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Venom, left, terrorizes a customer in the Marvel supervillain movie 'Venom.' Sony Pictures In the first scene of Marvel’s utterly unmarvelous Venom, an alien space ship crashes and burns on earth leaving behind a slithering mass of defanged, digitalized slop. […]
Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga in 'A Star Is Born.' Neal Preston/Warner Bros. Pictures One star soars; the other crashes and burns. It’s a tale as old as time, flattened and fatigued by constant repetition. So why in hell did […]
Jimmy Chin/National Geographic If mountain-climbing documentaries make you puke-dizzy, Free Solo is probably not a good idea. This National Geographic head-spinner from husband-and-wife co-directors Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin is extreme in the extreme. The focus is on Alex […]
Anthony Ramos (left) and John David Washington star in 'Monsters and Men' Sundance Institute Following the fourth season of HBO’s Ballers and an Oscar-buzzed role in Spike Lee’s BlackKklansman, John David Washington — the talented son of Denzel — steps […]
Jeffrey Wright in 'Hold the Dark.' David Bukach Some filmmakers excel in telling stories; Jeremy Saulnier is better at setting moods. Oh, his movies have narratives: man wants revenge recently-released-from-prison killer of his family (Blue Ruin); punk rock band must […]
Tiffany Haddish and Kevin Hart in 'Night School' Eli Joshua Ade/Universal Pictures Only a fool would say that Kevin Hart and Tiffany Haddish aren’t hilarious. But only a dumbass would argue that their new comedy, Night School, isn’t the worst […]