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Polygon

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The Fantastic Four are selfish parents — but that isn’t the movie’s main problem

The Fantastic Four are selfish parents — but that isn’t the movie’s main problem

The stakes of the latest Marvel Cinematic Universe installment, The Fantastic Four: First Steps, involve the familial superteam figuring out how to...

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Polygon

Jesse Hassenger

The Fantastic Four are selfish parents — but that isn’t the movie’s main problem

The Fantastic Four are selfish parents — but that isn’t the movie’s main problem

The stakes of the latest Marvel Cinematic Universe installment, The Fantastic Four: First Steps , involve the familial superteam figuring out how to...

29.07.2025 4

Polygon

Jesse Hassenger

Kristen Bell’s New Show ‘Nobody Wants This’ Lives Up to Its Title

The conventional wisdom about romantic comedy on TV is that, for the most part, it doesn’t belong there. Maybe weaving a prominent...

26.09.2024 1

The Daily Beast

Jesse Hassenger

‘High Potential’: Kaitlin Olson Is Starring in a New Comedy. You Better Watch.

So you mean to tell me there’s a procedural series starring Kaitlin Olson called High Potential that’s not about her solving crimes while high?!...

16.09.2024 1

The Daily Beast

Jesse Hassenger

Sexually Explicit ‘Three Women’ Is Fall TV’s First Hot Mess

The new(-ish) 10-episode series Three Women —shot for Showtime, shopped to Starz, aired in Australia, shelved in the U.S. until now—is based on a...

13.09.2024 20

The Daily Beast

Jesse Hassenger

‘Incoming’: Is This Netflix Movie the Next ‘Superbad’?

It’s understandable, even thematically fitting, that the new Netflix teen comedy Incoming looks up to Superbad like a younger brother idolizing his...

23.08.2024 1

The Daily Beast

Jesse Hassenger

New Doc About a Prison Father-Daughter Dance Will Bring You to Tears

Incarceration doesn’t just isolate and punish an individual. It rips people out of society and away from families, often leaving an absence as...

14.08.2024 1

The Daily Beast

Jesse Hassenger