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‘Captain America: Brave New World’ Review: No Cure For the Marvel Malaise Here

‘Captain America: Brave New World’ Review: No Cure For the Marvel Malaise Here

Though it ties together threads from the Marvel Cinematic Universe as a whole, 'Brave New World' is neither particularly good or bad. It's just...

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‘Heart Eyes’ Review: Blood Spattered Comfort Food

‘Heart Eyes’ Review: Blood Spattered Comfort Food

A Valentine's Day slasher stalks couples in this mash-up, which might be more impressive as a rom-com than a horror movie.

07.02.2025 3

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‘American Primeval’ Review: Brutal, Bleak Western Series Is Exhausting to Watch

It’s important to desanitize the Hollywood fantasy of the Wild West and confront our own history. But this Netflix series is grim to the point of...

09.01.2025 9

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Netflix And Max Are Betting Big on Wrestling — Here’s Why

Seth “Freakin” Rollins enters the Intuit Dome in Los Angeles on January 6th, 2025, for the Netflix debut of WWE Raw. WWE/Getty Images Last year,...

07.01.2025 7

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A Star Trek short makes the best case yet for digital de-aging

If you want to make a cinephile cringe, “digital face replacement” is the phrase that pays. “Digital de-aging” and “deepfake” will do the...

19.12.2024 7

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‘Laid’ Review: Sex, Death And One of the Year’s Best Comedic Characters

Stephanie and Zosia Mamet in Laid James Dittiger/PEACOCK In 2022, actor Stephanie Hsu made a big splash as Joy/Jobu Tupaki in the hit indie action-...

18.12.2024 9

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‘The Lord of the Rings: War of the Rohirrim’ Review: A Generic, Hobbit-Free Tolkien Tale

Hèra (voiced by Gaia Wise) in The Lord of the Rings: War of the Rohirrim Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures It’s been a decade since Warner Bros....

13.12.2024 8

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‘The Sticky’ Review: Margo Martindale Shines In Serviceable Heist Comedy

Margo Martindale has been one of Hollywood’s most reliable character actors since the late 1980s. She’s featured in Oscar-winning dramas and gut-...

06.12.2024 3

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‘A Man on the Inside’ Review: Comfy, Heartfelt Television

Any review of a work from television producer Michael Schur is going to include the word “warm.” A writer and producer on the outrageously popular...

21.11.2024 20

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‘Arcane’ Season 2 Review: One of the Best Animated Series Ever Made

There’s never been a series quite like Arcane , and there might never be again. Based on League of Legends , a wildly successful video game and...

09.11.2024 5

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‘Venom: The Last Dance’ Review: Brainless and Disjointed

The Venom film series is one of the weirder phenomena to emerge from the superhero movie boom. Based on the popular Spider-Man...

25.10.2024 2

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Vampire Sitcom ‘What We Do in the Shadows’ Loses Some Bite in Final Season

When do you know a sitcom has run its course? More than any other television genre, most sitcoms are basically just an excuse to hang out with a...

21.10.2024 3

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‘Anora’ Review: One Of The Funniest, Saddest, Best Films Of The Year

Director Sean Baker has made a name for himself telling unvarnished stories of poverty in America. His films, like Tangerine and The Florida...

18.10.2024 3

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‘Smile 2’ Review: Funhouse Horror That Does The Trick

Two years ago, Smile was a pleasant surprise: a solid supernatural horror movie that lived up to its ubiquitous marketing. ( Planting actors behind...

16.10.2024 2

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‘Shrinking’ Season 2 Review: Jason Segel’s Therapy Comedy Expands Its World

Amidst the Streaming deluge of Peak TV, it’s easy to miss a show like Shrinking . Even Apple admits that they went overboard with the sheer number...

15.10.2024 6

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‘Joker: Folie à Deux’ Review: A Shocking Movie—Shockingly Bad, That Is

Joker , a Todd Phillips film very, very loosely based on a handful of pages from Batman: The Killing Joke by Alan Moore and Brian Bolland, broke...

04.10.2024 9

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‘Mr. McMahon’ Review: WWE Docuseries Is Part Celebration, Part Exposé

The tagline for Mr. McMahon —the new documentary series from Netflix, Tiger King producer Chris Smith and 30 for 30 creator Bill Simmons—reads “...

26.09.2024 2

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‘The Penguin’ Review: A Fun Gangster Series, No Interest in Superheroes Required

Two years ago, Colin Farrell’s performance as ugly, pear-shaped Oz “Penguin” Cobb in The Batman had the world raving “Holy shit, that was Colin...

18.09.2024 1

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‘The Front Room’ Review: A Horror-Comedy That Isn’t Quite Either

The Front Room , the new horror-comedy from filmmakers Max & Sam Eggers and A24, boasts a strong premise and a game cast, but it’s not particularly...

06.09.2024 6

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‘English Teacher’ Review: Promising New Sitcom With Room For Improvement

Last year, writer and actor Brian Jordan Alvarez went from cult comedian to social media sensation. Alvarez made some waves back in 2016 with The...

03.09.2024 2

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‘AfrAId’ Review: An AI Thriller So By The Numbers It Could Have Been Written By AI

The proliferation of digital assistants, advanced chatbots, smart home devices, and other so-called AI products has led to a new wave of sci-fi...

31.08.2024 2

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‘Terminator Zero’ Review: This Anime Series Takes The Franchise Someplace New

James Cameron’s original 1984 The Terminator is a perfect synthesis of brainy sci-fi, gruesome horror, nail-biting suspense and clever character...

29.08.2024 3

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‘Alien: Romulus’ Review: A Damn Good Monster Movie

Like the Terminator , Alien is a franchise in which no new installment stands a chance of being the best. The fight here is for third place, behind...

14.08.2024 2

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Hank Azaria and His Springsteen Cover Band Prove It (Part Of) All Night

I attended my first Bruce Springsteen concert, in utero, in 1989. Raised in New Jersey by a record store owning father who has seen Springsteen...

02.08.2024 2

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‘Trap’ Review: A Serial Killer With Daddy Issues

American cinephiles of a certain age (namely, millennials) are unlikely to pass up a new M. Night Shyamalan movie. A popcorn auteur and then an...

02.08.2024 10

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‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ Review: Crowd Pleasing Pops, No Substance

I went into Deadpool & Wolverine surprisingly optimistic. This is, after all, the only Marvel Studios feature due out this year, a respite from...

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