1997 was a special summer for the movies. Speed 2: Cruise Control featured Willem Dafoe on a cruise ship, murdering ...
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The cruelest test of how much something means to you is to take that thing away. For Ruben Stone (Riz ...
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As I watched the strange magnificence of Minari unfold, my thoughts went to Hillbilly Elegy, Ron Howard's flimsy, plastic melodrama ...
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In my notes for Nomadland, I scribbled that Fern (Frances McDormand) lives "untethered." But that's not exactly true. She's firmly ...
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"It is well that war is so terrible, otherwise we should grow too fond of it."Robert E. Lee [su_dropcap size="5"]P[/su_dropcap]atton ...
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"You search for...the scent of your prey, and then you hunt them down. That's the only thing you're committed to ...
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[su_dropcap size="5"]I[/su_dropcap] watched JFK in eighth grade, and it blew my mind on two equally important fronts:  First off, it's a balls-out ...
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"For it is not light that is needed, but fire; it is not the gentle shower, but thunder. We need ...
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[su_dropcap size="5"]I[/su_dropcap] know what you're going to say before you even say it, so let me gently put my fingers ...
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In the final act of Parasite, a character punctuates a dark moment with a fit of misplaced laughter.  This scene perfectly ...
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