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The 5 Biggest Takeaways From HBO's New Diana Documentary,
The Princess
By Cady Lang
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By Stephanie Zacharek
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Bodies Bodies Bodies
Updates the Old-School Slasher Formula and Ends on a High Note
One of the great pleasures of summer is the purely enjoyable, disposable horror movie, one that comes with no pretention of being “elevated”—a term that demeans the overall genre, anyway. Bodies Bodies Bodies—the English-language debut...
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Prey Reimagines the Predator Franchise
As a movie villain, the Predator has pretty basic motivations. He's an alien who comes to Earth to hunt for fun with some cool gadgets. He can make himself invisible, but can't see his targets,...
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Even Brad Pitt Can't Lend
Bullet Train
Some Steam
You know an action movie’s bad when it saps your will to live. Bullet Train, directed by David Leitch and adapted from Kotaro Isaka’s 2010 novel Maria Beetle—is clearly designed to be pure, visceral entertainment,...
By Stephanie Zacharek
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Thirteen Lives Depicts an Extraordinary Rescue
Ron Howard's true-life drama tells the story of a remarkable 2018 rescue in a Thai cave
By Stephanie Zacharek
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B.J. Novak’s Vengeance Is a Pleasurably Shrewd Satire
The 'Office' alum's directorial debut is a comedic murder mystery set in West Texas
By Stephanie Zacharek
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Jordan Peele's ‘Nope’ Debuts at No. 1
“Nope,” which opened on 3,785 theaters in the U.S. and Canada, is the most expensive film Peele has made to date
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Breaking Down the Meaning of Jordan Peele’s
Nope
Is the science fiction horror flick actually an allegory for Hollywood? Or capitalism? Or just a splashy summer monster movie?
By Andrew R. Chow and Laura Zornosa
July 22, 2022
Hugh Grant's Sex Jokes Are the Star of the
Dungeons and Dragons
Comic-Con Panel
The 'enthusiastic dungeon master' explained why he's randomly in the new movie
By Eliana Dockterman
July 21, 2022
The Story Behind The Gray Man
The new movie is Netflix's most expensive yet, and the latest in Hollywood's long and thorny grappling with the role of the CIA
By Laura Zornosa
July 20, 2022
Nope
Is a Resplendent Spectacle Packed With Way Too Many Ideas
Jordan Peele's sci-fi horror movie can be gorgeous to look at, but conceptually it comes off as barely thought through
By Stephanie Zacharek
July 20, 2022
Gabby Giffords Won't Back Down
Tells a Remarkable Story of Recovery
Julie Cohen and Betsy West have made documentaries about RBG, Julia Child, Pauli Murray and now the former Arizona congresswoman
By Justine Simons
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The 14 Best Jane Austen-Inspired Films to Watch After Netflix's
Persuasion
From Clueless to Sense and Sensibility, Emma to Mansfield Park
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‘Our Light Has To Come From Within.’ Billy Porter on Directing the Trans Coming-of-Age Story
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The multihyphenate performer directs a teen rom-com about a trans high schooler navigating the joy and drama of first love
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Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
Is the Rare Movie That Values the Mere Idea of Beauty
Watching it is like stepping through a portal to a time when sweet-natured, visually resplendent pictures like this were plentiful
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July 15, 2022
The Gray Man
Saps the Charm Out of Even Chris Evans and Ryan Gosling
Joe and Anthony Russo's new movie tries to be an over-the-top Mission: Impossible adventure but ends up in a no-man’s land of inconsequence
By Stephanie Zacharek
July 15, 2022
Persuasion
Is a Subpar Jane Austen Adaptation. But Many of Its Critics Are Missing the Point
Whatever choices a filmmaker makes in bringing an Austen story to the screen are sure to draw scrutiny—and ire—from her staunchest devotees
By Stephanie Zacharek
July 12, 2022
The Carnal Complexity of Juliette Binoche in
Both Sides of the Blade
Is All too Rare in Film—And It's Glorious
Claire Denis and Juliette Binoche, who have now made three films together, are a match made in a gloriously idiosyncratic heaven. Denis is one of our finest, most fascinating living filmmakers, and Binoche is one...
