Movies
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How Misreading ‘Lolita’ Results in the 1990s Erotic Thriller Nymphet
Put on your hazmat suits everybody, this is some toxic stuff.
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The Real Story Behind ‘American Underdog’
The biopic stars Zachary Levy as NFL MVP Kurt Warner.
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Steven Spielberg’s Spectacular ‘West Side Story’ Fails in the Story Department
Some of the casting decisions make this version of the musical better than the 1961 original, and some of the casting decisions make it worse.
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Simu Liu Isn’t Wrong About Qui-Gon Jinn
The ‘Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings’ star sees the Jedi for what they are. – fools.
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How Hans Zimmer’s Score Hints at the Interconnectedness of ‘Dune’
Let’s talk about those bagpipes y’all.
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What’s New to Stream on Amazon Prime for December 2021
Nicole Kidman and Riz Ahmed each stars in a new Amazon Original movie this month.
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How They Shot the Carriage Drag Stunt in John Ford’s ‘Stagecoach’
Hay is for horses. Internal organs are for cowards.
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What’s New to Stream on Netflix for December 2021
‘Cobra Kai’! Leonardo DiCaprio! ‘The Witcher’! Jennifer Lawrence! Netflix is going out with a bang in the final month of this year.
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Big Feels and Flat Affect: Why Wes Anderson Represses Emotion
Ever wondered why the director of ‘The Royal Tenenbaums,’ ‘The Darjeeling Limited,’ and ‘The French Dispatch’ flattens emotion? We’ve got a video essay for that.
