‘I Love Boosters’ Is a Flavor Rush Satire
People pile into Oakland’s historic Grand Lake Theatre, with not a seat left empty, for Boots Riley’s latest film, I Love Boosters. It’s the...
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‘Is God Is’ Burns With Righteous Rage and Unexpected Levity
Not many people can write an award-winning stage play, adapt it into a screenplay, and then direct that adaptation. Now, add the burden of this being...
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Fall Deeply And Madly Into ‘Obsession’
Following his viral hour-long feature-film debut, Milk & Serial, which cost $800 to produce and publish on YouTube in 2024, Curry Barker hit...
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‘Michael’ Plays All the Right Notes and Nothing Else
Already crushing box office expectations over the weekend, the 2026 biopic Michael, written by John Logan and directed by Antoine Fuqua, was marketed...
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‘I Swear’ Humanizes a Man Without Erasing His Impact
I Swear is a warmhearted, true-to-life film about John Davidson, who is both an advocate for and lives with Tourette’s syndrome. Writer,...
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‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’ Fits Well But Doesn’t Slay
A charming enough and well-polished sequel that unfortunately falls prey to the common pitfalls of diminishing returns, David Frankel’s The Devil...
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‘Ramy Youssef: In Love’ Is Shockingly Good
Following his 2019 and 2024 hour-long stand-up comedy specials—Feelings and More Feelings, respectively—on HBO, executive producer Ramy Youssef...
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Hollywood Wastes Its Most Exciting Star in ‘The Drama’
Zendaya is in a pickle. A conundrum of sorts that most, if not all, starlets have faced at one point or another during their ascension. The culture...
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‘The Ascent’ Isn’t Your Standard Inspirational Doc—It’s Better
“You’re so brave”—a phrase my wheelchair-using friend hates. Why? Because people see that she has a disability and automatically...
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‘Goat’ Doesn’t Try To Be the Best — It Just Plays Its Game
Sony can’t stop, won’t stop. GOAT, the latest entry to their animation catalog, wins not by being different but by being simple, and that...
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