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‘Where the Crawdads Sing’ Goes from Beguiling to Snooze-Worthy
Olivia Newman’s “Where the Crawdads Sing” has been effectively marketed by its studio as an event movie based on a…
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‘Avatar’ Baddie Stephen Lang Makes ‘Mid-Century’ Worth a Look
Stephen Lang is an American actor with a staggering list of film and stage credits, but they haven’t made him…
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‘Crimes of the Future’ Is Pure Cronenberg (You’ve Been Warned)
David Cronenberg’s “Crimes of the Future” takes place in an unfortunately not-so-distant future, where pain (and human feeling in general)…
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2002’s ‘Rules of Attraction’ – Hard to Watch, Impossible to Forget
For hopeful, enthusiastic high school graduates who have college on the horizon, I can’t think of a worse film to…
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Was Timothy Dalton the Best, Most Accurate James Bond?
Has enough time gone by that we can finally give Timothy Dalton his due at playing James Bond? While the…
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“Breakdown’ – A Surprise Sleeper in ’97, a Masterpiece Today
Jonathan Mostow’s “Breakdown” (1997) stars Kurt Russell and Kathleen Quinlan as Jeff and Amy Taylor, a Massachusetts couple on a…
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Movies
‘Watcher’ Can’t Lap ‘Rear Window,’ Other Voyeur Classics
Chloe Okuno’s “Watcher” stars Maika Monroe as Julia, an American living with her boyfriend in Romania. While he’s at work,…
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How ‘First Blood’ Laps Its Populist Sequels
Ted Kotcheff’s “First Blood” (1982) begins with a simple, perfect image. We see a long shot of John Rambo, played…
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Here’s What (Almost) Saves ‘Jaws The Revenge’
The fourth and famously awful “Jaws The Revenge” (1987) turns 35 this summer, and it often comes up as one…
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Why Sam Raimi’s Corporate-Verse’ Take on ‘Doctor Strange’ Disappoints
Sam Raimi’s “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” is just barely a Raimi film, and it’s a big problem.…
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