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December 22, 2021

Being the Ricardos is a dull, talky affair

Aaron Sorkin just can’t help telling the story of the beloved 1950s sitcom duo through a modern lens.
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December 21, 2021

American Underdog can’t defeat mediocre filmmaking

The Zachary Levi-starrer goes little on the message, heavy on cliché.
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December 21, 2021

The Matrix Resurrections is a sci-fi love story wrapped in a queered IP blockbuster

Lana Wachowski's return to the franchise is a messy, achingly sincere meta-sequel that refreshingly reflects on its very existence.
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December 20, 2021

“When you’re good at something, time disappears”: Composer Uno Helmersson on Flee

The Swedish composer and instrumentalist talks about giving voice to things left unsaid in NEON's acclaimed animated documentary.
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December 18, 2021

MacGruber is what you’d expect, for better and for worse

The character couldn’t quite carry a feature film and now he can’t quite carry a Peacock comedy.
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December 18, 2021

Sing 2 sings a mechanically familiar harmony

The sequel to Sing is as perfunctory and over-stuffed as its predecessor.
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December 18, 2021

“Apparently He Has Been Selecting Low-Power Jokes.” Hey, Somebody Has To Write About Heartbeeps

A re-evaluation of Andy Kaufman's biggest film role leads to more or less the same conclusions.
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December 17, 2021

The Top 25 Films of 2021

From Annette to Zola, we break down the best movies of the year.
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December 16, 2021

The power of performative, racialised masculinity in The Power of The Dog

Jane Campion's latest explores how the rich and powerful assume--and shed--the trappings of others for their fulfillment.
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December 15, 2021

Swan Song questions the ethics of deception to spare our loved ones pain

Mahershala Ali reaffirms his status as America’s best working actor in Benjamin Cleary’s quietly moving sci-fi drama about a dying man considering replacement by a clone.