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‘One Battle After Another’ Is the Most Overrated Film of the Year

December 16, 2025December 28, 2025 Kenji Fujishima 12 Comments American filmmakers, best films of 2025, Boogie Nights, Chase Infiniti, French Algerian War, Gillo Pontecorvo, Golden Globe nominations, Joaquin Phoenix, Jonny Greenwood, Leonardo DiCaprio, Magnolia, Maya Rudolph, One Battle After Another, Paul Thomas Anderson, Phantom Thread, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Punch-Drunk Love, Regina Hall, Scientology, Sean Penn, Teyana Taylor, The Battle of Algiers, The Master, There Will Be Blood, Thomas Pynchon, Vineland, white supremacy

Despite the near-unanimous praise, Paul Thomas Anderson’s reach once again exceeds his grasp.

Billy Bob Thornton

Billy Bob Thornton, Not Peaking

March 7, 2023March 8, 2023 William Schwartz 0 Comments Billy Bob Thornton, David Joy, Devil's Peak, Hopper Penn, Sean Penn, Where All The Light Tends To Go

‘Devil’s Peak,’ an unthrilling rural North Carolina crime thriller, is part of an actor’s long fade

Licorice Pizza

Paul Thomas Anderson Gets Personal with ‘Licorice Pizza’

November 26, 2021April 3, 2022 Stephen Garrett 1 Comment Alana Haim, Boogie Nights, Bradley Cooper, Christine Ebersole, Cooper Hoffman, Licorice Pizza, Paul Thomas Anderson, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Sean Penn, Tom Waits

A beautifully nostalgic young-love story set in the 1970s San Fernando Valley

Val

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Val Kilmer: Man of Mystery

August 6, 2021August 17, 2021 Sara Stewart 0 Comments Anthony Edwards, Kevin Bacon, Lee Scott, Real Genius, Sean Penn, The Doors, Ting Poo, Tom Cruise, Tombstone, Top Secret!, val, Val Kilmer

Documentary is a window into one of Hollywood’s great eccentrics

Miller's Crossing

The Five Best Irish Mob Movies

November 29, 2019March 18, 2020 Kathy O'Neill 1 Comment Albert Finney, Amy Ryan, Do you even give a f***?, Dropkick Murphys, Ed Harris, Gabriel Byrne, GoodFellas, I'm Shipping up to boston, John C. Reilly, Leonardo DiCaprio, Liam Neeson, Mark Wahlberg, Martin Scorsese, Matt Damon, Miller's Crossing, Sean Penn, State of Grace, The Coen Brothers, The Departed, The Irishman, Whitey Bulger

They Always Wanted to be Gangsters

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‘IF’: Imaginary Friends and Real Ryan Reynoldses

April 19, 2026April 19, 2026 Robert Dean 0

John Krasinski’s 2024 bomb hits Netflix and explodes into life

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In ‘Cinematic Immunity,’ Film Crews Get the Final Edit

April 14, 2026April 17, 2026 Gillian G. Gaar 0

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Plastic is Shrinking America’s Dicks

April 12, 2026April 17, 2026 Dan Friedman 0

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Houston, We Have Engagement!

April 8, 2026April 11, 2026 Dr. Carlos Flores 0

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