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George Miller Drops New Furiosa Trailer, Reveals Why He Didn’t De-Age Charlize Theron
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When it comes to the summer blockbuster slate, aside from a new thriller from M. Night Shyamalan and the first two parts of Kevin Costner’s western saga, the only other studio release that brings much interest is George Miller’s Furiosa:...
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A Conversation with Morgan Waru & Josephine Stewart-Te Whiu (WE WERE DANGEROUS)
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In the halcyon past of 1954, from the bucolic landscapes of New Zealand, We Were Dangerous opens with the daring escape bid of two Maori girls – Nellie (Erana James) and Daisy (Manaia Hall) – from a school catering to wayward souls. Their flight foiled, the girls...
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STAR WARS: THE ACOLYTE Trailer: The End of The High Republic is Nigh
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This isn't about good or bad, it's about power and who is allowed to use it.    The next Star Wars series, The Acolyte, is coming to Disney+ this June. It takes place during the final days of the High...
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Riddle of Fire Director Weston Razooli on Zelda, Miyazaki, and Learning From Bad Movies
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In the recent decades of Hollywood exporting slapped-together “children’s movies” to appease parents just looking to take their kids to anything that can pass the time, any film with an actual sense of youthful wonder in cinema feels like a...
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SXSW 2024 Review: SMUGGLERS, Korea’s King of Action Ryoo Seung-Wan Delivers A ’70s Set Crowd-Pleaser
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Two women’s lives transform when their diving careers move from harvesting shellfish to high stakes smuggling in Ryoo Seung-n’s ‘70s set comedic action thriller, Smugglers. After a healthy theatrical run in South Korea and a North American premiere at TIFF,...
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SXSW 2024: Sing Sing, Bob Trevino Likes It, Hood Witch
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“Sing Sing” is perfectly timed. Social media users are normalizing ignorance and incuriosity for clout, and characterizing anyone who is interested in art that they don’t already know they like as “pretentious” or “only pretending” to like it, essentially trying...
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Limbo
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The Australian actor Simon Baker has spent a good portion of his career in Hollywood, in amiable lead roles on television and mostly amiable second leads in film. He often sports a slightly unruly mop of sandy hair, which helps...
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Netflix Dutifully Unpacks Memorable Cases in Overdone Homicide: New York
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“On the island of Manhattan there are two detective squads dedicated to homicides: Manhattan North and Manhattan South. They investigate the most brutal and difficult murders.” You can almost hear the classic “Law & Order” boom-boom sound at the end...
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Becoming Other: Another Look at Under the Skin
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“Under the Skin” revolves around an unnamed alien creature played by Scarlett Johannsson roaming around the streets of Glasgow in Scotland observing, mimicking, and devouring human beings. For the sake of comprehension, this analysis will refer to this character as...
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Screen Anarchists On DUNE: PART TWO
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Back when we created our ScreenAnarchy top-10 list of 2021, I lamented the fact that I didn't rally our troops to make a group review for Denis Villeneuve's Dune. Because even though the film topped the leaderboard that year, opinions...
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