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DIGGER Review: Tom Cruise’s Box Office Bomb Deserves Better
DIGGER is already being labeled one of Tom Cruise’s biggest failures, but the movie itself is far more complicated than its box…
How Resident Evil Made Zach Cregger the Director Jennifer Lawrence Trusts
Zach Cregger turned Resident Evil into another hit without simply copying the games. Now…
Why kids’ movies suddenly feel more occult — and what Forgotten Island adds
Kids have always had witches, demons, gods and monsters. So why does family entertainment…
Why South Park Became “South America” — The E-Bike Episode, Explained
South Park became South America, the kids got e-bikes, the adults lost their minds…
Dexter: Resurrection Returns — What the Antihero Gives Us That Reality Can’t
Dexter Morgan works because writers can guarantee that the monster on his table deserves…
At 60, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Is Testing Its Biggest Fans
Strange New Worlds is testing the patience of even its biggest defenders, but weird,…
Practical Magic 2 Is What Happens When Audiences Refuse to Let a Movie Die
Critics weren't particularly enchanted by Practical Magic when it arrived in 1998. Audiences had…
Lanterns, Stuart Fails to Save the Universe and the War Between Two Kinds of Nerds
I thought I was reviewing Stuart Fails to Save the Universe. Instead, I wound…
Judd Apatow Knew Norm Macdonald for 30 Years. He’s Still Trying to Figure Him Out
Judd Apatow knew Norm Macdonald for decades without ever pretending he completely understood him.…
Ali G Got Too Famous to Work. Twenty Years Later, That Might Be Why He Works Again
Sacha Baron Cohen once retired Ali G because the character had become too famous…
