Culture
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Why Are We Compelled to Rank Movies in a Series with Each New Release?
It’s not enough to love films, we now must enumerate that love or hate relative to any similar films. It has become a familiar ritual — the latest…
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Pop is a TV Network for Your Sense of Nostalgia
I hope you like 80s set sitcoms and boyband reality shows.The GoldbergsSome networks like murder, others love reality drama, and some want to make you wax…
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Edgar Wright Sets Up His Next Film, ‘Grasshopper Jungle,’ at New Regency
Resting on laurels is for suckers. It’s been four excruciatingly long years since The World’s End, the last film from Edgar Wright, which in Edgar-Wright-fan years…
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Kathryn Bigelow Hones in on a War at Home in ‘Detroit’
The Oscar-winner’s first film in 5 years gets a trailer. After reinvigorating her career with a pair of films about the war on terror – The…
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Holy Overkill! Are there SIX ‘Batman’ Films Planned for 2019?
All six are on the slate but not all scheduled.Courtesy DCUPDATE: This one’s been seemingly debunked by Jon Berg and Geoff Johns, two guys who…
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Death to All Vampires: The Evolution of Kristen Stewart
From the shadows of a shallow franchise to the peak of cinematic brilliance.
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The Curious Gaze of Alfred Hitchcock: A Point-of-View Supercut
All the ways there are to see according to the Master of Suspense. The cinema of Alfred Hitchcock is one of curiosity, nearly all his…
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Christian Bale in Talks to Play Dick Cheney for Adam McKay
Amy Adams and Steve Carrell also in negotiations. After a string of blockbuster comedies starring Will Ferrell — Anchorman, The Other Guys, Step Brothers — writer-director Adam McKay side-stepped…
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Rejoice: Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg To Adapt Another Comic Property, This One From ‘The Walking…
Rejoice: Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg To Adapt Another Comic Property, This One From ‘The Walking Dead’ Creator Robert Kirkman It’s called ‘Invincible,’ and it’s headed…