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A bereaved family takes the winter trip to hell in The Lodge
Odd, offhanded things people say can stick in your head forever, and there’s no real accounting for why. Years ago, while we were both working … Continue reading
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Odd, offhanded things people say can stick in your head forever, and there’s no real accounting for why. Years ago, while we were both working … Continue reading
You might think you know Phoebe Waller-Bridge. You might, like me, even think you love her a bit, a consequence of being seduced, and then … Continue reading
With a résumé like Old School, Talladega Nights, Step Brothers and Anchor Man, Will Ferrell owned comedy during the 2000s. And Julia Louis-Dreyfus is hot … Continue reading
Harley Quinn (Margot Robbie), last seen in Suicide Squad, is having a rotten day. She and the Joker split up, which makes it open season … Continue reading
The following anecdote may or may not be totally accurate — I suspect it is, the source is reliable — but it doesn’t matter because … Continue reading
Every time I watch a movie by the great American director Terrence Malick, I come to the same conclusion: There is every other filmmaker, and … Continue reading
Had Steven Spielberg simply cut the first and last 15 minutes from Saving Private Ryan — all that sentimentalized, emotion-yanking sacrificial nationalistic hoopla — he … Continue reading
There always has been and there ever will be a tremendous fascination in watching a human being self-destruct. Call it morbid curiosity, moral pathos or … Continue reading
One of the most divisive events in recent Oregon history is the occupation of Oregon’s Malheur National Wildlife Refuge and the following standoff between protesters … Continue reading
Greta Gerwig’s adaptation of Little Women begins and ends with Jo March (Saoirse Ronan) in her editor’s office, trying to convince him to buy her … Continue reading