Publications

Kasey Dunifer

May 11, 2026

Review: Netflix’s ‘Remarkably Bright Creatures’ is the Warm, Eight-Armed Hug We Need Right Now

Grief, family, the desire for human connection — three inevitable aspects of humanity bubble to the surface in the heartwarming Netflix film ...

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Evan Miller

May 10, 2026

‘The Sheep Detectives’ Review: Pull the Wool From Your Eyes with a Stirring Whodunnit

Heading into 2026, the upcoming studio theatrical release that left me most bewildered was The Sheep Detectives. Conceptually, it seemed like...

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Publications

May 10, 2026

‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’ Review: How 20 Years Have Brought Modern Dilemmas to Runway Magazine

In 2006, a “chick flick” with a budget that had to be scrambled for permeated the mainstream: The Devil Wears Prada made a cerulean splash. I...

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Adam Patla

May 10, 2026

‘The Sun Never Sets’ Review: Joe Swanberg is All Grown Up

Joe Swanberg has solidified himself as a formative figure in independent cinema. Known for his low-budget improvised films, Swanberg has a kn...

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Adam Patla

May 8, 2026

‘Chili Finger’ Review: Judy Greer Stars in a Stunning Act of Desperation

How far would you be willing to go for a life-changing sum of money? For Jess Lipki (Judy Greer), the answer is quite far. Chili Finge...

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Essays

May 7, 2026

20 Years of ‘Mission: Impossible III’ and How It Changed The Franchise For The Better 

One could argue that the 1986 hit “A Matter of Trust” by Billy Joel is actually about Mission: Impossible III. “… I've lived long enou...

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Paul Rai

May 7, 2026

'Deep Water' Finds Renny Harlin Returning to the Deep Blue Sea

I thought I had seen the light once the credits for The Strangers: Chapter 3, Renny Harlin’s ill-conceived, awfully bad horror trilogy, began...

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Patrick J. Regal

May 6, 2026

'Animal Farm' Review: MAKE ANIMAL FARM GOOD AGAIN

Andy Serkis' Animal Farm, a new family-friendly adaptation of George Orwell's classic novel, is one of the most despicable movies ever made. ...

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Adam Patla

May 6, 2026

Review: ‘If I Go Will They Miss Me’ is a Poetic Debut

From the opening moments of If I Go Will They Miss Me, it’s clear that writer-director Walter Thompson Hernández is more than just a filmmake...

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Claire May Lewis

May 6, 2026

New Trailer for ‘The Odyssey’ Unveils Elaborate Sets and Emotional Stakes

A new trailer for Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey was released online last night after premiering on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. The ...

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Adam Patla

May 5, 2026

Review: ‘The Invite’ is Olivia Wilde’s Best Directorial Effort To Date

On Olivia Wilde’s third directorial outing, The Invite, an adaptation of the Spanish film Sentimental (2020), she scales back to a more conta...

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Matthew Allan

April 27, 2026

‘Slither’ 20th Anniversary: The Gunn Creature Feature That Kicked Off an Incredible and Unexpected Journey

If audiences were to think all the way back in 2006 that James Gunn would direct one of the best comic book movie trilogies and one of the mo...

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