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This is Defector, a new sports blog and media company. We made this place together, we own it together, we run it together. Without access, without favor, without discretion, and without interference.

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Justin Ellis

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Rays Week

How To Be A Good Friend: Do Not Expose Your Pals To Cosmic Rays

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Soraya Roberts

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Defector At The Movies

‘Cha Cha Real Smooth’ Is The Worst Kind Of Indie Throwback

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Drew Magary

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“They’ve Got To Pee On It”: A VFX Supervisor Explains Why Their Job Is So Tricky

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‘Men’ Is Bad

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An Anonymous TV Writer Offers An Inside Look At Why Special Effects Seem So Bad Right Now

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Bad Special Effects Are A Choice

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Nicolas Cage’s Remarkable Pet Crow, With Gabriella Paiella

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‘Everything Everywhere All At Once’ Is Where The Chaotic, Splintered Universes Of Modern Life All Collide

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Down With Sympathetic Villains

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What’s So Great About Relatability?

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An Audience Of One

Elder Wisdom

The Best Time To Watch A Movie Is First Thing In The Morning

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University Of Utah Braces For Protests As Right Wing Commentator Ben Shapiro Speaks On Campus

I Watched A Ben Shapiro Movie By Accident

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NFC Wild Card Playoffs – San Francisco 49ers v Dallas Cowboys

Sacred Himbos And Pacino Decisions, With Vince Mancini

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Cold Comforts

‘Elle’ Is The Kind Of Dark, Twisted, Sexy Christmas Movie Only Paul Verhoeven Could Dream Up

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‘Red Road’ Is A Revenge Story So Hot You Can’t Look Away

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In ‘The Vanishing,’ What Can Kill You Is What You Want To Know

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Barry Petchesky

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This ‘Dune’ Has No Ideas

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At The Turtle Club In The Shadow Of 9/11

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Let’s Remember Some Iconic Cinematic Hair Changes That Show The Passage Of Time

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The Bleak, Austere, Horny World Of ‘The Piano Teacher’

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‘Mortal Kombat’ Should Have Had More Gore

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“The Current War” New York Premiere

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Shut Up About Bad Movie Accents

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Nicholas Russell

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‘The Way Back’ Is Right Where Ben Affleck Belongs

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Aaron Gordon’s 19-Minute “Documentary” About Losing The Dunk Contest Is Just The Lamest Shit Ever

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