Top Gun: Maverick
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Top Gun: Maverick
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In a different package, all the hubbub jingoism and fist-shaking pride seen in “Top Gun: Maverick” might have been borderline unbearable. But…
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The Sadness
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Sadness
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The horny bloodletting in "The Sadness" seems designed to defy viewers' sensibilities, like the vampiric crisis in David Cronenberg's first push button…
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Senior Year
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Secondary year
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A newly fitted and fit Wilson dons the cheerleader uniform and beanbag, green ponytail bow and jumps into all the fish out of water antics. She…
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Our Father
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Our father
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For much of the film, the main question that gnaws at the victims is "why?" – what would drive Cline to inseminate these women? A conspiracy theory…
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Monstrous
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Ricci's performance hints at a lot that isn't supported by an otherwise thin plot that seems to have been left intentionally underdeveloped. It's easy to…
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The Takedown
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And taking 'The Takedown' against the backdrop of its two stars, their performances are more or less stapled together by generic buddy-cop comedy…
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On the Count of Three
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Perhaps if we accept that our worst inclinations do not define us or exemplify all that we are, we could have compassion for what weighs…
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Conan the Barbarian at 40: Remembering the Movie that Made Arnold Schwarzenegger
As Conan the Barbarian reaches its 40th birthday, there’s no better time to remember the cult classic epic fantasy that helped begin Arnold Schwarzenegger’s acting career. It was peak 1980s fantasy action and it led to Schwarzenegger…
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Gaspar Noé Wants Us to Lose Control
Lux Aeterna shares a number of similarities with Vortex, Gaspar Noé's other film released in theaters this month. It's not just that both films use a split-screen gimmick. When I first looked Vortex At last year's New York…
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Doctor Strange and the Insidious Misogyny of the MCU
It's often harder than it should be to be a female fan in the genre space, and that doubles when you're talking about superhero properties. Despite significant progress in recent years, the medium is still heavily dominated by male…
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