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Wednesday, January 23, 2019

Heidi 2: The Quickening

January 23, 2019January 23, 2019 Neal Pollack 0 Comments Agatha Christie, Aldous Huxley, Bobbsey Twins, Carl Sandburg, copyright, D.H. Lawrence, Djuna Barnes, Don Quixote, Edith Wharton, Heidi, Jean Toomer, public domain, Tarzan, The Three Musketeers, William Dean Howells

Hundreds Of Literary and Cinematic Works Just Entered The Public Domain. Which One Should We Butcher First?

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It’s Jobe’z World, We Just Do Drugs In It

January 21, 2019January 21, 2019 John Everhart 0 Comments Jason Grisell, Jobe'z World, Michael M. Bilandic, Theodore Bouloukos

New Yorkers So Zonked, They Might As Well Be Replikants

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Trial By Fyre

January 18, 2019 Neal Pollack 0 Comments Billy McFarland, Fyre Festival, Ja Rule, The Greatest Party That Never Happened

Netflix’s Fyre Festival Documentary Marks the End of Influencer Culture

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Women on the Verge of a Financial Breakdown

January 18, 2019January 18, 2019 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments

For ‘The Heiresses,’ it’s Their Way or the Paraguay

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Your ‘Glass’ is Ass

January 17, 2019January 17, 2019 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Bruce Willis, Glass, James McAvoy, M. Night Shyamalan, Samuel L. Jackson, Sarah Paulson

More Pretentious (Though Kinda Interesting) Meta-Superhero Ramblings from M. Night Shyamalan

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Before ‘Vice,’ There Was ‘Viva Villa’

January 17, 2019January 17, 2019 Ben Schwartz 0 Comments Adam McKay, Ben Hecht, Charles MacArthur, David O. Selznick, Howard Hawks, Vice, Viva Villa, Wallace Beery

Ben Hecht and the Art of the Takedown Biopic

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No One Feels Sorry For Laurel and Hardy

January 15, 2019January 15, 2019 Kristin Clifford 0 Comments John C. Reilly, Laurel and Hardy, Stan and Ollie, Steve Coogan

‘Stan and Ollie’ Breaks Out The Tiny Showbiz Violins

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Mrs. Maisel Isn’t a Shiksa

January 14, 2019January 14, 2019 Mia McCullough 1 Comment Ashkenazi, Felicity Jones, Jewish, Jews, Lee Israel, Melissa McCarthy, Mrs. Maisel, Rachel Brosnahan, Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Why Do Non-Jewish Actresses Get All The Best Jewish Roles?

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A Decent ‘Upside’

January 11, 2019 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Bryan Cranston, Kevin Hart, Nicole Kidman, The Intouchables, The Upside

Genuine Sentiment Saves What Could Have Been A Racist Shitshow

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Netflix Has a New Boss

January 10, 2019January 13, 2019 Ross Warner 0 Comments Bruce Springsteen, Springsteen on Broadway

Even For a Superfan, the Springsteen Streaming Special Offers Brilliant Surprises

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The Fat-Girl Pride of ‘Dumplin’

January 8, 2019January 7, 2019 Kristin Clifford 0 Comments Danielle McDonald, Dolly Parton, Dumplin', Hillary Begley, Jennifer Aniston, Maddie Baillio

At Last, a Movie That Truly Understands the Struggles (and Joys) of Being Plus-Sized

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Getting Creepy With Josh Malerman

January 7, 2019January 7, 2019 Philip Fracassi 0 Comments Andrew Michael Hurley, Atticus Ross, Bird Box, Josh Malerman, Sandra Bullock, Tanith Lee, Trent Reznor, Trevonte Rhodes, Unbury Carol

The BFG Interview With the Author Of Bird Box

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Like Watching Paint Dry

January 7, 2019January 7, 2019 Neal Pollack 0 Comments Julian Schnabel, Oscar Issac, Paul Gauguin, Van Gogh, Willem Dafoe

The Van Gogh Movie That Will Make You Hate Art

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An Escape Room of One’s Own

January 6, 2019January 6, 2019 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Escape Room

Up Next, a Thriller About Top Golf

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The Strange Case of The Horrible Sherlock Holmes Comedy

January 5, 2019January 5, 2019 Jason Avant 0 Comments Ben Kingsley, Etan Cohen, Gene Wilder, Holmes And Watson, John C. Reilly, Madeline Kahn, Marty Feldman, Michael Caine, Sherlock Holmes, Will Ferrell

Why Does the Holmes and Watson Movie Even Exist?

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