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January 20, 2025 · by Adam Patla

‘One of them Days’ Review: Keke Palmer & SZA Breathe Some Life into the January Doldrums

January is famously a rough month for movies. While Oscar hopefuls move out of limited release, studios dump their—to put it kindly—rougher o...

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January 15, 2025 · by Carson Burton

'Den of Thieves 2: Pantera' Review: Gerard Butler and O’Shea Jackson Jr. Carry Silly yet Surprising Heist Film

Den of Thieves 2: Pantera (2025) surprised me (complimentary). Whereas the first Den of Thieves, released in 2018, exemplifies the epitome of...

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January 13, 2025 · by Adam Patla

‘Nickel Boys' Review: RaMell Ross' Bold, Poetic Vision Breaks the Boundaries of Film and Perspective

I initially experienced (I say experienced because my screening truly transcended simply watching a movie) Nickel Boys in October at the Chic...

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January 6, 2025 · by Sara Ciplickas

‘Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl’ Review: England’s Beloved Duo is Back and Better than Ever

It’s been 35 years since a British inventor and his intelligent pooch had a grand day out, sending themselves rocketing to the moon in respon...

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January 3, 2025 · by Danny Jarabek

‘Nosferatu’ Review: A Theater of Seductive Shadows and Carnal Cravings

In a year where bodily autonomy has never been more politicized and weaponized, movies have consumed our living nightmare and interrogated th...

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Essays

December 28, 2024 · by Red Broadwell

Five Years Since 'Cats:' What Was All That?

I cannot think of a film with a bigger “collective fever dream” energy than the absolute mess that was the 2019 movie musical extravaganza Ca...

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December 28, 2024 · by Adam Patla

‘Babygirl’ Review: Kidman Solidifies Her Fearless Self in Halina Reijn’s Bold Sophomore Feature

I’ve said for years that Nicole Kidman is one of our last weirdos—she’s fearless in her roles and the stories she selects and embraces subjec...

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Lists

December 27, 2024 · by Red Broadwell

10 Video Game Movies That Are Kind Of Worth Your Time

So, Sonic the Hedgehog 3 right? It’s crazy that we live in a world where the Sonic franchise is largely carried by its movies rather than gam...

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December 26, 2024 · by Neha Jha

‘Girls Will Be Girls’ Review: The Year’s Most Compelling Indian Film

In March 2024, India welcomed a new film on OTT that showcased women's empowerment from a slightly ‘freedom of choice’ perspective. People ce...

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December 24, 2024 · by Sara Ciplickas

‘Mufasa: The Lion King’ Review: Jenkins Does His Best to Salvage the Remnants of Favreau’s Vision

Five years have passed since Jon Favreau tried his hand at photorealistically reinventing The Lion King (1994).  While the film was a massive...

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December 24, 2024 · by Amritpal Rai

Review: 'Kraven The Hunter' is a Sad Ending to a Pathetic Cinematic Universe

Cinematic universes come and go like a fad. Zack Snyder’s DCEU carcass went through peaks until it died with a whimper, Universal’s Dark Univ...

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December 23, 2024

Retrospective: ‘Little Women’ and Holiday Comforts

Little Women (1994) is one of those films I will never grow out of—from the first time I watched it until my rewatch for this article, I’ll a...

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