By Stephanie Zacharek
July 8, 2022
Why Marvel Movies Are Obsessed With Parent-Child Relationships
This story contains spoilers for all Marvel movies and television series Marvel movies have become obsessed with parent-child relationships. Recent Marvel Cinematic Universe projects have seen just about every adult superhero step into the role...
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July 8, 2022
All the Cameos in
Thor: Love and Thunder
This story contains spoilers for all Marvel movies and television series Thor: Love and Thunder is chock-full of cameos. The movie, helmed by Thor: Ragnarok director Taika Waititi, already stars a number of A-listers, including...
By Eliana Dockterman
July 8, 2022
Comics Help Us Understand Jane in Thor: Love and Thunder
The movie closely parallels a recent storyline in which Jane Foster, fighting cancer, takes on the mantle of Thor
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July 8, 2022
Here's What the
Thor: Love and Thunder
End-Credits Scenes Mean for the Future of the MCU
The Marvel movie stingers used to set up the plot for the very next film in the franchise. The end-credits scene for Iron Man gave us our first glimpse at Thor's hammer before the first...
By Eliana Dockterman
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Thor: Love and Thunder
Is a Snooze
Taika Waititi's latest installment in the MCU may please kids, but despite its many gags and cameos, it's a snore for grown-ups
By Stephanie Zacharek
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Minions: The Rise of Gru
Sows Just the Right Amount of Chaos
Though not the best in the franchise, the Steve Carell-starring villain origin story offers just enough rejuvenation to distract from a relentless news cycle
By Stephanie Zacharek
July 1, 2022
Netflix's
Beauty
Has the Ingredients for a Great Music Drama But Never Finds Its Beat
Written by Lena Waithe, the '80s-set drama, which bears more than a passing resemblance to the real-life story of Whitney Houston, never quite gels
By Stephanie Zacharek
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The Real Life Inspiration Behind the Horror Film
The Black Phone
How do you turn a short story about a sadistic child murderer into a horrifying, but hopeful coming-of-age film? If you’re director Scott Derrickson, you use your own traumatic childhood as inspiration. Derrickson’s latest film,...
By Shannon Carlin
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Filmmaker Rebeca Huntt's Debut Documentary
BEBA
Is an Intimate Self-Portrait
With the autobiographical documentary BEBA, filmmaker Rebeca Huntt crafts a story that feels universal while remaining all hers. The movie, Huntt's debut feature, explores her identity through an intimate moving self-portrait. Huntt, whose mother is...
By Jenna Caldwell
June 24, 2022
In
The Man from Toronto
, Kevin Hart Makes the Most of Lackluster Material
This isn’t the sort of movie you should go out of your way to see. But it’s a showcase for the minor modern miracle of Kevin Hart’s timing
By Stephanie Zacharek
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Jenny Slate on the Unifying Power of a Well-Heeled Shell Named Marcel
Twelve years ago, the internet fell instantly in love with Marcel the Shell With Shoes On, the adorable stop motion mollusk voiced by Jenny Slate. The little shell with one googly eye and a pair...
By Shannon Carlin
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The True Story Behind Elvis and Priscilla Presley’s Relationship
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A Philosophical Mollusk Shares Insights on Life and Loneliness in
Marcel the Shell With Shoes On
A gentle pleasure isn’t necessarily a flimsy one. The hero of the faux documentary Marcel the Shell With Shoes On is a diminutive mollusk shell with one eye, two legs, and a deeply philosophical view...
By Stephanie Zacharek
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We Need Beavis and Butt-Head More Than Ever. Thank Goodness They're Back
The question swirling around Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe, Mike Judge’s movie-length resurrection of his mid-1990s MTV slacker sensation Beavis and Butt-Head, is “Can Beavis and Butt-Head still be funny today, now that we...
