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Making the case for Oakland movies to become its own distinct genre, like Boston movies, by highlighting five movies shaped and defined by The Town.
Aug 3, 2020CommentShare
Ranking the 10 best movies of Jennifer Lawrence's loaded filmography that is unfortunately trending in the wrong direction after a blistering start to …
Jul 27, 2020Comment 2Share
Casting a Pick Six Podcast movie, underappreciated and overrated films, and more in the first ever Long Shot mailbag.
Jul 20, 2020Comment 2Share
A spoiler-free review of Hanks' latest World War II film that is good enough to warrant a free Apple TV+ trial, but doesn't match the heights of classi…
Jul 13, 2020CommentShare
I ranked 12 actresses who should replace Theron in the Furiosa prequel film that George Miller is planning to make following the overwhelming success o…
Jul 6, 2020CommentShare
In the weirdest (and dumbest?) edition of this newsletter to date, I explore what a Mario Kart movie could look like, including Adam Driver as Luigi an…
Jun 29, 2020CommentShare
A (surprisingly short!) spoiler-free review of Joseph Gordon-Levitt's latest movie about the pilot of a hijacked flight. It's taut, tense, and well wor…
Jun 22, 2020CommentShare
J.J. Abrams' monster movie might rely on a gimmick, but the end result is a genuinely terrifying movie that has aged remarkably well.
Jun 15, 2020CommentShare
Now streaming on HBO, Lucy in the Sky is a careful character study of an astronaut — expertly portrayed by Natalie Portman — slowly unraveling upon ret…
Jun 8, 2020CommentShare
A mostly spoiler-free review of the recently released Sea Fever, a movie that isn't actually about coronavirus, but feels like it was made for this mom…
Jun 1, 2020CommentShare
Midsommar is less of a horror movie and more of a haunting fairytale about a grieving woman finding family in the last place she expected — also, Flore…
May 25, 2020CommentShare
Guest writers Filipa Ioannou and Michael Rosen examine David Lynch's use of space, architecture, and geography in his 1986 classic, Blue Velvet.
May 18, 2020CommentShare
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