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“Wicked Little Letters” might drag The Critical Drinker out of the multiplex and into the art house.
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‘Unfrosted’ (MovieStillsDB)
Every once in a while, a comedy classic comes out and critics and general audiences alike aren’t quite sure what to do with it. Often, these tend toward absurdism:...
Look this is a perfectly fine action picture and the monkeys look (mostly) as real as everyone says, but my problem is that it feels like a 2-plus-hour prologue for a better, more interesting series...
“Stop trying to make ‘fetch’ happen. … It’s not going to happen.” That’s what Regina George, the meanest girl in 2004’s Mean Girls, tells a hanger-on who is hoping to gain favor by coining...
"Can’t We All Just Get Along?"
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On this week’s episode, Sonny Bunch (The Bulwark), Alyssa Rosenberg (The Washington Post), and Peter Suderman (Reason) discussed whether or not steamy movie scenes are back (per the New York Times) or...
The movie this most reminds me of is that Weird Al faux biopic from a couple years back: intentionally broad, fairly absurdist, lots of cameos. I am … kind of flummoxed by some of the aggressively...
Foreign Affairs
Rehabilitating Syngman Rhee A new documentary on the nation’s maligned founding father has drawn praise from the conservative...
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I appreciate that Hollywood has finally figured out Ryan Gosling is incredibly funny after sticking him in a decade-plus of roles that slide somewhere between "dour" and "brooding." He and Jennifer...
"Motivated by Love"
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“Idiocracy,” indeed.
Mike Judge’s 2006 classic predicted the dumbing down of society. If Hollywood has its way, we’ll get there sooner than later.
And we can partly blame “The Fall Guy.”
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On this week’s episode, Sonny Bunch (The Bulwark), Alyssa Rosenberg (The Washington Post), and Peter Suderman (Reason) asked if Jerry Seinfeld was right about the state of comedy. (You can read his full...
StarringIdris Elba, Adam PallyCreatorsJohn Whittington and Toby AscherRatingTV-PGGenreAction, Advenutre, ComedyRelease dateApril 26, 2024Where to watchParamount+
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Luca Guadagnino’s “Challengers” is a tawdry, repetitive, sports-driven relationship drama elevated and almost saved entirely by robust filmmaking.
Take it either as “Bull Durham” (1988) but...
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