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Talking whales and sexy aliens: Avatar: Fire and Ash

In director James Cameron’s latest film, Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025), an esteemed 10-foot-tall blue humanoid shouts “He’s a loose cannon!” about a whale who speaks in papyrus font—a moment... Read more

By February 1, 2026

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Wicked: For Good (& not so good)

Thank Goodness! Whether you’ve eagerly waited a full year for the continuation of the Wicked story or you’re ready to stop seeing pink and green everywhere you look, the wait... Read more

By December 1, 2025

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Is romance dead? In Eternity, the answer is yes and no.

“’Til death do us part” is a familiar vow of loyalty between married couples, but what happens after death? In Eternity (2025), Elizabeth Olsen plays Joan, a widowed woman who... Read more

By November 27, 2025

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Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere and the fight for novelty in a world of biopics

Our society has an obsession with retelling the stories of icons, desperately trying to dramatize their lives and explore the depths of what makes them unique. We’ve entered an era... Read more

By November 14, 2025

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A Big Bold Beautiful Journey: Is it really all that bold?

Sometimes, your next big adventure is just around the corner. In A Big Bold Beautiful Journey (2025), that’s certainly the case for Sarah (Margot Robbie) and David (Colin Farrell). A... Read more

By and September 26, 2025

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Dating dystopia in Celine Song’s Materialists

Content warning: Contains mentions of sexual assault and spoilers for Materialists “Love is easy,” according to director Celine Song. Yet it seems hard to find—which is why, in Song’s sophomore... Read more

By August 29, 2025

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Companion: Can performative activism still be entertaining?

Sometimes, what people need most is a movie that makes them feel good without having to think too hard. We love a happy ending that makes us feel a bit better about ourselves.

By March 15, 2025

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Georgetown alum RaMell Ross on his Oscar-nominated film, Nickel Boys

Ross’s experimental and fiercely empathetic sensibilities are obvious in Nickel Boys’ first-person point of view style.

By January 31, 2025

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A Complete Unknown is not really that unknown, but it is very impressive

Hollywood’s most recent biopic approaches stages of the star’s life with an effervescent, reverberating ambition.

By January 17, 2025

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Nosferatu might be the Christmas special you never knew you needed. And you might not.

Nosferatu is a film better appreciated than enjoyed, despite its effective storytelling.

By January 4, 2025

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Gladiator II is an archetypal sequel

Gladiator II is a respectable film, worth the movie ticket but perhaps not a rewatch.

By November 25, 2024

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Wicked: Magic from stage to screen

Wicked had big shoes to fill, but I dare say that they sized up.

By November 22, 2024

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Smile 2 ups the stakes and the scares

Smile 2 is certainly not winning any awards any time soon, but it does stand out as a thrilling entry in the slog of horror flicks.

By and October 28, 2024

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Poignant and authentic, A24’s We Live in Time is a fleeting tale of devotion and grief

To race against time is to lose, and Almut hates losing. 

By October 27, 2024

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In Saturday Night, Lorne Michaels has concepts of a plan

Saturday Night's ensemble reinforces the very same message sent by the original SNL: the future of comedy is indeed in good hands.

By October 26, 2024

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Heartbreaking and hilarious, Will & Harper is a powerful celebration of friendship, acceptance, and transness

Ultimately, Will & Harper is a film for everyone. It is humorous while caring, a documentary and a comedy, and a tale of constant friendship and empowering change.

By October 22, 2024

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The Wild Robot surrenders its optimism to the wild

In a story with minimal human involvement, The Wild Robot is undoubtedly human-centric.

By October 16, 2024

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Reagan (2024): The crusade of modern American propaganda

Reagan is an exercise in idolatry, in a politically fervent and particularly partisan decade.

By October 3, 2024

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Trailer Takes: A Minecraft Movie needs to return to the crafting table

Rather than remaining faithful to the source material, A Minecraft Movie attempts to retrofit nostalgic video game graphics into a modern live-action story, and the result is a greater tragedy than Jason Momoa’s character outfit.

By September 28, 2024

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Though imperfect, It Ends With Us starts an important conversation

By now, you’ve probably heard about It Ends With Us for all the wrong reasons. And that’s a damn shame.

By August 30, 2024