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Reviews
Why Genre Mashup ‘The Cell’ Still Thrills Us 20 Years Later
Twenty years ago, the once independent New Line Cinema (now owned by Warner Brothers) made expensive art movies for mainstream…
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Industry News
Borat – The Crown Prince of ‘Punching Down’ Comedy
There are unofficial rules for modern comedy, one reason laughs are in short supply these days. Select groups are off…
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Industry News
4 Times Amazon Tortured Right-Leaning Documentaries
Amazon revolutionized 21st century commerce, but that’s only part of the story. Amazon Prime, the company’s streaming arm, is the…
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Opinion
Will a Biden Victory Crush Late Night TV?
The 2016 presidential race permanently changed the jokes broadcast after the nightly news. Late night comedians, fearing a Donald Trump…
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Reviews
‘Plot Against the President’ Shames Media, Deep State Agents
Imagine consuming the mainstream media for the past three years and then watching “The Plot Against the President.” Wait? What?…
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Reviews
Ahoy! Why ‘Cutthroat Island’ Isn’t the ’90s Shipwreck We Were Told
As we look back on 1995 and the cinematic buried treasure it left us, it’s time to give overdue praise…
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Industry News
Chelsea Handler’s ‘You Ain’t Black’ Moment, Explained
Chelsea Handler takes her activism seriously. The former E! network star cares more about being woke and pushing progressive causes…
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Opinion
‘Mighty Ira’ Explores Free Speech Rights from Skokie to Charlottesville
We should not underestimate the power of one high-profile controversy to shape a generation’s perception of free speech. In 1977,…
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Reviews
Trump Derangement Sinks ‘Borat Subsequent Moviefilm’
The original “Borat” felt like comedy got the facelift we didn’t realize it needed. Sacha Baron Cohen leveraged “Candid Camera”…
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Industry News
Amazon Buckles, Agrees to Stream ‘What Killed Michael Brown?’
Diversity only goes so far in today’s woke landscape. Yes, Hollywood and major media platforms like Netflix routinely attempt to…
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