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'Eddington' Review: One state, two state, red state, blue state
As much as Aster captures aspects of the COVID-19 hysteria in Eddington, the oversimplification of its messaging and interminable slog of its pacing…
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Landon Defever
'AJ Goes to the Dog Park' Review: A howlingly offbeat surrealist comedy
Director Toby Jones takes a decade of storyboarding for Cartoon Network into his debut feature, the endearingly madcap AJ Goes to the Dog Park
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Landon Defever
'Superman' Review: It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a fresh perspective!
James Gunn's latest in DC's restructure of their cinematic universe hits far more than it misses, despite an unbalanced story and some minor weak…
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Landon Defever
So far, so good: The 10 best movies of 2025 six months in
*Stefon voice* This year has had everything: Close calls with death, Mississippi vampires, animated anthologies, proper dating etiquette... and so much…
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Landon Defever
'M3GAN 2.0' Review: Blumhouse serving continuum of diminishing returns
2023's M3GAN was a surprise smash for Blumhouse, who go all-in on its sequel, whose story-heavy structure disrupts the circuits of its tongue-in-cheek…
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Landon Defever
'F1' Review: A well-oiled machine, but at what cost?
Formula One's blockbuster debut assembles some of Hollywood's best and brightest, but when corporate sponsors drape every inch of the screen, how much…
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Landon Defever

June 2025

'Elio' Review: Boldly going where we've already gone before
While it's always nice to see Pixar working with an original story, Elio's narrative and character shortcomings leave it a long way's off from the…
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Landon Defever
'Trainwreck: The Astroworld Tragedy' Review: What are you rebelling against, Travis?
Gross mismanagement of Travis Scott's 2021 Astroworld Festival caused the deaths of ten attendees and Netflix is here to capture it all in a hastily…
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Landon Defever
'How to Train Your Dragon' Review: One adventure changes two worlds
After years of watching Disney get rich off of soulless live action remakes, Dreamworks throws their hat in the ring... and somehow produces a soaring…
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Landon Defever
'Materialists' Review: Good times never seemed so good
Celine Song follows up her Best Picture nominee debut with a frank depiction of dating in the digital age and delivers a knockout crowdpleaser
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Landon Defever
'Predators: Killer of Killers' Review: If it bleeds, we can animate it
Before the release of the next theatrical installment of the Predator franchise, Dan Trachtenberg brings a Predator anthology to Hulu. The result rips…
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Landon Defever
'The Phoenician Scheme' Review: Not a nosedive, but definitely turbulence
Wes Anderson's twelfth feature film continues to see the auteur at his most visually thriving and narratively rigid with the usual A-list suspects along…
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Landon Defever
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