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Pushing the envelope is nothing new for cinema, but what separates truly memorable films is the flair with which they do it. Boy Kills World…
If you feared there was no new generation forthcoming to take on the sharp, sour and sobering mantle of filmmakers like Todd Solondz, look no…
The apelike humanoid Sasquatch casts a spell on all of us at some point in our childhoods, making our eyes carefully scan through forests the…
Bruce Lee, the man who defined martial arts for Western audiences, died unexpectedly more than 50 years ago. His untimely passing shook the world. At…
After the feverish suckitude of 2017’s King Arthur: Legend of the Sword, a purely fiduciary gift to Disney shareholders with 2019’s Aladdin and the Asylum-version-of-Kingsman…
Unlike America’s Dad, Tom Hanks, Nicolas Cage never seems like an entirely ordinary guy, on or offscreen. Even as the titular heroine’s high-school sweetheart in…
A Murder of Crowes
Born in New Zealand and bred in Australia, Russell Crowe has been makin’ movies, singin’ songs and delightin’ ’round the world for almost four decades.…
Born in New Zealand and bred in Australia, Russell Crowe has been makin’ movies, singin’ songs and delightin’ ’round the world for almost four decades.…
Born in New Zealand and bred in Australia, Russell Crowe has been makin’ movies, singin’ songs and delightin’ ’round the world for almost four decades.…
Born in New Zealand and bred in Australia, Russell Crowe has been makin’ movies, singin’ songs and delightin’ ’round the world for almost four decades.…
Born in New Zealand and bred in Australia, Russell Crowe has been makin’ movies, singin’ songs and delightin’ ’round the world for almost four decades.…
Born in New Zealand and bred in Australia, Russell Crowe has been makin’ movies, singin’ songs and delightin’ ’round the world for almost four decades.…
Born in New Zealand and bred in Australia, Russell Crowe has been makin’ movies, singin’ songs and delightin’ ’round the world for almost four decades.…
Born in New Zealand and bred in Australia, Russell Crowe has been makin’ movies, singin’ songs and delightin’ ’round the world for almost four decades.…
Born in New Zealand and bred in Australia, Russell Crowe has been makin’ movies, singin’ songs and delightin’ ’round the world for almost four decades.…
Born in New Zealand and bred in Australia, Russell Crowe has been makin’ movies, singin’ songs and delightin’ ’round the world for almost four decades.…
Born in New Zealand and bred in Australia, Russell Crowe has been makin’ movies, singin’ songs and delightin’ ’round the world for almost four decades.…
Born in New Zealand and bred in Australia, Russell Crowe has been makin’ movies, singin’ songs and delightin’ ’round the world for almost four decades.…
Born in New Zealand and bred in Australia, Russell Crowe has been makin’ movies, singin’ songs and delightin’ ’round the world for almost four decades.…
Born in New Zealand and bred in Australia, Russell Crowe has been makin’ movies, singin’ songs and delightin’ ’round the world for almost four decades.…
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Exploring the creation, lifespan and end of Reading Rainbow, a beloved TV program that ran for 26 years on PBS, Butterfly in the Sky is…
Chuck Klosterman’s epic essays on popular culture often expose the bitter wind that blasts beneath the beats we bop along to, the blockbusters that burrow…
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I wasn’t a fan of filmmaker Zack Snyder’s first sci-fi space mixtape, Rebel Moon – Part One: A Child of Fire. Not because it was…
The words “cartoonish” or “Looney Tunes” are often used as shorthand for movies that may just have a few slapstick gags or the occasional bit…