In the Heights was shot before the COVID-19 era, but there might not be a better movie to see in theaters as we attempt to move past the pandemic. Written and produc
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Treason is an ugly thing ? it sullies both the traitor and those betrayed. Turncoats must lie, of necessity, spreading misinformation, fanning grievances and hatred,
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It's hard to pinpoint when exactly Disney's villains became more interesting than their princesses, but somewhere along the way the company's marketing geniuses figu
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Trading in mindless slashers and supernatural menaces with something altogether more pathological and inventive, the SAW franchise provided a ravaging new direction
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At this point, the name Zack Snyder signifies something very specific. Mostly, overly-violent, overtly operatic spectacles. We know there will be a hunky movie star
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In the first few minutes of the new thriller The Woman in the Window, there's a fleeting image of Jimmy Stewart from Alfred Hitchcock's 1955 masterpiece, Rear Window
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Taylor Sheridan has made an indelible career out of reinventing the Western. Though his stories take place in the modern era, his protagonists tend to possess famili
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Sometimes even the schmalziest and most contrived stories turn out to be engrossing on film, saved by the charisma and chemistry of the stars involved. The dialog mi
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Dad movies are back, baby--the guns, the beards, the revenge. The dadsploitation genre is all the rage right now [see L.A. Weekly's review of Guy Ritchie's latest Wr
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Guy Ritchie's penchant for transforming the crime genre into something that borders on Monty Python-esque farce was his calling card for years. Breaking out with 199
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The Mitchells vs. The Machines is the textbook definition of wacky hijinks, and it might be the best animated film you'll see this year. The latest from Phil Lord an
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Though the Turner Classic Movie (TCM) Film Festival usually offers a live in-person event component in Hollywood, it's a full-on virtual affair again this year. Star
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