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Dec 2022

National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (1989)::rating::4.5::rating::4.5::rating::4.5

T hroughout the Vacation movies, Clark Griswold (Chevy Chase) functions as a kind of cheerful, benevolent weapon of mass destruction. His ambition is simple, but noble: To act as catalyst for…

Dec 2022

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The Fabelmans (2022)::rating::5

W hen he directed Jaws in 1975, Steven Spielberg was hailed as a wunderkind and an overnight sensation. The truth is that Spielberg had been cranking out movies for most of his…

Dec 2022

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Tár (2022)::rating::4.5

A s we meet Lydia Tár (Cate Blanchett), somewhere in the deep of middle age, she's already a woman with nothing left to prove. When she sits for an interview…

Nov 2022

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This is Spinal Tap (1984)::rating::5

It's such a fine line between stupid and clever..." David St. Hubbins T ruer words have never echoed through the hallowed hallways of pop culture history. Our entire modern mythology is…

Sep 2022

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The Queen (2006)::rating::5

"I declare that my whole life, rather it be long or short, shall be devoted to your service." I t would, of course, be an unusually long life in which…

Jun 2022

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Network (1976)::rating::5

B y 1976, television had already gained momentum as a cultural hurricane, churning and demolishing everything in its path. No film predicted the tack that storm would take better than Network.…

Apr 2022

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Cannonball Run II (1984)::rating::5

W hen Cannonball Run II smashed into theaters, the world simply wasn't ready for it. "Sheer arrogance made this picture," Roger Ebert noted, with extreme prejudice. And he's not wrong: Hal…

Mar 2022

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The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1966)::rating::5

T here's a moment early on in The Good, the Bad and the Ugly when Clint Eastwood's panchoed badass strolls into frame, lights a thin cigar, and scowls for the camera.…

Mar 2022

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Ranking the Best Picture Nominees (2021)::rating::5

W ith the Oscars fast approaching, it's time to take a closer look at the nominees. It's a boatload of fun to rank things, so let's make a list, shall…

Mar 2022

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Licorice Pizza (2021)::rating::5

L icorice Pizza is an eccentric, shapeless masterpiece. It follows Gary Valentine (Cooper Hoffman), a precocious, entrepreneurial teenager, as he hustles his way through the San Fernando Valley, circa 1973. As…

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