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“Writer-director Rian Johnson outdoes himself. Deeply satisfying and wildly enjoyable. His sequel offers more action, more delicious comeuppances, more daring design and a few genuinely surprising cameos just for good measure.” - The Hollywood Reporter

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There are two lines of myth making happening around the box office this weekend. First, there is the Glass Onion saga and then there is the Strange…

Nov 28

We’re not going to get reported numbers on Glass Onion, a movie that seems to be universally liked, and one could say, loved. Tonight, at 6:30p, there…

Nov 26

I believe this is the 25th year I have written this Thanksgiving, as in the first year of The Hot Button, I was maxed at 250 words (maybe even a…

Nov 24

So many of my favorite people. So many happy ambitions coming together in unexpected ways. But sadly, both Disenchanted and Spirited seem so happy to be…

Nov 23

I am going to make this very brief… very brief for me, at least. I got The COVID. I’m 95% sure I got it at the first screening of Babylon last Monday…

Nov 23

Daddy’s coming home to calm Jim Cramer’s little heart. He’s also coming back to clean up Bob Chapek’s mess… which has been overstated. I would bet…

Nov 21

There is something about being sick that reminds me so much of experiencing a movie that matters to you. The human body is, on the whole, such a…

Nov 20

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