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Why the 'Twilight' TV Show Will Likely Be Better Than the 'Harry Potter' TV Show
'Midnight Sun'? More like 'Midnight Fun!' (no seriously, I have an argument)
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'Beetlejuice Beetlejuice' and the End of Tim Burton
Burton returns to one of his most distinctive characters and has nothing new to say.
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'America's Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders' Is a Labor Story
Give paychecks, not platitudes.
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August 2024

'The Crow' Is Less Than a Feeling
The long, strange saga of the misbegotten "reimagining" comes to an end.
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Why That 'Megalopolis' Trailer Failed Even Before the Fake Quotes
A brief study of selling a difficult movie.
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This Is Not a Fact-Check
Fact-checks should be clarifying, not pedantic or offering counter-spin.
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I'm Still So Confused by Gambit in 'Deadpool & Wolverine'
Is it a joke? Is it an honor? Is it an honor to be a joke?
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I Liked 'Alien: Romulus' but I Loathed This One Part of It
So you made a movie about the dangers of playing god.
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'Alien: Romulus' and Franchise Fetishization
I liked 'Alien: Romulus' but not as much as 'Alien: Romulus' likes other 'Alien' movies.
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Was 'Borderlands' Always Doomed?
Most video game movies are bad but the Gearbox game may have been too compromised from the start.
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Let Shyamalan Cook
The filmmaker who became synonymous with twist endings has finally carved out a nice niche in Hollywood.
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What 'Sing Sing' Knows to Leave Unsaid
The brilliant prison drama is savvy and sharp enough to eschew tired genre gropes.
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