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Mike Flanagan’s The Life of Chuck, is a genre-bending existential exploration of the nature of being human. It’s based on one of Stephen King‘s more recent novellas featured in If It Bleeds. The sentimental nature of the film may surprise those who think that Flanagan and King are only versed in the world of horror, […]

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“An immoral and reprehensible piece of trash that pulled more tickets on its opening weekend than any other so far in 1984.” That’s how the imminent critic Roger Ebert introduced his and co-host Gene Siskel’s review of Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter on their show At the Movies. While Ebert’s right about the film’s […]

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On the top floor of the tallest building in the biggest media conglomerate in the world, there is a boardroom. And in that boardroom sits an idol, aureate in appearance and austere in effect, despite the comically large buttons on its shorts. This is Mooby, the golden calf, and it is a figure of veneration […]

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To be sure, Superman has an exciting cast. Not only do we get David Corenswet, Rachel Brosnahan, and Nicholas Hoult as Clark Kent, Lois Lane, and Lex Luthor, respectively, but we also get inspired choices such as Nathan Fillion as Guy Gardner and Skyler Gisondo as Jimmy Olsen. But with such a crowded group, one […]

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This article contains some mild spoilers for From the World of John Wick: Ballerina. When it comes to action, fight scenes and stunts, the world of John Wick has dominated the market. Each Wick world installment has delivered fresh, over the top sequences that are the epitome of stunt work today, pushing the edge of […]

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For more than two decades, the first week of May launched the summer movie season with the latest entry in a beloved franchise. In 2002, we got Spider-Man. In 2012, it was The Avengers, followed by Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame arriving the last week of April in 2018 and 2019. But with the […]

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This article contains spoilers for The Life of Chuck. Early in The Life of Chuck‘s final third section, an idealistic teacher tries to inspire her students with a bit of verse. She stands in front of the unruly class and reads some famous lines from Song of Myself, the epic poem by Walt Whitman: Do […]

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While The Last of Sheila’s reputation has blossomed in recent years—particularly after a certain whodunit filmmaker named it as a major influence on the Benoit Blanc films—the movie still feels eternally underrated. Both a devilishly clever murder mystery and a ruthless satire of the Hollywood film industry, Sheila was on the one hand retro in […]

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Before the film Chopper came along, small-time Australian criminal Mark Read achieved the type of celebrity that might only occur in the ‘90s. Despite serving time in the Australian prison system after being convicted for shooting a mate in the chest, Read became an unlikely bestselling author and interview subject, always happy to take credit […]

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Batman Forever was a transitional film in the history of Batman on screen and superhero movies in general, which is why it’s important that the original cut of the film submitted by director Joel Schumacher finally see the light of day. It was 30 years ago this month that Warner Bros. Pictures released Batman Forever, […]

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Wes Anderson has said more than once that the idea of The Phoenician Scheme began while he was reading biographies on 1950s European tycoons. These were the titans of industry who became a peculiar kind of celebrity in their day; men like Aristotle Onassis and Gianni Angelli. Yet one of the most amusing things for […]

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Ballerina is what happens when a studio wants to extend a franchise but really has no reason to do so except a financial one. Subtitled From The World of John Wick, this action thriller contains too much action and precious little thrills. Directed (maybe) by Len Wiseman of Underworld fame, Ballerina is set in the […]

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A young girl who has lost everything sits alone in a hallway. A kindly stranger in a sharp fedora notices her and the ballerina snow globe in her hands—perhaps her only friend in the world. “Do you like to dance?” he asks. “I know a school where they teach dances.” So goes an early scene […]

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“There are legends of people born with the gift of making music so true, it can pierce the veil between life and death, conjuring spirits from the past and the future.” So declares the opening narration of Ryan Coogler‘s triumphant blockbuster Sinners. “This gift can bring healing to their communities, but it also attracts evil.” […]

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