25 Best Movies Based on Mythology and Folklore
Given the ubiquity of TV shows like Vikings , films like The Norseman , and the upcoming Thor: Lover and Thunder (which features a bonus […]
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Given the ubiquity of TV shows like Vikings , films like The Norseman , and the upcoming Thor: Lover and Thunder (which features a bonus […]
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On the one hand, all over the world things have screwed up seriously. Everyone seems to be going crazy and nothing else makes sense. But […]
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Sometimes you want to kill hours, managing the island of losers and paying off a predatory raccoon. And sometimes you want to go through all […]
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Governments lie. They are deceiving. They steal. Sometimes the guilt comes from within: corrupt people who tricked their way into the halls of power with […]
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Insightful documentary exploration of today’s most pressing issues is good, but given that I usually watch TV when I want to completely wall myself off […]
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After more than two years of pandemic disruptions, many of us have been particularly hard hit by travel this summer. Whether you’ve got a huge […]
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After a harrowing development process that included several failed films and more than a few false starts as a TV series, Y: The Last Man […]
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You heard? Lady Gaga will (probably) play Harley Quinn in Joker ‘s musical sequel. While it’s certainly an interesting casting, she’s going to have a […]
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When it comes to marketing, the multi-billion dollar budgets of almost every theatrical release over the last decade or so leave little room for experimentation […]
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If there’s nothing good on Disney+ this July, it could be because their parent company, Walt Disney Co., decided to put all the good stuff […]
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Will the big summer blockbuster be able to successfully air on streaming services, or has hope died upon arrival? The devout theatergoer in me says […]
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When your brand is $150 million direct-to-stream animated films ( Turning Red ) and series budgeted as a small feature-length film per episode ( The […]
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Last week, Netflix released the first trailer for Blonde , the Marilyn Monroe biopic from director Andrew Dominic, based on the novel of the same […]
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Rampant inflation, interest rates are rising faster than at any time in 28 years , gas prices are skyrocketing, and continued stress from Russia’s invasion […]
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If you’re a college student, two things are likely to be true: you probably love streaming media, and you’re probably broke. But if you need […]
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Like a list of the “funniest” or “most fun” films, a list of the most disturbing films is going to be subjective. Everyone says that […]
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The recent Twitter hype has cast doubt on the whole point of the Bechdel test, a set of criteria to help assess the representation of […]
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With so much content, the start of summer is the perfect time to kick back and watch some of the blockbusters you might miss while […]
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Gentle giants, sweet friends, vicious monsters, deadly dragons: even the earliest depictions of dinosaurs in films testify to our complex relationship with Earth’s prehistoric thunder […]
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Having aged some 20 years in the three and a half decades since the original, Tom Cruise is back in one of the roles that […]
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You have to go quite far in the history of cinema to get to a time before we made films about airplanes. In the earliest […]
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Cultural critics have spent a lot of time talking poetically about how the streaming age — and Netflix in particular — devalues creative works, turning […]
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There’s a lot to criticize about how Marvel films have changed the cinematic landscape and hastened the demise of mid-budget adult drama at the box […]
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Is anyone else confused by the fact that we’ve been diving deep into shows that debuted during the pandemic for several seasons? Because I’m not […]
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Despite Netflix cutting jobs and canceling one show after another due to an apparent shift to an ” everything is very strange , all the […]
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We know exactly what’s in store for us as the high school movie plot reaches senior season. Dramatic prom coronation. Spontaneous speeches that somehow sound […]
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Fraud is the zeitgeist right now, which means it’s showing up on podcasts everywhere, on shows from the biggest media companies to the tiniest independents. […]
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Half the fun of being a music lover is collecting facts about the songs you love, and even if you have super niche musical tastes, […]
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Despite all the cultural and political debate around abortion, it remains a taboo subject. Research shows that 25% of women will have an abortion by […]
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John Cameron’s 2009 Avatar sits at the top of the list of most expensive films ever made, but even higher on the list of highest-grossing […]
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For five seasons (and it continues), ” Sunset Sale ” has been a solid performer for Netflix, going from a reality show ostensibly about the […]
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Like so much in modern pop culture, it all started with Star Wars . The clever pun associated with Margaret Thatcher (read on) has gradually […]
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I’m not the first to point out that the current state of streaming is essentially a bundle of cables. It’s the streamer’s job to convince […]
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The fact that a film is misunderstood cannot always be justified by the viewer: director François Truffaut famously suggested that it was nearly impossible to […]
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This week’s journey into the strange corners of culture populated by young people comes with a variety of dangers! There is the danger of talking […]
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The early days of social media ushered in an era of Web 2.0 fears, the loss of privacy and the threat of cyberbullying among them, […]
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Spring cleaning can take many forms. Clean up your closet and donate clothes you never wear. Go through cupboards and throw away expired spices during […]
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If you were to ask me to list the top 10 shows I once loved that I don’t think will make it into 2022, Kids […]
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Paramount keeps rebooting Star Trek and I keep coming back hoping that what they’re trying to do now will be as successful as The Next […]
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Audrey Niffenegger’s 2003 novel The Time Traveler ‘s Wife was a book that seemed to be meant for me. It’s set in Chicago, where I […]
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