Movies

REVIEW: ‘Irresistible’ knows good satire doesn’t need to be angry and/or mean

'Irresistible' is more interested in restoring sanity and not fear, finding the common humanity in its characters instead of eviscerating stand-ins for so-called enemies. And it reminds us that the conflict isn't between left and right, it's corruption versus not corruption.

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INTERVIEW: Kristian Bruun on being the underdog in ‘Red Rover’

Red Rover is the chance of a lifetime … for Damon to leave his life behind and join a colonization effort to Mars. But, when he meets a free-spirited Phoebe who introduces him to the project, he has to decide: a life on a new planet, or discovering a new life on the one he wants to leave behind.

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Pandemic movies to watch while stuck in coronavirus lockdown

Often during times of uncertainty people seek the comfort of knowing that those individuals in places of power have the stability, competence, and expertise needed to lead us back toward a calmer atmosphere. And when those people are absolute, humiliating failures more interested in bragging about stock numbers and denying …

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Pop Mythology’s Ten Best Movies of 2019

It’s unfortunate but I must start with an apology: this list is far later than I’d like. The first reason for this tardiness is due to my current job for which I had an intense period in the middle of January, two weeks in which my life shut down other …

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REVIEW: ‘Spider-Man: Far From Home’ pushes Spider-Man, and the MCU, into the future

By now we should all know the phrase (credited to Ben Parker) which governs Spider-Man’s existence. In the five movies in which this current version of Ben’s nephew has appeared, the MCU has wisely avoided giving us yet another utterance of this ubiquitous phrase. As the first film following the …

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