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Greta Gerwig Proves That Patience Is The Key To A Great Film Career

From Hannah Takes the Stairs to Barbie, Greta Gerwig's career spans nearly two decades and every budget level.

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Does Barbie's Success Mean Comedies Are Back?

Theatrical comedies have been all but extinct for the past few years, but that may be changing.

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The Bear Is Creativity Fuel

Whatever your discipline, The Bear's depiction of chefs improving their skills is inspirational.

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What Would A Talk To Me Sequel Look Like?

Directors Danny and Michael Philippou have expressed interest in making a sequel to their hit horror film. What would that look like?

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Marvel's VFX Crew Is Unionising, And You Have Every Reason To Support Them

Without them, your favourite Marvel movie would just be a green screen

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The Witcher TV Show Isn't Complicated, It Just Isn't Very Good

Don't blame TikTok for a show's poor quality.

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It Won't Be That Hard For Marvel To Recast Jonathan Majors

Audiences won’t bat an eye if he’s just replaced without explanation

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How To With John Wilson’s Toilet Episode Is Infuriating, But Good

The HBO comedy series is back and asking the right questions.

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Barbenheimer Is Killing Off The Prudish Blockbuster

Barbie and Oppenheimer couldn't have been made by squeaky-clean Disney, and that's a good thing for mainstream movies.

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Scream Just Got Its First Gay Director And I Couldn't Be More Excited

Scream has tried earnestly to represent queer people, but we could finally see truly meaningful representation under Christopher Landon.

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The Witcher Should Never Have Dumbed Itself Down For American Audiences

Even if audiences are stupid, the media you make shouldn’t be

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Your Brain Is Broken If You’re Wondering About Barbie Post-Credit Scenes

Marvel has conditioned us to expect post-credit scenes from everything, and that’s kind of ridiculous

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This Summer’s Best Horror Movie Is Already Here

Talk To Me will have you shaking for hours after you leave the cinema

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Disney Is Hoping We'll All Just Forget About The Allegations Against Jonathan Majors

Wouldn’t be the first time, probably won’t be the last.

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Mattel Wants A Cinematic Universe After Barbie. Does Anyone Else?

Vin Diesel's Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots sounds like a 30 Rock joke, not a real summer blockbuster.

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Gundam: The Witch From Mercury's Gay Wedding Isn't 'Open For Interpretation'

Bandai Namco is beating around the bush of Suletta and Miorine's otherwise definitive lesbian relationship.

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The Dark Souls Anime Should Be An Anthology

Dark Souls has a rich history that would make for a great story, but I'd much rather unpack the stories nestled within obscure item descriptions.

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Barbenheimer's Legacy Will Be Diluted Franchises And Trend-Chasing

Mattel has at least 45 films in development while Saw X moves to coincide with Paw Patrol--everyone is missing the point of Barbenheimer.

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I Am Already Tired Of Mattel's Girl Power Nonsense

We’ve entered an era of corporations selling us trite social justice values like a product

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