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The Bad Guys 2 review – an absolute hoot

We’re guessing that there’s a spreadsheet somewhere on an old company laptop in Hollywood whose rows and columns made the compelling

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The Fantastic Four: First Steps review – hard not…

In 1968’s ​‘Fantastic Four Annual #6’, Reed Richards and Sue Storm await the birth of their first child, Franklin, but

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The 2025 Venice line-up is insanely stacked

The FOMO is going to be very real and very hard for anyone who doesn’t happen to be headed to

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Harvest + Harry Melling | Friendship | I Love You, Man (2009)

On Truth & Movies this week, the traditions of a village are forever changed in Harvest and its star Harry

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Marcello Mastroianni: A Life Lived Beautifully

What do you think of when you hear the phrase ​“la dolce vita”? If, like us, you’re a fan of Italian

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The queer optimism of My Beautiful Laundrette

My partner and I headed from the suburbs into the city to attend a 40th anniversary screening of My Beautiful Laundrette, a film neither

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I Know What You Did Last Summer review – cramped…

After 30 years, fans can breathe a sigh of relief – Julie James and Ray Bronson are back! Now, ​“Who are Julie

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Smurfs review – a drab exercise in IP filler…

We started, in 2011, with the pop singer-songwriter Katy Perry stepping into the pearly-white high-heels of that most coveted role

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Friendship review – The Wario to I Love You Man’s…

Making friends is hard. It’s even harder as an adult – while the media laments the ongoing ​“male loneliness epidemic”,

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A report from the bleeding edge of non-fiction…

Polish writer Witold Gombrowicz has a diary entry that I think about frequently – one of my favorites in literature. On a Wednesday