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Get ready for a blast of crazy pop-culture nostalgia: Remember when pop culture references weren’t considered a…

If any particular aficionados of any particular niche hobbies are worried that their favorite pastime may never…

It’s not uncommon for Judd Apatow movies to feature several superfluous characters—Greek-chorus types whose function…

It’s been a while since Brendan Fraser had a showcase like this, the second episode of a TV series where he probably…

During the first 10 minutes of Gemini, the idea of someone killing actor Heather Anderson (Zoë Kravitz) comes up at…

Danny Boyle has arrived on television. I realize this may not be the major hype takeaway for the FX series Trust.…

Methodically going through famous works of literature and performing a find/replace on words that rhyme or can be…

Contemporary faith-based films are usually content to sequester themselves with an audience of true believers, never…

In Matt Groening’s old Life In Hell comic strip, he refers to high school as “the second-deepest pit in hell.” The…

It’s probably not fair to say that Black Panther, the Marvel blockbuster that’s already one of the most popular…

Love, Simon opens with narration from its teenage protagonist Simon Spier (Nick Robinson) explaining, with what…

There are seemingly insurmountable obstacles to a romantic relationship, and then there’s waking up in a different…

“You must inure yourself to what you find repellent,” intones Charlotte Rampling, playing the unnamed stoic…

Closing in on a decade since the end of his career as a mainstream star of studio movies, Nicolas Cage shows little…

It can’t be easy, acting in a Fifty Shades Of Grey movie. The series has a way of neutralizing even its positive…

Say this for Basmati Blues, the low-budget cross-cultural musical that some of its cast would probably wish away if…

It only takes a few minutes for Peter Rabbit to misunderstand its source material twice. This live action/animated…

No one creates a film series hoping to become the overlooked middle child of an entire subgenre. With that in mind,…

At the beginning of Forever My Girl, Liam Page (Alex Roe) leaves his hometown fiancée, Josie (Jessica Rothe), at the…

Note: This article contains major plot revelations for Ingrid Goes West.