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Midweek Update: No Patience for 'Back to the Future'
How streaming shapes story.
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For James Gunn, Beauty Comes from Brokenness
Gunn wraps up his 'Guardians' trilogy by emphasizing a world free from perfection.
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Midweek Update: Strike
The Writers Guild of America is on strike, and the future of entertainment is at stake.
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Rings and Gauntlets
How notions of power and heroism have changed in blockbuster franchises in the past twenty years.
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Midweek Update: 'Beau Is Afraid' and Desperate for Your Emotions
Ari Aster's latest film continues to show his impatience in building emotional connections.
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Midweek Update: Is This the Way?
'The Mandalorian' decided to shed its identity for its third season.
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Midweek Update: The Two Marios
Mario is now too valuable to be interesting.
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'Hogwarts Legacy' and the Missing Magic
To come alive, the Wizarding World needs worthwhile characters and stories to populate it.
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Midweek Update: The Delightful Subversions of Goldstein & Daley
The 'Dungeons & Dragons' writer-directors know how to play with genre.
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No Penalty for Bad Punditry
There needs to be some accountability for laundering harmful positions.
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Midweek Update: Movies Are Dying, Long Live Movies
Reports on the death of cinema may be somewhat exaggerated.