12 of the Best Movie Detectives of All Time
Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig) is back three years after ripping apart a bunch of rich assholes in Knives Out, and Bow of Glass throws him […]
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Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig) is back three years after ripping apart a bunch of rich assholes in Knives Out, and Bow of Glass throws him […]
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In an age of fake news and occasional misinformation, it is somewhat reassuring that we can still be surprised and/or amused by lies. Enter freshman […]
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Only time will tell if M3GAN becomes a horror classic, but in the currency of 2023, she’s already become something even better: a TikTok superstar. […]
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Good movies make us speak well after we’ve left the theater. Great films have kept us talking for decades. Sometimes an ambiguous ending or an […]
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These 12 celebrities are widely known, but only to a subset of most households. If your personalized algorithm on YouTube or TikTok shows WWII documentaries […]
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Determined to prove that actors in their sixties are perfectly capable of risking life and limb for the perfect shot, actor Tom Cruise promises his […]
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It wasn’t the best year for the shows you like. If you mainly watch crime series like CSI , NCIS and Blue Bloods , or […]
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I used to think that Paramount+ would only be defined as the home of Star Trek – aside from the catalog series, it’s the only […]
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It seems like just yesterday we expected all the high-profile video game adaptations to hit theaters and streaming services in 2023 , and one of […]
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As a narrative epitome of one of those “want to feel old?” memes, That ’90s Show — decades later, the sequel to Fox ‘s hit […]
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I predict 2023 will be the year video game adaptations get good . Game-based storytelling has been on a bumpy ride since the first major […]
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The Naughty Christmas Movie is a venerable subgenre dating back at least to 1974’s Black Christmas , a film that shocked audiences with the dual […]
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The first season of Hunters on Prime Video, a late 70s action film about a group of Nazi hunters hunting down surviving members of the […]
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In addition to being a global disaster in many ways, COVID-19 has taken a toll on the film industry, and Hollywood is still clearing the […]
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Back in the mid-2000s, it seemed like How I Met Your Mother was destined to be the next Friends — sort of a constantly revisited […]
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New Years, same old Disney+ streaming strategy: Throw in a bunch of pretty obscure old TV series and movies while garnering subscribers with this sweet, […]
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We all know how it goes: Golden Globe nominations just dropped, Oscar nominations coming up in January, and in both cases, most of the discussion […]
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Do you know those Christmas magazine videos that are popular during the holidays ? There’s a new one available to stream on HBO Max, but […]
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As cinemas increasingly focus on four-quadrant blockbusters designed to offend as few people as possible, television has become a playground for experimentation. At least for […]
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Holidays are a time of great emotions. The weather is extreme (in many places), there is too much to do, and family gatherings cause wild […]
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Friends, this is the story of Cocaine Bear; A cocaine-loving carnivore that went feral around 1985. Kentucky Fun Mall Directed by Elizabeth Banks, the upcoming […]
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People like the environment , it seems. From Smallville ‘s masterminds Alfred Gough and Miles Millar (with a little help from executive producer Tim Burton, […]
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Rejoice, my fellow Grinchies: there is (almost) no Santa Claus in this carefully curated list of December streaming options. Even though this is a pretty […]
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I may be speaking only for myself here, but Andor , the just-ended Disney+ series, revived a bit of a Star Wars passion that had […]
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Imagine Trainspotting without Lust for Life. Do the right thing without “struggling with power”. Shaft without… “Shaft”. You can not. The perfect song choice can […]
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I confess that I only got into holiday TV movies in the last few years, as the advent of the gay Christmas movie pushed me […]
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If you’ve been aiming for a lower price on a major streaming service, now is the perfect time. Most major streaming platforms offer Black Friday […]
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After a year of turmoil at Warner Bros. Discovery, we can be thankful for at least one streaming blessing this holiday season: David Zaslav hasn’t […]
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Add one more to the list of TV shows no one in New York even knows exists: in December, Paramount+ will launch the second spin-off […]
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Octavia Butler, venerable science fiction writer and futurist, died unexpectedly in 2006. It spared her how terrifyingly prescient her 1993 post-apocalyptic novel, The Parable of […]
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In my day, TV shows had the decency to come back from hiatus every September like clockwork. In the streaming arena, that clock is broken. […]
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The first film, National Treasure , was released in 2004 and was an archaeological dive into the myths of the founding of the United States, […]
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In the old days, when cinemas still made real money by showing films outside the “cinematic universe”, December was the best time of the year […]
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There are two Americas (well, at least): elite east and west coast enclaves with avocado toast, overpriced yoga pants, and artisanal sex toys; and a […]
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When was the last time you bought an album? For many of us, this is probably ancient history. Taylor Swift’s Midnights is $12.99 per CD […]
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Perhaps your family is balanced, open and cold, and your holiday gatherings bring pure joy. For the rest of us, it’s difficult, which isn’t necessarily […]
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Films from Hong Kong filmmakers have treated action as art for decades, and martial arts films have always been big hits in China, South Korea, […]
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There is a lot of excitement among Muppets fans, and true fans will know exactly what I’m talking about: after a couple of years of […]
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After years at the bottom of the contract pond, the rights to the Friday the 13th horror franchise have found themselves in a truly charming […]
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Every November, I have to face the fact that for some reason the concept of a real Thanksgiving movie will always be ignored in favor […]
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