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A Netflix Movie Doesn’t Need To Be Good — It Just Needs To Be There
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Difficult Men Meet Their Match In “Fifty Shades” And “Phantom Thread”
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Natalie Portman’s New Sci-Fi Movie Is Going To Frustrate The Hell Out Of People
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Is Hollywood Already Done Being Angry?
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Ava DuVernay Shouldn’t Have To Prove Anything With "A Wrinkle In Time"
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The Myth Of Traveling Light
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“Ready Player One” Is An Accidental Horror Movie About Fandom
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Orientalism Is Alive And Well In American Cinema
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“Billions” Has Become TV’s Sharpest Critique Of Toxic Masculinity
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After Years Of Playing The Friend, Sandra Oh Is Finally Getting To Be The Star
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Diablo Cody's Midlife Crisis Movies Are Actually Dark AF
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Who Gets To Be At The Center Of #MeToo Stories?
Jennifer Fox’s powerful new film The Tale is a reminder of how many #MeToo narratives have been centered on the men accused, rather than the people who have spoken up against them. (Warning: This essay...
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I’m Addicted To Old Console Games, And It’s All My iPhone’s Fault
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In This Year’s Scariest Movies, Family Is Everything
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The Scammers In “Ocean’s 8” And “Solo” Can’t Keep Up With Real Life
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The Hot New Hollywood Genre Is The Human Extinction Fantasy
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Amy Adams’ New HBO Series Breaks Into The Boys Club Of Dark TV Drama
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Tom Cruise Remains Our Try-Hard King
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We Live Half Our Lives Online — So Why Don't More Movies Show It?
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“Crazy Rich Asians” Doesn't Care About Your Impossible Expectations
Crazy Rich Asians and To All the Boys I've Loved Before may be making history, but all they really want is to entertain. Isn't there something historic in that, too? View Entire Post ›
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