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The Best Films of 2023
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"Dune: Part Two": The Cynical Epic for Our Times
The sci-fi sequel is awe-inspiring, but also hits more somber notes
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"Anyone But You" Signals a Quiet Sea Change
The Sydney Sweeney-Glen Powell Rom Com Passed $200 Million at the Box Office. That's significant.
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"How to Be Single" - The Last Rom Com
How a 2016 Dakota Johnson vehicle signaled the end of an era for the studio rom com - and why we may never be able to go back
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The Best Films of 2019
A look back at the year
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The Best Films of 2020
For an absolutely hellish year...
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The Best Films of 2022
"My favorite thing about the movie is, like, it feels like a movie" - H. Styles
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The Best Films of 2021
My Annual Year-End List Returns to the Theater...
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