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<p>Nicholas Russell is a writer from Las Vegas.</p>


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NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 15: Cherry Jones attends the "Downton Abbey: A New Era" New York Premiere at the Metropolitan Opera House on May 15, 2022 in New York City.

Hey It's That Guy

Cherry Jones Makes Acting A Breeze

Keanu Reeves as John Wick, holding a handgun, with the text "Check Out the JW Collection" and a "shop now" button

Arts And Culture

The Gunplay Of ‘John Wick’ Is A Bit Too Real For Comfort

Djimon Hounsou’s Been Stuck In Big-Budget Purgatory For Too Long

‘Physical: 100’ Asks What A Body Is For

Hundreds of people gather in streets in freezing temperatures Monday evening to protest the killing of Tyre Nichols, in Chicago, United States on January 30, 2023. (Photo by Jacek Boczarski/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Policing

The Stories We Tell Ourselves To Live

You’ll Never Meet Tilda Swinton Twice

Sean Harris Leans Into The Pain Of Being A Creep

Video Games

Sometimes It’s Fun To Be A Weird Guy With A Hand For A Head

Keith David Is Somewhere In Your Head

Who Needs Big-Budget Action When You’ve Got Scott Adkins’s Flying Kicks?

Marton Csokas Is Too Quiet To Forget

Journalismism

What Does ‘The Believer’ Want To Be?

Who Does A True Crime Convention Really Serve?

Defector At The Movies

‘The Matrix’ Trilogy Has Always Been A Masterpiece

Defector Reads A Book

How Do You Pin Down An Auteur As Evasive As David Fincher?

Running Towards Nothing

James Wan Just Wants You To Have As Much Dumb Fun As He’s Having

‘The Glassy, Burning Floor Of Hell’ Is A Horror Collection That Will Validate Your Misery

All It Takes To Make A Half-Decent Marvel Movie Is For The Main Character To Be Dead

All The Lessons I Didn’t Learn From Watching ‘Seinfeld’

‘The Way Back’ Is Right Where Ben Affleck Belongs