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The Apprentice movie review: Donald Trump’s origin story as a loser and a user

Thu, Feb 13, 2025
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A portrait of a weak man, humorless and friendless, desperate to be liked, desperate to be seen as someone who matters. Sebastian Stan’s brilliantly disgusting Trump is horrifically riveting.

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Dream Scenario movie review: (un)likely boogeyman

Sun, Nov 26, 2023
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Nicolas Cage is comedic in a dry, subtle, nakedly painful way, playing with his “Cage rage” persona; his performance is profoundly moving. I only wish the film was more deserving of what he’s doing.

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Beyond the Visible: Hilma af Klint documentary review: still way ahead of her time

Wed, Apr 15, 2020
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Wonder and mystery dwells in the work of forgotten abstract pioneer Hilma af Klint. Sarcasm and side-eye for the male- and money-dominated fine-art establishment dwells in this superb doc about her.

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movies by or about women opening US/Can from Wed Aug 01

Sat, Aug 04, 2018
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Mila Kunis and Kaye McKinnon have a spy adventure; Amandla Stenberg fights for respect in a future dystopia; Chloë Grace Moretz undergoes a terrible “therapy”; more…

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‘Doctor Who’ thing of the day: “The War of Art” by Paul Cornell

Mon, Oct 04, 2010
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I think I want to hear more — and in a story for adults, a story not suitable for children — about the summer of 1966 and the Doctor’s adventures with Andy Warhol…

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wtf: Steven Slater: The Reality Show

Mon, Aug 16, 2010
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Is something less horrifying when it’s also inevitable, or more horrifying?

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counting down the best films of 2006: No. 2, ‘Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan’

Wed, Apr 04, 2007
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WHY IS THIS ONE OF THE BEST FILMS OF THE YEAR?: Even moreso than the TV version of Borat pushed TV boundaries, this film challenges our perceptions of what a film can do, what a film should do. In an arena in which art is necessarily secondary to commerce, Sacha Baron Cohen proved that making … more…

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