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For my money, Robert Altman's The Long Goodbye is one of the best noir films ever made. Based on Raymond Chandler's novel of the same name, the cult favorite follows Philip Marlowe (Elliott Gould), an idiosyncratic private eye who investigates the murder of his friend's wife — and later the suspicious death of said friend. The distinct style,...
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After spending four years at Syracuse University, Sonny Koufax refused to change from his college-kid lifestyle once he graduated. When his girlfriend threatens to break up with him, Sonny decides to foster a child who randomly shows up on his doorstep to prove his maturity. Cool Dad Sonny (Adam Sandler) and 5-year-old Julian (Cole & Dylan...
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Yellowjackets Season 2 takes the Showtime hit into even darker, campier territory than the first season did, embracing every single idiosyncratic beat that made the thriller a cult hit. The show follows a girls' high school soccer team that gets stranded in a frigid hellscape after a plane crash and the twisted lives of the survivors in the...
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Life is hard. But if there's one thing I've learned from TV, it's that "you take the good, you take the bad, you take them both" and then you've got The Facts of Life – AKA, the unofficial 1980s rulebook to getting through it all. Set at the prestigious Eastland Boarding School for young women, The Facts of Life is a spin-off series of the...
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In 2010, Starstruck premiered, arguably the best Disney Channel Original Movie ever made. This hit film stars Sterling Knight, who plays pop singer Christopher Wilde. Wilde and his best friend Stubby can’t go anywhere without the paparazzi finding them, or even worse, fan girls. Jessica Olson, played by Danielle Campbell does not get the...
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Film Twitter has been debating the worthiness of the Criterion Channel this week after this tweet went viral. You're allowed to your own opinion, of course, but from where we sit, the Criterion Channel — and, by extension, the Criterion Collection — remains an integral voice when it comes to defining the canon of cinema. That's where I...
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It's finally March and spring is in the air, so there's no better time to toss on a light, fun flick — and Ferris Bueller's Day Off is as good as it gets. The 1986 John Hughes classic follows the titular Ferris (Matthew Broderick), who plots an epic day of playing hooky from high school, dragging along his reluctant friend Cameron (Succession's...
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