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Kinds of Kindness movie review: twilight zones of contention

Mon, Jun 24, 2024
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A mad monstrosity of a movie: absurdist, enigmatic, perverse. Lanthimos’s typical grotesque humor is on full display. Yay for a film that actually attempts to capture how insane the world is today?

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Killers of the Flower Moon movie review: blood for oil (London Film Festival 2023)

Mon, Oct 23, 2023
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A great American filmmaker on a memory-holed chapter of American history at the intersection of colonialism and toxic masculinity. Massive, epic, and essential. Scorches the earth of our complacency.

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I’m guesting on movie podcast SpyHards again

Tue, Jan 10, 2023
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I join special agents Scott and Cam to talk about the 2017 Doug Liman film American Made.

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my picks for tonight’s 94th Academy Awards (the Oscars for 2021-ish’s films) (winners indicated)

Mon, Mar 28, 2022
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I correctly guessed 11 out of the 23 categories, which is exactly as well as I did last year.

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weekend watchlist: where to stream (almost) every Oscar nominee

Sun, Mar 20, 2022
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In the run-up to the ceremony on Sunday, March 27th, you can watch almost every film that’s been nominated from the comfort of your sofa. Very handy if you’re participating in an Oscar pool.

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AWFJ 2021 EDA Awards winners announced

Tue, Jan 25, 2022
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And the winners are…

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Jungle Cruise movie review: raiders of the recent swashbucklers

Fri, Jul 30, 2021
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Wonderfully escapist, dripping with magnificently congenial charm thanks to the comic chemistry of Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt. Plus it’s sure to enrage people who use “woke” as an insult. Yay!

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Game Night movie review: triumph of the nerds

Tue, Feb 27, 2018
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Absolutely hilarious, full of smart snarksters, comedic suspense, and gleeful smashing of action-movie clichés. Part screwball comedy, part romantic adventure, all pure movie-movie joy.

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Black Mass movie review: men behaving badly… again

Wed, Nov 25, 2015
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A solid execution of a familiar tale, crammed with a likable, watchable cast. But it doesn’t have anything new to say about why men do despicable things.

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