Author: Danny Bowes
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Let’s Keep Talking About Big Little Lies
And how it’s set a new benchmark for Prestige TV. I’m finding that writing about Big Little Lies is extraordinarily difficult, because an itemization of its…
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How ‘The Force Awakens’ and ‘Rogue One’ Brought One Grumpy Film Critic To The Force
A Star Wars Story. One of the quirks of my cinephile upbringing was that, despite Star Wars coming out the year before I was born, I…
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Let Us Now Praise Woody Harrelson
In celebration of a dope master thespian.
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‘We Made It For The Fans, Not The Critics’ Is A False Construct
It’s time to put Hollywood’s favorite response to criticism out to pasture. The actor Finn Jones has been having a rough time of it online of…
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‘The Underneath’: An Austin Noir
Looking back at the movie that almost caused Steven Soderbergh to have a fatal breakdown.
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Where Does Moonlight Rank Among the Best Best Pictures?
Sure, it’s a bit soon, but we’re doing this.Art by Subin YangIt’s rare enough that the Oscars award Best Picture to the actual best picture among its…
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How To Have A Good-Ass Time Watching the Oscars
It’s about focusing on everything else. This year’s Oscars carry with them very little of the anticipatory dread of previous years, for me at least.…
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The 5 Realest Valentine’s Day Moods and The Movies That Match
Get out of here with your happy, sad, indifferent takes. These are the moods that matter on V-Day. A longstanding myth about Valentine’s Day is that…
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The Mount Rushmore of Hollywood Action Stars
It’s time to place Keanu Reeves among the pantheon.Art by WikiRascalsAt this point the monumental evidence supporting Keanu Reeves’ status as an all-time great movie…