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E dgar Wright's Baby Driver takes a page from Quentin Tarantino and elevates its soundtrack to a full-on supporting character. Ansel Elgort's Baby suffers from tinnitus and medicates himself with an iPod…

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Jul 2024

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The Natural (1984)::rating::3.5

T he Natural takes all the mythologies and superstitions that have attached themselves to baseball and bundles them into one infectiously silly package. For this story, the game takes on…

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May 2024

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Ghostbusters (1984)::rating::5

M ore than anything, Ghostbusters taught me that joy can live within the finest details. In the forty years since its release, I have savored every nuance of this movie--every quotable bit…

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Apr 2024

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Pulp Fiction (1994)::rating::5

Q uentin Tarantino’s masterpiece bears the off-kilter zeal of a crazed saucier–the kind of Creole chef who uses two teaspoons of Sherry for the recipe, then drinks the rest straight…

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Apr 2024

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Napoleon Dynamite (2004)::rating::2.5

I n some ways, Napoleon Dynamite has all the attitude and quotability of any edgy teen comedy. On the surface, it should be an instant classic, and some viewers will still swear…

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Apr 2024

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Godzilla, King of the Monsters! (1956)::rating::2.5

W hen I first saw Godzilla, King of the Monsters!, I had no idea it was an awkward stitchwork of two different productions. After all, the kaiju flicks have since become iconic in…

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Mar 2024

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Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992)::rating::4

B ram Stoker’s Dracula pulls off a rare double feat. As directed by Francis Coppola, this vampire epic manages to be deeply reverential to the beloved source material, while…

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Feb 2024

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Gladiator (2000)::rating::3

D eep in the mine shafts of my brain, I keep a list of perfect movies. Deeper still, there's a list of perfectly awful movies. Below that, under hundreds of…

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Jan 2024

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The Godfather (1972)::rating::5

M odern cinema simply could not exist as it is without The Godfather. Francis Coppola's masterpiece redefined the width and depth that movies could explore, and inspired a million imitations and homages…

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Dec 2023

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Gremlins (1984)::rating::3

G remlins attracts more clashing adjectives than any other blockbuster of its era: It's both cute and disturbing. Clever, but also idiotic. There's Christmas cheer, but it's coated with the…