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June 24, 2016
Tim Grierson
Independence Day:
You Can’t Phone Home Again
Roland Emmerich doesn’t follow up his 1996 sci-fi smash so much as copy it—but the blockbuster formula no longer holds.
June 22, 2016
Tim Grierson
Swiss Army Man
: No Girls Allowed
The audacious comedy gets surreal about male insecurities—but they’re still the same old sensitive-bro problems.
June 22, 2016
Podcast
Tim Grierson
,
Will Leitch
Grierson & Leitch Episode 22:
Finding Dory
,
Armageddon
, and
Road to Perdition
June 21, 2016
Will Leitch
The Neon Demon:
Shiny, Unhappy People
Beauty isn’t everything in Nicolas Winding Refn’s latest glossy feature. In fact, it’s hardly anything.
June 17, 2016
Will Leitch
Finding Dory
: She Swims to Forget
Even this ordinary sequel from Pixar is more enjoyable than most all-ages movies on offer.
June 15, 2016
Podcast
Tim Grierson
,
Will Leitch
Grierson & Leitch Episode 21:
Warcraft, Menace II Society,
and
Being John Malkovich
June 13, 2016
Joanna Scutts
Genius
and the Masculine Mania of Publishing
In A. Scott Berg’s book, and in the new film, the worn-out trope of the male literary genius gets one more day in the sun.
June 10, 2016
Will Leitch
Warcraft
: Bored of the Rings
Based on the popular video game, the film is nearly impossible for non-players to understand.
June 10, 2016
Alex Shephard
Just how violent is Mel Gibson’s
Passion of the Christ
sequel going to be?
June 8, 2016
Podcast
Tim Grierson
,
Will Leitch
Grierson & Leitch Episode 20:
O.J.: Made in America
,
Popstar
, and
John Wick
June 3, 2016
Ryan Kearney
The Twitter debate over anti-Trump violence is straight out of a Woody Allen film.
June 3, 2016
Tim Grierson
Popstar
: The Lonely Island’s Last Stand
Andy Samberg and co. gently parody the celebrity machine in 'Never Stop Never Stopping.'
June 2, 2016
Podcast
Tim Grierson
,
Will Leitch
Grierson & Leitch Episode 19:
X-Men: Apocalypse, Alice Through the Looking Glass,
and
Midnight Run
June 1, 2016
Tim Grierson
The Fits
: Growing Up, With Dancing and Dread
A dance squad is struck by a mysterious illness in Anna Rose Holmer's intimate coming-of-age movie.
May 27, 2016
Will Leitch
Alice Through the Looking Glass
: Clocking In For a Dull Time
The sequel to Tim Burton’s 2010 film is an airless, joyless exercise in whimsy.
May 27, 2016
Tim Grierson
X-Men:
Saving The World, And Feeling Good About It
'Apocalypse' is the year's best comic-book movie, and its action hinges on characters accepting who they are to defeat evil.
May 26, 2016
Sarah Weinman
O.J.: Made in America
: How Do You Like Him Now?
The new documentary shows how O.J. Simpson became whatever you wanted him to be—narcissist, athlete, hero, or murderer.
May 25, 2016
Elspeth Reeve
The Office Romance of Anthony Weiner
The tortured relationship at the heart of a new documentary is that of the former congressman and his loyal staffers.
May 25, 2016
Podcast
Tim Grierson
,
Will Leitch
Grierson & Leitch Episode 18: Cannes Recap,
Nice Guys
, and
Neighbors 2
May 21, 2016
Will Leitch
Neighbors 2:
Equal Opportunity Idiocy
The progressive themes of 'Sorority Rising' can't save this uninspired sequel.
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