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Movies
Movie Review: Doctor Strange
Benedict Cumberbatch pumps new life into the ever-expanding Marvel universe.
The Punk Show at the Mental Hospital
Friday A/V Club: One of the most sublime rock documentaries ever made
Movie Reviews: Inferno and Gimme Danger
Tom Hanks returns to Dan Brown land, and Iggy and the Stooges rage again.
Movie Review: Jack Reacher: Never Go Back
Tom Cruise going through the motions in a mild, unmemorable thriller.
Michael Moore Releasing Trump Film as 'October Surprise' Thanks to Citizens United
Moore can also be honest about the point of his film now that the Supreme Court has freed him to do so.
Movie Review: Christine
Rebecca Hall is darkly brilliant in a true-life story of death on the airwaves.
Does the First Amendment Cover Books, Movies or Netflix?
Not as clear cut to regulators as it may be to the rest of us.
When Police Abuse Is 'Normal'
A new documentary on militarized police focuses on mundane, everyday, "legitimate" abuses.
Movie Review: Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Tim Burton back in nearly top form.
California Censors IMDB Because of Hollywood's Alleged Ageism
Lawmakers attempt to tell online database what information it's allowed to publish.
Movie Reviews: The Magnificent Seven and Chicken People
Denzel Washington and Chris Pratt in a not-bad remake, and a visit to the world of competitive poultry.
Movie Reviews: Snowden and Bridget Jones's Baby
Oliver Stone and Renée Zellweger return, in top form.
Lawmakers Offer Snowden Film Cross-Promotion with Report Blasting Him
House Intel Committee says he was no whistleblower.
Movie Reviews: Sully and The Beatles: Eight Days a Week – The Touring Years
Profiles in courage and '60s pop delirium.
Friday A/V Club: A Vintage Anti-Hippie Film Strip
A fever-dream film strip from 1967 calls the counterculture a communist/capitalist plot.
Movie Reviews: The Light Between Oceans and Morgan
Alicia Vikander and Michael Fassbender in a deceptive heart-tugger, and Kate Mara on the trail of yet another sci-fi cyborg.
Movie Reviews: Don't Breathe and I Am Not a Serial Killer
Fresh new adventures in low-budget horror.
Autostraddle Apologizes for Favorably Reviewing the 'Animated Queer Taco' in Sausage Party
Salma Hayek's lesbian taco character is really racist, apparently.
Friday A/V Club: The Fascist, the Humanist, and the Olympics
How Kon Ichikawa outdid Leni Riefenstahl
Documentary Delves Deeply into Hitchcock's Filmmaker Mind
A critical analysis every film buff should watch
Movie Review: Suicide Squad
Margot Robbie and Will Smith trapped in a droopy super-mess.
Friday A/V Club: What We Left at the World's Fair
John Crowley and Jason Robards look back at a festival of social planning.
Friday A/V Club: The Contested Convention You Were Promised
Robert Altman's spoof of political conventions
Movie Review: Star Trek Beyond
Zachary Quinto and Chris Pine take the Enterprise out for yet another spin.
Sacrificing To Combat Climate Change Should Begin with a Ban of A/C in DC
And why exactly is Leonardo DiCaprio guilting his Hollywood friends into traveling to St. Tropez to hear him denounce fossil fuels?
Movie Reviews: Mike & Dave Need Wedding Dates and Zero Days
Light summer laughs, deep cyberwar doom.
Hollywood Insiders Meet to Talk About Gun Violence Prevention, Influence of NRA
Not looking to go hard on themselves, just on your rights
Movie Reviews: The Neon Demon and The Shallows
Elle Fanning in a bad art movie, Blake Lively versus a very bad shark.
Friday A/V Club: The Terrible Things That Can Happen When a Pop Act Makes a Movie
An artifact of the last great rock panic
Movie Reviews: Now You See Me 2 and Genius
More magic from Jesse Eisenberg and friends, none at all from Jude Law and Colin Firth.
Is This X-Men: Apocalypse Poster Really Promoting Violence Against Women?
Rose McGowan and Salon think so. I don't.
Movie Review: Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
Andy Samberg and his Lonely Island pals in solid-gold form.
Weiner: A Horror-Comedy Documentary About Ambition in Electoral Politics
Forget the salacious gossip, Weiner is about the nightmare of defining your life in a popularity contest.
Friday A/V Club: Popeye, Bluto, Daffy Duck, Snoopy, and Betty Boop Run for President
Donald Trump isn't the first cartoon character to make a bid for the White House.
Movie Reviews: The Nice Guys and Weiner
Buddy-flick magic with Russell Crowe and Ryan Gosling, and the crash-and-burn of a sex-crazed congressman.
Woody Allen Defends Nasty Jokes, Even Made at His Own Expense
"I am completely in favor of comedians making any jokes they want," says Allen after being the target of a child-molesting jab at Cannes.
