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July 20, 2016
Will Leitch
Don’t Think Twice
: Say Yes to Distress
Mike Birbiglia directs this comedy about members of an improv troupe on the verge of making it big.
July 15, 2016
Will Leitch
Café Society
: Go West, Young Neurotic
While trifling, a bit meandering, and certainly a little repetitive, Woody Allen’s 46th film manages not to be a complete clunker.
July 13, 2016
Tim Grierson
Ghostbusters:
With Friends Like These, Who Needs Ghosts?
Girl power in the age of the don’t-screw-it-up franchise reboot.
July 13, 2016
Tim Grierson
,
Will Leitch
Grierson & Leitch Episode 25:
The Secret Life of Pets
and
The BFG
July 6, 2016
Tim Grierson
The Secret Life of Pets
: Homeward Bound, But Lacking Charm
The Pixar formula may be a simple one, but Illumination Entertainment can’t seem to capture the same magic.
July 6, 2016
Podcast
Tim Grierson
,
Will Leitch
Grierson & Leitch Episode 24: The Best Movies of 2016, So Far
June 30, 2016
Alex Shephard
Terrence Malick has finally made an IMAX movie.
June 29, 2016
Tim Grierson
,
Will Leitch
The Six Best Movies of the Year, So Far
To make sure they aren’t forgotten by year’s end, we present our favorite movies of the first half of 2016.
June 29, 2016
Podcast
Tim Grierson
,
Will Leitch
Grierson & Leitch Episode 23:
Independence Day
,
The Neon Demon
,
The Shallows
, and More
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.
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