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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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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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If you were in high school in the 2010s, your experience didn’t quite resemble on-screen images like The Breakfast Club, The Mean Girls, or even […]
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Last month we wrote about Hulu’s obsession with true crime, and the streamer will be staying on that train in May. The platform will premiere […]
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The new Nicolas Cage movie comes out this week, and it’s the biggest theatrical release of a Cage movie since pre-Covid times. In “The Unbearable […]
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For viewers who love Marvel, Star Wars, or both, there’s a lot to look forward to at Disney+ in May. The service launched Moon Knight […]
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If you’re an avid Netflix viewer, you probably know that the service isn’t all that great when it comes to organization. Like many apps and […]
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Watching movies and smoking weed go hand in hand, so much so that there is an entire sub-genre of films known as stoner comedy — […]
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Gilbert Gottfried’s family announced on Tuesday that the comedian had died after a long illness later revealed to be type II myotonic dystrophy, a rare […]
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The logic of movie marketing suggests that we should know everything about a movie before we fork out for a movie ticket, but that doesn’t […]
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Streamer fatigue, when you endlessly jump from one streaming app to another, trying to figure out what to watch, is real. Or you stumble upon […]
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“Everyone loves baseball,” my aunt once told me. I don’t know about it. A lot of people really like baseball, but I think she was […]
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Movies seem to be getting longer , but TV shows are getting shorter. Even 10 years ago, it was the norm for top rated shows […]
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For a moment, it seemed like we were finally giving up on the terrible cable TV business model. Streaming was cheap, easy, and full of […]
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Bruce Willis’ family revealed on Instagram on Wednesday that the 67-year-old actor is “retiring” from acting after being diagnosed with aphasia , a condition that […]
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From The Godfather Limited Series to Star Trek: The Motion Picture Remastered, Paramount+ celebrates the 1970s in April 2022. When will The Proposal premiere on […]
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Funny, exciting, weird, embarrassing: there are plenty of reasons to love an acceptance speech. The greatest sin that can be committed when giving money is […]
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The Oscars are just around the corner, and you still have some time to catch up on nominated films …but not much. The windows between […]
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Not unlike Inside Out a few years ago, Pixar’s new film Blushing has the heroine confronting her own adolescence and the physical and emotional horrors […]
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April is nostalgia month on HBO Max, with the streamer unveiling two new crime dramas that seem to be seeking to bring back grit, style, […]
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In my opinion, Russian Doll is one of the best original series Netflix has ever made: a beautifully crafted miniseries gem built around one of […]
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Hulu’s love for true crime continues unabated in April. Riding on the success of The Dropout (series finale on April 7), centered on Elizabeth Holmes […]
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