie.
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Kevin Spacey's Next Movie Sounds Great
This Week in Movie Posters, plus a few news hits.
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'Balloon Boy' and the Revisionist Documentary-Industrial Complex
I still do not trust the balloon man. And no, we were *not* wrong about that.
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Sydney Sweeney and Paul Walter Hauser Star in 'Americana,' a Stock Festival Movie
I bet you didn't know Sydney, PWH, and Simon Rex are in a western opening this weekend.
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'Weapons' is Scary, Goofy, Gory, and Wildly Effective
Zach Cregger's follow-up to 'Barbarian' is more confident and coherent without sacrificing his offbeat charm. Who needs to "elevate" horror when you can just do it really well?
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Entire Plot of Ice Cube's 'War of the Worlds' Recreated Using Only Quotes From Scathing Reviews
Ice Cube stars in an HG Wells adaptation apparently shot during the pandemic and shelved. UNTIL NOW.
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'The Naked Gun' (2025) Is, Shockingly, Worthy Of The Title
'The Naked Gun' is basically the reverse 'Happy Gilmore 2,' in which commitment to the bit of making not just comedy, but a *movie,* is what makes all the dopey humor so great.
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The 10 Best Lonely Island Videos
In honor of Akiva Shaffer directing The Naked Gun remake, I'm remembering some Lonely Island videos.
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'Fantastic Four' is an Adequate, Live-Action 'Incredibles'
The latest MCU entry dispenses with all the tie-in nonsense and delivers a solid popcorn movie, if not an especially memorable one.