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Soraya Roberts
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‘The Kid Detective’ Is Too Good To Be Forgotten
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Soraya Roberts
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Drew Magary
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Defector At The Movies
In ‘Love Lies Bleeding,’ The Body Scores
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Soraya Roberts
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Arts And Culture
Guy Ritchie Is The Least Appreciated Director In The World
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Drew Magary
March 21, 2024
Defector At The Movies
Good, Bad, Or Invisible, CGI Makes Movies Unreal
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Corey Atad
March 8, 2024
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‘Dune: Part Two’ Is Big, Bold, Loud, And Still Missing Something
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Israel Daramola
March 1, 2024
Defector At The Movies
Everything I Remember About ‘Madame Web’
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Kelsey McKinney
February 20, 2024
Defector At The Movies
‘American Fiction’ And The Wet Eyes Of The Sentimentalist
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Jason England
February 16, 2024
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‘Origin’ Fails As Both Homework And Entertainment
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Nicholas Russell
January 30, 2024
Defector At The Movies
Stuck In The One-Woman Myth
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Lauren Theisen
January 29, 2024
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‘The Zone Of Interest’ Is About Cognitive Harmony
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Soraya Roberts
January 15, 2024
Defector At The Movies
‘Saltburn’ Trusts Its Audience Only To Be Idiots
370
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Luis Paez-Pumar
January 10, 2024
Arts And Culture
I Can’t Stop Watching ‘Tenet,’ And I Finally Know Why
216
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Corey Atad
January 9, 2024
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172
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Lauren Theisen
January 5, 2024
Defector At The Movies
Tom Wilkinson And His Baguettes Are Eternal
171
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Sean T. Collins
January 5, 2024
Arts And Culture
This Is A Damn Conrad Veidt Appreciation Blog
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Albert Burneko
January 3, 2024
Defector At The Movies
Harold Lloyd Terrifying Babe Ruth With Bad Driving Is Now In The Public Domain
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Barry Petchesky
January 3, 2024
Arts And Culture
Does It Matter If Adam Driver Is A Bad Actor?
222
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Israel Daramola
December 29, 2023
Arts And Culture
The Good Guy
244
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David Roth
December 15, 2023
Arts And Culture
Six Things You Are Not Allowed To Say To Me About ‘Godzilla Minus One’
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Drew Magary
December 10, 2023
Defector At The Movies
Godzilla Must Be Larger
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Chris Thompson
November 16, 2023
Arts And Culture
Martin Scorsese’s Second Life As An Adman
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Adam Charles Hart
November 15, 2023
Arts And Culture
‘Killers Of The Flower Moon’ Asks You To Sit With Its Contradictions
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Soraya Roberts
October 27, 2023
Arts And Culture
‘Killers Of The Flower Moon’ Is The Latest Entry In Martin Scorsese’s History Of Evil
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Israel Daramola
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