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We are—most of us—enchanted by fairy tales when we’re young. Stories of princesses and monsters, heroes and villains and magic. And then we grow up, and…
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Steven Spielberg’s The Post seems specifically engineered to be the most Oscar bait-y of Oscar bait movies. Spielberg is arguably the most prominent…
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I doubt you can say much about Molly’s Game without talking about Aaron Sorkin. Sorkin is, of course, the mind behind high-impact, fast-talking tv shows…
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I’m not someone who watches bad movies for kicks. I do sort of understand the appeal: There really is a kind of euphoric charge you get from seeing…
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It seems that people are interpreting Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri on three different levels.As a political statement, I’m not sure it works…
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There’s a Mexican cultural belief that says we each die three deaths. The first is our normal death, when our body ceases to function. The second comes…
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I remember when director Noah Baumbach and actor Greta Gerwig made the wonderful movie Frances Ha, and Gerwig had to work hard to remind people that she…
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As I write these words, Blade Runner 2049 has made all of about $40 million at the box office, which is, so far, a pretty big financial disappointment.…
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I probably don’t need to tell you that love is hard. But it could be harder.What if I told you that you get to fall in love with someone who’s just…
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Let’s just get one thing out of the way right up front—Baby Driver is a terrible name for a movie. I don’t care if it comes from a Simon & Garfunkel song,…