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‘Black Widow,’ With Heart

July 9, 2021July 15, 2021 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Black Widow, David Harbour, Florence Pugh, Marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Rachel Weisz, Scarlett Johansson

Marvel send-off is an action-packed, emotion-filled origin story

‘Scenes From An Empty Church’ Captures COVID Moments

July 8, 2021 William Schwartz 0 Comments Kevin Corrigan, Max Casella, Onur Turkel, Scenes From An Empty Church, Thomas Jay Ryan

Onur Tukel’s pandemic-set film reveals human truths

‘No Sudden Move’ Is A Winning Heist

July 6, 2021July 12, 2021 Stephen Garrett 1 Comment Benicio del Toro, Bill Duke, David Harbour, Don Cheadle, Kieran Culkin, No Sudden Move, Steven Soderbergh

Soderbergh’s newest film marks a delightfully twisty return to his roots

‘Purge’-ing At Thirteen

July 6, 2021 Bill Thomas 0 Comments The Purge

The film franchise’s age of consent defangs some of the horror

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‘Bo Gia,’ the All-Time #1 Box Office Hit in Vietnam, is Lost in Translation

July 1, 2021July 1, 2021 Neal Pollack 0 Comments Bo Gia, The Room, Tommy Wiseau, Tran Thanh

Why are all these happening?

Zola

‘Zola’ Ends up Exploiting Women Anyway

July 1, 2021July 12, 2021 Sara Stewart 0 Comments

Sex work Twitter-thread film adaptation isn’t as entertaining or wild as it thinks

False Positive

Lucy’s Baby

June 30, 2021July 12, 2021 William Schwartz 0 Comments False Positive, Ilana Glazer, Justin Theroux, Pierce Brosnan

‘False Positive,’ a new pregnancy thriller, asks: should we trust the science?

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Childless Kids’ Movies: A Proposal

June 29, 2021July 12, 2021 Brittani Sonnenberg 0 Comments Anne of Green Gables, Disney, Garfield, Lemony Snicket, Mary Poppins, Soul, The Incredibles, The Mitchells Vs. The Machines, Willy Wonka

Enough with the lovable nuclear families already

Summer of 85

Call Us By Our Names

June 28, 2021July 1, 2021 Michael Giltz 0 Comments Barbara Sukowa, Filippo Meneghetti, François Ozon, Martine Chevallier, Summer of 85, Two of Us

In these French gay love stories, love and death are basically the same thing

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Josh Ruben is Ready to Scare You with ‘Werewolves Within’

June 25, 2021June 25, 2021 Philip Fracassi 0 Comments Josh Ruben, Mike Nichols, Milana Vayntrub, Sam Richardson, Scare Me, Werewolves Within

An interview with the director of the new indie horror comedy

Furious Family Values

June 24, 2021July 5, 2021 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Charlize Theron, F9, Fast and Furious, Helen Mirren, John Cena, Kurt Russell, Ludacris, Michelle Rodriguez, Tyrese Gibson, Vin Diesel

Cars go into space, cars go boom, it’s all about family, again

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Lin-Manuel Miranda Falls From The Heights

June 23, 2021July 5, 2021 Jake Harris 1 Comment Anthony Ramos, Bill Maher, Corey Hawkins, Hamilton, In The Heights, Jimmy Fallon, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Rita Moreno

A timeline of the political collapse of what was supposed to be the summer’s big musical hit

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‘Luca’ is All Wet

June 21, 2021June 24, 2021 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Jacob Tremblay, Luca, Maya Rudolph, Pixar, Sacha Baron Cohen, Soul

Latest from Pixar traffics in sea monsters and Italian stereotypes

Loki

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BFG Podcast #009: ‘Forget the Alamo,’ Jean Smart, ‘Loki,’ and More!

June 21, 2021June 21, 2021 Book and Film Globe Staff 0 Comments

Our editor and writers break down the week that was in culture

Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard

Hitman, Baby One More Time

June 18, 2021 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Antonio Banderas, Frank Grillo, Morgan Freeman, Richard E. Grant, Ryan Reynolds, Salma Hayek, Samuel L. Jackson, The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard

‘The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard,’ a sequel to a franchise you didn’t know existed