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Elder Wisdom
The Best Time To Watch A Movie Is First Thing In The Morning
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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
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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
Comments
Soraya Roberts
November 26, 2021
Cold Comforts
In ‘The Vanishing,’ What Can Kill You Is What You Want To Know
35
Comments
Soraya Roberts
October 29, 2021
Defector At The Movies
This ‘Dune’ Has No Ideas
352
Comments
Barry Petchesky
October 26, 2021
Defector At The Movies
At The Turtle Club In The Shadow Of 9/11
185
Comments
Brian Feldman
September 9, 2021
Defector At The Movies
Let’s Remember Some Iconic Cinematic Hair Changes That Show The Passage Of Time
168
Comments
Caitlin Schneider
July 30, 2021
Cold Comforts
The Bleak, Austere, Horny World Of ‘The Piano Teacher’
31
Comments
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
Comments
Drew Magary
April 27, 2021
Defector At The Movies
‘The Way Back’ Is Right Where Ben Affleck Belongs
106
Comments
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
Comments
David Roth
March 25, 2021
Defector At The Movies
Louise Linton’s ‘Me You Madness’ Is One Unpleasant Film
224
Comments
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
Comments
Jason England
March 10, 2021
Funbag
We Will Never Run Out Of War Movies
526
Comments
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’
81
Comments
Tom Ley
February 5, 2021
Defector At The Movies
‘Bacurau’ Is The Movie-est Movie You’ll See This Year
40
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Fran Hoepfner
December 16, 2020
Defector At The Movies
‘La Grande Bouffe’ Knew Exactly How To Make Arthouse Accessible: Lots Of Fart Gags
21
Comments
Billy Haisley
December 7, 2020
Defector At The Movies
Please Do Not Doom Me To A Life Of Only Watching Movies In My Wretched Home
253
Comments
Tom Ley
December 3, 2020
Defector At The Movies
This Shit Sucks
187
Comments
Tom Ley
October 20, 2020
Defector At The Movies
There Should Be A Grand Jury To Approve All Future Film And TV Remakes
402
Comments
Albert Burneko
October 14, 2020
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