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Part of the excitement surrounding the release of The Fantastic Four: First Steps earlier this year was the expectation of seeing Marvel’s First Family done right. Versions of the Fantastic Four appeared on screen before Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Joseph Quinn, and Ebon Moss-Bachrach suited up as the quartet, but they never got it quite […]

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It takes only a few minutes for the first big bout in 1985’s Rocky IV to go horribly wrong. What began with pomp and pagentry, as former heavyweight champion Apollo Creed descended from the rafters while James Brown and his band performed “Living in America,” ended in bloodshed. Apollo’s Russian challenger Ivan Drago makes short […]

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Five years ago, deep within the pandemic, songwriter Nick Lutsko shared on YouTube a song that captured America’s frustrations. “Paralyzed nation, sick and depressed,” he sang. “Gotta keep myself together / Gotta take a deep breath,” he steeled himself before getting to the heart of the matter: “All because there may never be a Gremlins […]

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On a front porch in a decrepit Appalachian home, a new father and his infant son idle away the afternoon. The proud papa, Jackson (Robert Pattinson), beams while his child giggles at the sky. Neither seems particularly observant of Jackson’s wife, and the baby’s mother, is approaching on all fours—and in tall grass that Jackson […]

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No Frankenstein adaptation happens in a vacuum. It’s not just Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel which precdes any new telling of the story Victor Frankenstein and his monster. Filmmakers must also contend with the 1931 James Whale movie and its superior 1935 sequel. Even the Mel Brooks spoof Young Frankenstein looms larger over any update. So […]

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As the son of filmmaker Mira Nair, New York’s newest mayor Zohran Mamdani knows the difference between Hollywood and reality. He knows that he’ll have a hard time living up to the expectations that have built up in the minds of New Yorkers after seeing their city’s politics depicted again and again. But does he […]

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