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You’re telling the wrong story, ‘Concussion’

June 16, 2018 at 10:10 a.m.

At last! We finally get the biopic about the pathologist who in the early 2000s identified and named chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), the concussion-caused affliction frequently found in professional football...

10 awful moments in ‘The Ridiculous Six’

June 16, 2018 at 9:57 a.m.

Update: So apparently viewership for "The Ridiculous Six" in its first 30 days on Netflix exceeded any other movie in that amount of time. In other words, despite a ton...

5 great things and 5 terrible things about the Golden Globe nominations

June 16, 2018 at 10:18 a.m.

On Thursday morning, nominations arrived for the Golden Globes, aka the biggest movie- (and TV-) related awards show that actually doesn't mean a lot because it's not the Oscars or...

Eddie Redmayne and Alicia Vikander are so good in ‘The Danish Girl’

June 16, 2018 at 10:37 a.m.

When Lili (Eddie Redmayne) hears that sexual reassignment surgery, something that has never been done before at the time, is "irreversible," some viewers may think, "That's the understatement of all...

‘The Big Short’ is really fun and really horrifying

June 16, 2018 at 10:16 a.m.

After noting how confusing and seemingly boring subprime mortgages can be, banking hotshot and confidence powerhouse Jared Vennett (Ryan Gosling) adds, "Here's Margot Robbie in a bubble bath to explain."...

Holy crap, this movie is the worst

June 16, 2018 at 10:37 a.m.

One of the most beautiful dumpsters I've ever seen, "Youth" has not one honest or wise thing to say about life or work or aging but thinks a glossy package...

Ron Howard jumps the whale

June 16, 2018 at 10:22 a.m.

When all the chit-chat's trimmed and it's retitled "Big-Ass Whale" to run on Syfy, "In the Heart of the Sea" (a title I recommend pronouncing as if you're the Sea...

Does anyone else find the ‘Star Wars’ franchise unbearably boring?

June 16, 2018 at 10:39 a.m.

I just re-watched the six "Star Wars" movies for the first time in a long time in preparation for "The Force Awakens" (opening Dec. 18, as if you didn't know)....

Hailee Steinfeld: Veteran actress, extremely new pop star

June 16, 2018 at 10:07 a.m.

A whopping 10 singers appear in Taylor Swift’s “Bad Blood” video, which has been viewed roughly 7 zillion bajillion times so you’ve probably seen it. But go ahead and count...

The good and the bad of the 2016 Grammy nominations

June 16, 2018 at 10:24 a.m.

You could be forgiven for expecting the worst before the 2016 Grammy nominations were announced this morning--the awards has a history, especially in recent years, of ignoring quality and just...

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