By Stephanie Zacharek
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Elvis Still Has Not Left the Building
Baz Luhrmann's new movie, with its frenetic, prismatic quality, may be the best way to deal with the messy whole of Elvis and the complexity of his legacy
By Stephanie Zacharek
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Fire Island
's Joel Kim Booster Wants to Leave His 'Hot Idiot' Act Behind
The comic talks about drawing from Jane Austen in "Fire Island" and his enduring creative partnership with SNL’s Bowen Yang
By Andrew R. Chow
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Good Luck To You, Leo Grande
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By Stephanie Zacharek
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Penélope Cruz Dazzles in the Sharp Showbiz Satire
Official Competition
Penélope Cruz is a marvelous dramatic actor, but we don’t get enough chances to bask in the glow of her lustrous comic timing. She never clamps down on a line; her rhythms have the whirring...
By Stephanie Zacharek
June 17, 2022
The True Story Behind Hulu's Boy Scouts Documentary
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For more than a century, the Boy Scouts were a bastion of archetypal American iconography and values. “It’s apple pie, it’s baseball, it’s mom, it’s Fourth of July, it’s the American flag, it’s Norman Rockwell,...
By Lindsay Lee Wallace
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A New
Father of the Bride
Proves There’s Life Left in an Old Concept
Our ideas about marriage and marital roles have changed radically in the past 50 years, especially now that women are major players in the work force. What’s changed less is the notion of the wedding:...
By Stephanie Zacharek
June 17, 2022
Pixar's
Lightyear
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There are a million origin stories in the naked city, and in the toybox too. Now, whether we care or not, we get the backstory of Buzz Lightyear, the disarmingly full of himself he-man space...
By Stephanie Zacharek
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How
Jurassic World: Dominion
Pays Tribute to
Jurassic Park
The more things change, the more they stay the same in the Jurassic Park franchise. The latest installment in the prehistoric blockbuster series, Jurassic World: Dominion, in theaters June 10, says goodbye to the Jurassic...
By Shannon Carlin
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The 11 Best NBA Players Turned Big-Screen Actors
Many NBA players have made the move from the basketball court to the big screen—and in honor of Adam Sandler’s new Netflix basketball drama Hustle, we’ve compiled a list of some of the best basketball...
By Shannon Carlin
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Hustle
The cast of Adam Sandler’s latest Netflix film, Hustle, streaming now, is a real who’s who of NBA stars. In the drama, big-time basketball fan Sandler plays Stanley Sugerman, a down on his luck Philadelphia...
By Shannon Carlin
June 9, 2022
Jurassic World Dominion
's Overstuffed Plot Leaves No Room For Its Main Draw—the Dinos
The point of entertainment is not to wear you down, but you’d never know it from watching Jurassic World Dominion, directed by Colin Trevorrow. This is the sixth Jurassic Park movie overall and the third...
By Stephanie Zacharek
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Adam Sandler's Hustle Is a Jump Shot That Pays Off
There’s a certain type of movie you could swear you’ve seen a million times before, one that hits so many familiar beats you can pretty much predict the next one, and the one after that....
By Stephanie Zacharek
June 8, 2022
Laura Dern on
Jurassic Park
and the Pressure of Reviving an Iconic Character
It’s been nearly 30 years since Laura Dern starred in Jurassic Park, but to many fans, she’ll always be paleobotanist Dr. Ellie Sattler. It’s why she felt a little nervous to step back into the...
By Shannon Carlin
June 8, 2022
Olivier Assayas Turns 1996 Movie
Irma Vep
Inside Out in New HBO Series
If you’d made one of the most poetic and modern-feeling films of the 1990s—a romance about the way art can steal from you as much as it bestows, as well as a reflection on the...
By Stephanie Zacharek
June 6, 2022
E.T.
Still Perfectly Captures the Longing of Childhood, 40 Years Later
The most tender of Steven Spielberg’s movies, ET shows a purity of emotion and intent that’s distinctive even among all the films he’s made
By Stephanie Zacharek
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