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I Watched Jennifer Lopez’s “This Is Me … Now” Odyssey So You Don’t Have To
[ad_1] My most controversial take: Jennifer Lopez can barely act and barely sing, yet weâve somehow allowed her to build an entire career around…
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Jeffrey Wright Interview: American Fiction Review
[ad_1] It feels like Jeffrey Wright is in everything these days. His versatility has taken him from character acting in the likes of rThe…
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Is Saltburn Satire?
[ad_1] After the trailer was (finally, finally) released for the new Emerald Fennell feature film, Saltburn, I asked the question: what the hell is…
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More Cringe than Camp: Why “Dicks: The Musical” Falls Flat
[ad_1] A24’s Dicks: The Musical promised campy glory. The Indie Darling movie studio — responsible for some of the most iconic cinema of the…
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“Sitting in Bars With Cake”: A Portrait of Platonic Love for the Loneliness Epidemic
[ad_1] If you were in a bar, on a night out, and two girls offered you a slice of cake, would you eat it?…
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“Bottoms” Review: Girl Failures Are the New It Girls
[ad_1] We started the year blessed: by the “girl failures” tweet. In a viral post on the app formerly known as Twitter, user @ricshatty…
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How ‘Love in Taipei’ Tackles The Immigrant Experience
[ad_1] It’s a particular experience to be a marginalized person in a predominantly white setting. When you’re an immigrant in any Predominantly White Institution…
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Is Movie Magic … Marketing Magic?
[ad_1] On July 21st, Barbie and Oppenheimer are set to open in the biggest box office battle since 2008’s Mamma Mia and The Dark…
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I Can’t Stop Thinking About the “Maneater” Scene in ‘No Hard Feelings’
[ad_1] Picture me with my stepmother in a college neighborhood in Seattle. We’re looking for something to do, preferably with air conditioning. We’ve sampled…
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“The Lesson” Review: Killing Your Darlings — And Your Heroes, Too
[ad_1] Spoiler alert: This review contains spoilers for the film The Lesson A friend — another writer, because we masochists have to stick together…
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“Cold Copy” Review: Tracee Ellis Ross’s Magnetic Personality Buoys Flaccid Film Noir
[ad_1] When you think of Tracee Ellis Ross, you think of her big hair (shoutout to Pattern Beauty) and her big smile. You might…
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‘The Adults’ Review: ‘Succession’ for Theatre Kids
[ad_1] “Wait, is he the actor in Molly’s Game?” I ask myself as I watch Michael Cera in The Adults as he obnoxiously wins…
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‘Maggie Moore(s)’ Review: Jon Hamm, Tina Fey, and Not Much Else
[ad_1] Everybody loves a juicy murder mystery. The True Crime boom proves it. So does the spectacular success of shows like Dahmer, Only Murders…
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“The Line” Review: White on White Violence — Alex Wolff and Austin Abrams In a Portrait of Privilege
[ad_1] In The Line — the latest film by Ethan Berger, starring Alex Wolff, Lewis Pullman, Halle Bailey, Austin Abrams, Angus Cloud, Scoot McNairy,…
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‘The Good Half’ Review: Nick Jonas and Brittany Snow Are Heartbreaking and Heartwarming
[ad_1] Nick Jonas is on a roll. He’s in the middle of The Jonas Brothers’ THE TOUR (think their version of Taylor’s Era tour,…
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‘Eric LaRue’ Review: After Soaring in Succession, Skarsgard Transforms in ‘Eric LaRue’
[ad_1] There’s a lot to be said about Eric LaRue. It’s Michael Shannon’s directorial debut. It’s a meditative adaptation of Brett Neveu’s 2002 play.…
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“He’s Not A Villain, He’s An Animal:” Alex Montaldo On Playing “The Bad Guy” In The Seeding
[ad_1] There’s pandemic isolation, and then there’s ‘trapped in a crater in the middle of the desert’ isolation. One of the 2023 Tribeca Film…
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16 Films To Look Forward to at Tribeca Film Festival
[ad_1] It’s film festival season. After a stunning display of fashion and film at Cannes, we are finally deep in the pomp and circumstance…
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Guy Ritchie Films: Ranked
[ad_1] Movie distribution is a complete mess. With studios holding out for theatrical releases while streaming services poach viewers from cinema seats, industry giants…