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What’s the Difference Between Okay Rom-Coms and Great Ones?
What’s the Difference Between Okay Rom-Coms and Great Ones?
Anyone But You and Long Shot are both rom-coms, but there the similarities end
Eric Pierce
May 14
Dead Poets Society: 35 Years On
Dead Poets Society: 35 Years On
Peter Weir’s Robin Williams-starring coming-of-age classic is still inspiring and has great personal resonance
Simon Dillon
May 14
What YA TV Shows Teach Me About Life
What YA TV Shows Teach Me About Life
Full disclosure: I’m in my 40s. And yes, I still watch teenage entertainment
Sarah Paris
May 9
Has ‘Her’ Arrived?
Has ‘Her’ Arrived?
Spike Jonze’ prescient 2013 film prophecies a world that’s grown more and more familiar
Ben Ulansey
May 19
‘I Saw the TV Glow’ is a Visceral Ode to Queer Millennials
‘I Saw the TV Glow’ is a Visceral Ode to Queer Millennials
Jane Schoenbrun’s retro art horror film is a cultural and emotional mosaic for a certain teenage experience.
Nikki Davis
May 19
‘Dark Matter’ — The Life You Choose and The Ones You Don’t
‘Dark Matter’ — The Life You Choose and The Ones You Don’t
Apple TV+’s new sci-fi drama series explores regret and self-discovery in the multiverse
Akos Peterbencze
May 18
Fallout is a Fun, Imaginative Adventure That Can’t Reach the Heights of Must-Watch TV
Fallout is a Fun, Imaginative Adventure That Can’t Reach the Heights of Must-Watch TV
The latest hit video game adaptation takes its time to blossom, but gradually becomes an intriguing, humorous mystery
Cian McGrath
May 17
The Rise and Fall of Movie Musicals. A Statistical Analysis
The Rise and Fall of Movie Musicals. A Statistical Analysis
What happened to movie musicals?
Daniel Parris
May 16
Shallow Grave: 30 Years On
Shallow Grave: 30 Years On
Danny Boyle’s debut is a macabre, darkly comic thriller with a great moral dilemma just as effective three decades later
Simon Dillon
May 16
25 Years Later, The Phantom Menace Remains an Uneven Yet Thrilling Nostalgia Trip
25 Years Later, The Phantom Menace Remains an Uneven Yet Thrilling Nostalgia Trip
Sporadically thrilling and sometimes tedious
Eric Pierce
May 15
How to Create a Great Action Sequence: Clear and Present Danger
How to Create a Great Action Sequence: Clear and Present Danger
A beat-by-beat breakdown of a single scene reveals what goes into a great cinematic action sequence
Cole Haddon
May 15
Fallout Made Me Sad for the End of Liberal Democracy
Fallout Made Me Sad for the End of Liberal Democracy
The Amazon show is a dirge for Democracy
Alex Mell-Taylor
May 15
The Melancholy of ‘The Whales of August’
The Melancholy of ‘The Whales of August’
Bette Davis and Lillian Gish face mortality
Alan Corley
May 14
‘Nightcrawler’ and Why Shame Isn’t as Bad as You Might Think
‘Nightcrawler’ and Why Shame Isn’t as Bad as You Might Think
An unexpected lesson behind a movie with a despicable protagonist
MVW Encyclopedia
May 13
Top Five Best Disney Moms
Top Five Best Disney Moms
Let’s celebrate Mother’s Day with a brief look at some of the finest from the House of Mouse
Darren Zouga
May 12
We’re Getting a Gollum Movie: I Have Questions, Thoughts, and Concerns
We’re Getting a Gollum Movie: I Have Questions, Thoughts, and Concerns
Will it be the precious we’re looking for?
B. C. Heneghan
May 12
The Aisle Seat: ‘The Fall Guy’ is Great Stuntwork with Jumbled Storytelling
The Aisle Seat: ‘The Fall Guy’ is Great Stuntwork with Jumbled Storytelling
Stunt auteur David Leitch’s latest spectacle has many delightful thrills along with some unnecessary complications
Thomas Burchfield
May 11
Planet of the Apes (1968): Still Relevant and Thought-Provoking
Planet of the Apes (1968): Still Relevant and Thought-Provoking
Franklin J Schaffner’s classic adaptation of Pierre Boulle’s sci-fi novel remains the best in the series
Simon Dillon
May 11
Gridlock’d: Stuck at the Intersection of Dope Fiends, Bureaucracy and Comedy Crime Capers
Gridlock’d: Stuck at the Intersection of Dope Fiends, Bureaucracy and Comedy Crime Capers
An underappreciated and neatly comical look at the ring-a-round of inner-city bureaucracy
James AG (Ya'akov ben Avraham v'Sarah)
May 10
Bad Boys II (2003) — A Retrospective
Bad Boys II (2003) — A Retrospective
Perverted, mean-spirited, grotesquely violent, and kind of good.
Darren Zouga
May 10
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