Click, clack, ding: ‘The French Dispatch’ is chaotic, typewritten delight
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It is the most comforting movie in some time, a dose of a homey direction in which everything is laid out for viewers.
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47th season premiere of ‘Saturday Night Live’ is stale and concerning
While its brand of comedy has changed dramatically since the show’s founding, “Saturday Night Live” has done little to keep its recent seasons fresh, relying on trite gags and gimmicks.
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‘Loki’ charms with mischief, mystery time after time
For a character so widely beloved in the MCU, “Loki” has surpassed expectations, keeping audiences on their toes while they simultaneously distrust and empathize with the god of mischief.
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Our favorite films set in the workplace
We’ve compiled a list of what we think are some of the best movies that are set in a workplace, and maybe some of them will give you the kick you need to keep it going during those eight-hour shifts.
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‘Isle of Dogs’ is not Wes Anderson’s best film: Ranking the director’s best, worst
Wes Anderson doesn’t have a “bad” movie in his oeuvre, but he does have a few weak spots. He’s the kind of writer-director you either love or hate.
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Honest, authentic, surreal: An interview with ‘Brigsby Bear’ creators Kyle Mooney and Dave McCary
As McCary explained, “At the end of the day, Kyle’s and my experience of falling in love with filmmaking together as best friends is very much mirrored in the movie. That’s a really magical part of our journey.”
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Joaquin Phoenix gets stoned in ‘Inherent Vice’
Draped in translucent lights and pot-smoking subversions, “Inherent Vice” takes the infinitely rich imagination that can be found in a novel and brings its energy to the screens. Based on the 2009 novel by Thomas Pynchon, Paul Thomas Anderson writes and directs the crime comedy-drama adaptation, breathing life into the
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‘The Internship’ gets caught up in Googliness
Film interweaves art and corporatism, leaves audiences unimpressed
While many are distrustful of tech giants like Google and Facebook because of their part in the recent NSA surveillance scandal, it would probably pass you by completely were you to shell out cash for “The Internship,” the new buddy comedy reuniting “Wedding Crashers” stars Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn.
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‘Paris’ delights and enchants
After a series of recent flops, Woody Allen returns with the whimsical ‘Midnight in Paris.’
Supine on a hotel bed, Inez asks Gil, “Do you really want to give it all up just to struggle?” Yes, he does. And if people like Gil didn’t give it all up, we wouldn’t have movies like Woody Allen’s 41st feature film “Midnight in Paris.” Skeptics like Inez are
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