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Book Excerpt: The World is Yours: The Story of Scarface by Glenn Kenny

Book Excerpt: The World is Yours: The Story of Scarface...

We are incredibly proud to present an excerpt from contributor Glenn Kenny's new...

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The Ross Brothers Made a Road-Trip Movie. They Didn’t Come Back the Same.

The Ross Brothers Made a Road-Trip Movie. They Didn’t Come...

For filmmaking brothers Bill Ross IV and Turner Ross, every movie is a journey....

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Short Films in Focus: Floating Through the Nowhere Stream with Director Luis Grané

Short Films in Focus: Floating Through the Nowhere Stream...

At this moment, you’re likely floating in the Nowhere Stream. There’s no telling...

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Star Wars -- Episode I: The Phantom Menace

Star Wars -- Episode I: The Phantom Menace

We are re-posting this review in honor of the re-release for the film's 25th anniversary....

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Launch Day for My Book, It's Time To Give a FECK! Book Tour Dates, Tamron Hall Show

Launch Day for My Book, It's Time To Give a FECK! Book...

UPDATE: Today, May 7th, marks the launch of Chaz Ebert's new book, It's Time to Give...

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A Good Reason to Be a Coward: Jim Cummings on The Last Stop in Yuma County

A Good Reason to Be a Coward: Jim Cummings on The Last...

The premise for Francis Gallupi’s directorial debut, “The Last Stop in Yuma County,”...

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The Last Stop in Yuma County

The Last Stop in Yuma County

"Last Stop in Yuma County" is the kind of movie where you root for the worst to...

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The Problem and the Solution: Why Palpatine from Star Wars is One of the Great Movie Villains

The Problem and the Solution: Why Palpatine from Star Wars...

George Lucas gets a lot of flak for his screenwriting, but credit must be given...

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Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes

Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes

When Rupert Wyatt's 2011 prequel "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" revived a five-decade-old...

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Dear Tim Cook: Be a Decent Human Being and Delete this Revolting Apple Ad

Dear Tim Cook: Be a Decent Human Being and Delete this...

During the Super Bowl broadcast of 1984, Apple debuted one of the most innovative...

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AMC's Interview with the Vampire Has a Different Flavor in Season Two

AMC's Interview with the Vampire Has a Different Flavor...

Less than two years after it premiered, “Interview with the Vampire,” AMC’s bold,...

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The Contestant

The Contestant

Sometimes, the revolution is televised. In 1998, an aspiring comedian auditioned...

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A Man in Full

A Man in Full

One of my very favorite television genres is Jeff Daniels conducting business while...

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Turtles All the Way Down

Turtles All the Way Down

In middle school, John Green novels were the quintessential YA diaries in which...

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The Fall Guy

The Fall Guy

With the notable exception of “Barbie,” the modern blockbuster can be pretty serious...

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Tomorrow There Will Be Fine Weather: A Preview of NYC's Upcoming Hiroshi Shimizu Retrospective

Tomorrow There Will Be Fine Weather: A Preview of NYC's...

There's such a rich pleasure in diving deep into the work of one filmmaker: you...

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The Idea of You

The Idea of You

Tell me if this sounds familiar: A romantic couple, one American, one British, one...

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Initially Promising Dark Matter Sinks Under Weight of Prestige TV Bloat

Initially Promising Dark Matter Sinks Under Weight of Prestige...

There’s a decent movie buried in the bloated “Dark Matter,” the latest expensive...

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Phil Lord and Chris Miller Made the Multiplex Safe for ‘The Fall Guy’

Phil Lord and Chris Miller Made the Multiplex Safe for...

In “The Fall Guy,” Ryan Gosling plays Colt, a veteran stunt performer whose real...

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Retrospective: Oscar Micheaux and the Birth of Black Independent Cinema

Retrospective: Oscar Micheaux and the Birth of Black Independent...

To watch an Oscar Micheaux film is to see the miracle of a tragedy.  Though Micheaux...