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10 Devastating Vietnam War Movies Better Than ‘Apocalypse Now’
Apocalypse Now, starring Marlon Brando, Martin Sheen, and the late Robert Duvall, is widely thought of as the greatest movie about the Vietnam War. Loosely inspired by Joseph Conrad’s 1899 novella Heart of Darkness, with the setting shifted from late-19th-century Congo to 20th-century Asia, the Francis Ford Coppola film is tense and gorgeous. It was nominated for eight Oscars, winning…
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These Are Clint Eastwood’s 10 Best Movies, Ranked
There are countless actors. A few dozen honest-to-goodness movie stars. But there is and will only ever be one Clint Eastwood. He’s not just a legend—he’s the guy. Start with a face that looks like it was cut from granite. Add an intense squint that may as well shoot laser beams. His rugged appearance matches the effortless swagger of someone…
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Column: From Boo Radley to ‘Cars’ — The films that raised us
I remember the first time I ever went to a movie theater. It was with my parents. The movie was “To Kill a Mockingbird” and I remember what it felt like sitting in that dark theater and being totally pulled into the story that was playing out on the big screen. It was in black and white and maybe that…
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Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die
Gore Verbinski’s “Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die” is a maximalist screed against the ravages of social media and AI that, to its credit, places blame upon both the corporate overlords for whom this planet is merely a way station to interstellar domination but also each one us, complicit in our own small ways to the sequential undermining of all…
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Bold and Brilliant: What Drives This Year’s Oscar‑Nominated Shorts Filmmakers | Movies
In an industry obsessed with franchises and runtime, short films thrive on intimacy, risk, and purity of vision. Yet for the filmmakers behind them, the experience is a paradox. They create in a golden age of access to filmmaking tools but also in a wasteland for the distribution of their work, a contradiction that demands an entrepreneurial spirit just to…
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8 Best New Movies and Shows to Stream This Weekend (Feb. 20-22)
This week is shaping up to be one of the quieter weeks of streaming TV and film premieres of the year so far. That does not mean there is nothing new for you to look forward to this weekend on Netflix, Apple TV or any of your other streaming services, though. For starters, two of the best movies of the…
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9 Underrated Zombie Movies Horror Fans Need to Watch
There’s horror, and then there’s zombie horror. And if you don’t already know the difference between the two in your gut, let’s just say that one of them has a way of making you suddenly very aware of every exit in the room. We all have a morbid fascination with the walking dead, and it’s okay to admit it. Maybe…
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On the Big Screen This Week: The Black Europe Film Festival, a BDSM Date Movie, Oscar Shorts, and the Most Unnecessary Remake of the Decade
Friends, you know me. I prefer to use my mighty powers as a critic to promote the righteous rather than to punish the wicked. So when I call for a boycott, you know I don’t do so lightly. But that’s what I’m doing this week with How to Make a Killing, a new movie that, like most new movies, stars…
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10 Best Movie Endings of the 1990s, Ranked
Have you ever watched a movie and it just didn’t have an ending? Doesn’t happen. Not possible. Everything has to end. Even when the lack of an ending is intentional, that in itself is still an ending. That’s a purposeful decision to not conclude in a traditional way, but the end credits still roll, or if it’s one of those…
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12 Best Hockey Movies of All Time, Ranked
The greatest sport on ice, and one of the big four of professional American sports, hockey has become more and more popular over the years. Whether it’s because the NHL players are competing in the Olympics or a little gay hockey show called Heated Rivalry, there’s truly no time like the present to capitalize on the game. Before Shane Hollander…
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