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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
Mar 4
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February 2024
"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.
Feb 27
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December 2023
The Best Films of 2023
How do you live?
Dec 31, 2023
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February 2023
"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
Feb 1, 2023
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Brian Burns
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January 2023
The Best Films of 2019
A look back at the year
Jan 6, 2023
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The Best Films of 2020
For an absolutely hellish year...
Jan 6, 2023
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The Best Films of 2022
"My favorite thing about the movie is, like, it feels like a movie" - H. Styles
Jan 6, 2023
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December 2021
The Best Films of 2021
My Annual Year-End List Returns to the Theater...
Dec 31, 2021
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August 2021
Godspeed, Spooderman
Why Are We All Obsessed with the Friendly Neighborhood Webslinger?
Aug 29, 2021
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Brian Burns
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Of Course I Wrote About Lorde's New Album
On "Solar Power," Lorde Doesn't Have All the Answers - And That's Why It's Great
Aug 23, 2021
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Ryan Reynolds is Finally a Movie Star
Why the "Deadpool" and "Free Guy" Star is a Unicorn in Hollywood
Aug 16, 2021
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James Gunn Grows Up
On "The Suicide Squad" and the Evolution of a Filmmaker
Aug 10, 2021
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