18 Upcoming Video Game Adaptations
It’s a Hollywood adage: Video game adaptations don’t work. Prince of Persia, Warcraft, Hitman, Doom, Max Payne—all flops. But in the last few years, the industry seems…
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Review- Dreamin’ Wild
Where do great songs come from? Who really knows? Maybe the more piercing question is, Where do they go if no one hears them? Bill Pohlad’s Dreamin’…
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Michael B. Jordan Has a Few Things on His Mind
It’s a big deal when any director’s debut movie sells $100 million worth of tickets in its first week. It’s an even bigger deal when that director…
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The Secretive World of ‘The Rings of Power’
Tears are streaming down Ismael Cruz Córdova’s chiseled cheekbones. Somehow, hardly anyone notices. I’m at San Diego Comic-Con, halfway through 96 hours spent shadowing the cast and…
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Review- Yorgos Lanthimos’ Poor Things
One of the great dance movies of 2023 isn’t selling itself as a dance movie at all. In Yorgos Lanthimos’ twisted gothic fairytale Poor Things—playing in competition…
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‘Thanksgiving’ Ending Explained
Warning: This post contains spoilers for Thanksgiving. Sprinkled throughout Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino’s 2007 double-feature extravaganza Grindhouse are a series of B-movie-style fake trailers directed by…
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Kim Cattrall on ‘And Just Like That’ Is Peak SATC Nostalgia
Kim Cattrall’s long-awaited cameo on And Just Like That finally took place in the opening moments of the show’s season 2 finale—and it may have given us…
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