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ROBIN HOOD2018Directed by Otto BathurstWritten by Ben Chandler and David James KellySpoilers: moderateIn the mid-10s, Hollywood had no fewer than three Robin Hoods in development, and that's mysterious to me, given that only a few years earlier, Ridley Scott's Robin Hood had posted losses measured...
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HOPPERS2026Directed by Daniel ChongWritten by Jesse Andrews and Daniel ChongSpoilers: moderateThe only way out is through, they sometimes say, and such is the case with Pixar and that studio's most recently-released film, Hoppers, which did the estimable work of reversing the trend of...
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I LOVE BOOSTERS2026Written and directed by Boots RileySpoilers: moderateWhatever else, you gotta be a little amazed that in A.D. 2026 you can go out to your regular old AMC multiplex in Pennsylvania and watch some genuine communist propaganda—explicitly so, and Marxist propaganda, at that. Less...
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HARRY AND THE HENDERSONS1987Directed by William DearWritten by William E. Martin, Ezra D. Rappaport, and William DearSpoilers: highIn 1980 Steven Spielberg (plus Frank Marshall plus Kathleen Kennedy) founded Amblin Entertainment, partly just to serve as a production company for his own films, but...
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More capsule or at least capsulish reviews as we finally finish cleaning up the movies of the previous year, three months and change into the new one. Herein we discuss Resurrection, House of Dynamite, Black Bag, and The Running Man.RESURRECTIONCan you guess the theme of these five graybles? I...
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I mean, part of the reason might be the rather underwhelming slate of Best Picture nominees this past year, and in fairness to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, they were confronted with a deeply underwhelming year in 2025—though I think we could all name some very obvious snubs...