“Solar Opposites” is more bright, brazen work from the “Rick and Morty” team

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Thomas Middleditch and Ben Schwartz bluff their way through a trio of uproarious specials that teeter on the edge of chaos, like long-form improv should.

Review: “Zombieland: Double Tap” is the “Big Bang Theory” of Zom-Coms

Cheap, creaky jokes and overstimulated filmmaking plague a too-late sequel no one asked for.

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Godzilla: King of the Monsters Review: Young, Dumb, and Full of Kaiju

Michael Dougherty's entry in the Americanized kaiju franchise is frightfully brain-dead, even for a summer blockbuster.

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“Solar Opposites” is more bright, brazen work from the “Rick and Morty” team

“Middleditch & Schwartz” Bring Long-Form Improv to Netflix

Review: “Zombieland: Double Tap” is the “Big Bang Theory” of Zom-Coms

Godzilla: King of the Monsters Review: Young, Dumb, and Full of Kaiju