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Bad Special Effects Are A Choice
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Drew Magary
May 10, 2022
Podcasts
Nicolas Cage’s Remarkable Pet Crow, With Gabriella Paiella
72
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David Roth
April 21, 2022
Remind Everyone That Your Team Sucks
The Why Your Team Sucks series is back in full swing, so it's a perfect time to order this t-shirt. Wear it loud, wear it proud: Your Team Sucks.
Defector At The Movies
‘Everything Everywhere All At Once’ Is Where The Chaotic, Splintered Universes Of Modern Life All Collide
93
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Soraya Roberts
April 8, 2022
Defector At The Movies
Down With Sympathetic Villains
419
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Drew Magary
March 29, 2022
Defector At The Movies
What’s So Great About Relatability?
252
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Soraya Roberts
March 24, 2022
Elder Wisdom
The Best Time To Watch A Movie Is First Thing In The Morning
184
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Drew Magary
March 10, 2022
Defector At The Movies
I Watched A Ben Shapiro Movie By Accident
284
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Soraya Roberts
March 4, 2022
Life Lessons
I Hate Games
192
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Soraya Roberts
February 21, 2022
Podcasts
Sacred Himbos And Pacino Decisions, With Vince Mancini
151
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David Roth
January 20, 2022
Cold Comforts
‘Elle’ Is The Kind Of Dark, Twisted, Sexy Christmas Movie Only Paul Verhoeven Could Dream Up
38
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Soraya Roberts
December 23, 2021
Cold Comforts
‘Red Road’ Is A Revenge Story So Hot You Can’t Look Away
16
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Soraya Roberts
November 26, 2021
Cold Comforts
In ‘The Vanishing,’ What Can Kill You Is What You Want To Know
35
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Soraya Roberts
October 29, 2021
Defector At The Movies
This ‘Dune’ Has No Ideas
352
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Barry Petchesky
October 26, 2021
Defector At The Movies
At The Turtle Club In The Shadow Of 9/11
184
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Brian Feldman
September 9, 2021
Defector At The Movies
Let’s Remember Some Iconic Cinematic Hair Changes That Show The Passage Of Time
168
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Caitlin Schneider
July 30, 2021
Cold Comforts
The Bleak, Austere, Horny World Of ‘The Piano Teacher’
31
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Soraya Roberts
July 30, 2021
Defector At The Movies
‘Mortal Kombat’ Should Have Had More Gore
110
Comments
Rafi Schwartz
April 28, 2021
Funbag
Shut Up About Bad Movie Accents
717
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Drew Magary
April 27, 2021
Defector At The Movies
‘The Way Back’ Is Right Where Ben Affleck Belongs
106
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Nicholas Russell
April 21, 2021
NBA
Aaron Gordon’s 19-Minute “Documentary” About Losing The Dunk Contest Is Just The Lamest Shit Ever
105
Comments
Chris Thompson
March 29, 2021
Podcasts
Where Will The Next Good Movies Come From, With Amy Nicholson
108
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David Roth
March 25, 2021
Defector At The Movies
Louise Linton’s ‘Me You Madness’ Is One Unpleasant Film
224
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Dan McQuade
March 17, 2021
Defector At The Movies
Shaka King, Director Of ‘Judas And The Black Messiah,’ Talks Radical Politics, How To Make Black Movie Stars, And The Black Excellence Industrial Complex
86
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Jason England
March 10, 2021
Funbag
We Will Never Run Out Of War Movies
526
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Drew Magary
February 16, 2021
This Is So Stupid
The Film Of The Year Is ‘Best Of The Handforth Parish Council Planning & Environment Committee Thursday 10th December 2020’
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Tom Ley
February 5, 2021
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