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Blockbusters are back in a big way this March, even if movie theaters aren’t. Many of the month’s biggest titles,…

Watch This offers movie recommendations inspired by new releases, premieres, current events, or occasionally just…

There are so many ace cinematographers, and so many who have been justly awarded by the Oscars, that it’s not always…

Comedians in middle age are not supposed to make movies like Barb & Star Go To Vista Del Mar. Kristen Wiig, the…

Another month, another slate of films hedging their bets between the slow reopening of movie theaters and the…

Around the turn of the millennium, reality-bending movies like The Truman Show and The Matrix featured protagonists…

Watch This offers movie recommendations inspired by new releases, premieres, current events, or occasionally just…

Watch This offers movie recommendations inspired by new releases, premieres, current events, or occasionally just…

Note: The writer of this review watched The White Tiger on a digital screener from home. Before making the decision…

This January is lighter on schlock than normal. But then, it’s lighter on movies in general. While a few are…

Ever the multi-tasker, director/writer/producer/cinematographer/editor Robert Rodriguez worked on an episode of The…

Note: The writer of this review watched Fatale on a digital screener from home. Before making the decision to see…

Don’t trust anyone who says it’s impossible to make a best movies list in 2020. There were plenty of films to like…

For one blissful month, it seemed like the defining moment of movie culture this year might be the most joyful one,…

There was a time when George Clooney felt like the last traditional movie star: a reliable grown-up presence working…

Any movie can achieve a moment of greatness. We’re talking about those few minutes that stick with you for a…

“The first time was 15 years ago, so you know I made a hell of an impression.”

It’s the final month of 2020, and we’re not much closer than we were all year to getting back to the status quo of…

Imagine an all-powerful artificial intelligence with full access to the world’s entire digital grid and archives,…

Hollywood and Broadway have spent decades locked in a vicious cycle: Blockbusters from both have spent more money on…