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Amsterdam (2022)

Amsterdam (2022)

In 1933 New York, two best friends (and veterans from World War I), find out that their beloved general from their battalion has died of mysterious circumstances on his...

Linda
Catherine Called Birdy

Catherine Called Birdy (2022)

It’s the year 1291, and everything is about to change for young Catherine (Bella Ramsey), the spirited 14-year-old daughter of the lord and lady of the village of Stonebridge....

Linda
See How They Run

See How They Run (2022)

It’s 1950s in London’s West End, and the uber-popular stage show of Agatha Christie’s “The Mousetrap” has reached a milestone with its 100th performance. Caddish American director Leo Kopernick...

Linda
Bullet Train (2022)

Bullet Train (2022)

Since Quentin Tarantino, Guy Ritchie, and Robert Rodriguez and their ilk first started riddling the screen with rapid-fire dialogue to complement equally rapid-fire bullets, the quippy, self-aware ultra-violent action...

Linda
Anything's Possible

Anything’s Possible (2022)

Kesha (Eva Reign) is confident and beautiful and Khal (Abubakr Ali) is kind and sweet. They are two adorable high school seniors who cutely and awkwardly start full-on crushing...

Linda
Thor: Love and Thunder

Thor: Love and Thunder (2022)

In our previous chapter with Thor the Space Viking, director Taika Waititi (mercifully) unleashed Chris Hemsworth’s untapped comedy skills, reviving the dullest Marvel series with probably the weirdest, and...

Linda
Good Luck to You, Leo Grande

Good Luck to You, Leo Grande (2022)

Nancy (the always-glorious Emma Thompson) is a recently-widowed retired schoolteacher. Leo (Daryl McCormack) is a sex worker that Nancy has hired to meet her in a nice hotel room....

Linda
Downton Abbey: A New Era (2022)

Downton Abbey: A New Era (2022)

At the start of Downton Abbey: A New Era we are given a quick recap of what’s what and who’s who by actor Kevin Doyle (who plays the bumbling...

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Everything Everywhere All At Once

Everything Everywhere All At Once (2022)

Evelyn (Michelle Yeoh) is just trying to do her taxes. Swamped in handwritten receipts for her small business–a struggling laundromat that she runs with her husband Waymond (Ke Huy...

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I Want You Back

I Want You Back (2022)

Romcoms are a special sort of comfort food, like a big bowl of caramel popcorn, a fuzzy blanket, and soft pants. The setup is totally formulaic: You know that...

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Ghostbusters: Afterlife

Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021)

Going into the theater to see a press screening of Ghostbusters: Afterlife, I had the sudden, very-late-in-the-game realization that I have never actually seen the original beloved 1984 comedy...

Linda
Bingo Hell

Bingo Hell (2021)

With a name like Bingo Hell, you may not expect a clever allegory of gentrification and the fading luster of the American Dream. But this campy horror-comedy delivers its...

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