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How M. Night Shyamalan Lost His Place In The Cinematic World
There was a time when M. Night Shyamalan was not a joke: when each new film of his didn’t offer a better punch line; when you were sure something like the trailer for his latest film, The Visit, wasn’t meant to be funny; when his name wasn’t literally laughabl...
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“Police Story: Lockdown”
Those expecting Jackie Chan to be a virtuoso of swinging limbs should be warned that Ding Sheng's new film Police Story: Lockdown isn't like other martial arts pictures that made Chan a household name. He's over 60 now, and the high-flying acrobatics that have...
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Right on Film: 5 Films Born of the Reagan Era
Ronald Reagan was a controversial president. There wasn’t a line he straddled for most people; you either hated the man and his politics or you adored his way of thinking. Whether you hated Reagan or not, however, the perception of masculinity, patriotism, and...
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Mousterpiece Cinema, Episode 164: “Unbreakable”
Friends, it's that time of year again: time for some scarifying movie talk on Mousterpiece Cinema! Yes, it's Shock-tober, so you better boo-lieve that Josh and Gabe are back at it with some Halloween-appropriate movies. First up, it's M. Night Shyamalan's foll...
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Mousterpiece Cinema, Episode 151: “Pulp Fiction”
Don't worry, friends, you haven't broken your concentration. Yes, this is a new episode of Mousterpiece Cinema. And yes, this week, Josh and Gabe are talking about one of the most influential and iconic films of the 1990s, the decidedly family-unfriendly Quent...
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Top 10 Science Fiction Films of This World
Science fiction, that genre so perfectly suited to speculate on the future, re-imagine the past, and conjure entire worlds that seem impossible by any logical standard, is sometimes at its most compelling by casting new light on the present, the precise time a...
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Having A Goofy Old Time with ‘Red 2’
There’s a devil-may-care quality to Red 2 that makes for fun summer entertainment. I would be tempted to describe it as ‘breezy’, but it’s too feeble even for that. It’s really nothing but a bunch of scenes on a preposterous string, rattled and flung into the ...
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Movie Mettle: 5 Terrifying Movies To Test Your Limits
Movie Mettle is a weekly column for moviegoers with weak constitutions. Wish you had the balls to sit through the goriest of horror movies? Want to build up your resistance to weepy rom-coms? Each week we’ll give you a range of five movies that will test your ...
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A Good Day To Die Hard: Russian Russian ‘Til Life’s No Fun
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Some movie franchises flourish when the filmmakers consistently up the stakes, stunts, and villains. Take the Fast and the Furious movies, which have graduated from simple drag racing to driving a car out of the nose of an airplane. Those flicks are flexi...
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Reverse Pop Culture Primer: Die Hard vs. Every Reference to ‘Yippee-Ki-Yay, Motherf–ker’
Welcome to Reverse Pop Culture Primer! Every week I take a famous catchphrase, punchline, or spoiler that I learned from another part of pop culture without ever seeing the movie it references. How does knowing the joke backwards affect my experience of the mo...
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