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Only Murders in the Building Continues its Quirky, Character-Heavy Ways in Second Season, Despite…

Only Murders in the Building Continues its Quirky, Character-Heavy Ways in Second Season, Despite…

Only Murders in the Building had the unenviable task of continuing its excellent first season’s momentum with its sophomore outing. The…
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Bullet Train is a Light, Heavily-Stylized Action Comedy that Goes On for a Little Too Long

Bullet Train is a Light, Heavily-Stylized Action Comedy that Goes O...

Theaters are so inundated with sequels and reboots these days when it comes to action blockbusters, that even a film like Bullet Train…
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Westworld Almost Returns to its Lofty Heights in a Fourth Season that Ends with Chaos (and a…

Westworld Almost Returns to its Lofty Heights in a Fourth Season th...

The last time we watched Westworld, the show had just wrapped up a cinematic but simplified third season that had mostly done away with the…
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Prey Delivers the Best Predator Sequel to Date, Taking the Franchise Back to its Roots

Prey Delivers the Best Predator Sequel to Date, Taking the Franchise Back to its Roots

The Predator franchise has been trucking along for almost three decades now, but it has long since lost its steam. There have been sparks…
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Nope is a Unique, Terrifying Horror Thriller that Breaks the Mold of Jordan Peele Films

Nope is a Unique, Terrifying Horror Thriller that Breaks the Mold of Jordan Peele Films

Jordan Peele could have taken an easy route after the success of Get Out, staying in his comfort zone and repeating himself with his themes…
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The Gray Man Feels Frustratingly Bland, Despite Boasting a Stellar Cast and the Russo Brothers

The Gray Man Feels Frustratingly Bland, Despite Boasting a Stellar Cast and the Russo Brothers

The Gray Man, despite having a $200 million budget, an excellent cast, and the directors and writers from Avengers: Endgame holding its…
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Ms. Marvel is a Wonderfully Wholesome Show that Highlights South-East Asian Culture but Skims Out…

Ms. Marvel is a Wonderfully Wholesome Show that Highlights South-East Asian Culture but Skims Out…

Ms. Marvel was always going to be a dicey play for Marvel, as it’s centered around the first Muslim superhero in the MCU. There’s no…
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Thor: Love and Thunder is a Crowd Pleaser, but it Doesn’t Help Alleviate the Feeling of Aimlessness…

Thor: Love and Thunder is a Crowd Pleaser, but it Doesn’t Help Alleviate the Feeling of Aimlessness…

Marvel’s Thor is a character who has been saddled with plenty of different circumstances and new character directions with almost every new…
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The Boys is More Entertaining than Ever with an (Almost) Perfect Third Season

The Boys is More Entertaining than Ever with an (Almost) Perfect Third Season

In a time when superhero fatigue is starting to become a reality, The Boys continues to tell perhaps the most entertaining and consistently…
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Top Gun: Maverick is that Rare ‘Perfect Sequel’, Despite Arriving 3 Decades After its Original

Top Gun: Maverick is that Rare ‘Perfect Sequel’, Despite Arriving 3 Decades After its Original

Arriving 36 years after the original Top Gun, Top Gun: Maverick could have easily been a massive misfire if it weren’t for the hard work of…
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