Amazon’s Lord of the Rings TV Series Should Be Expensive, but Shouldn’t Compromise Tolkien’s Vision
Of course $465 million is a justifiable sum to spend on a 'Lord of the Rings' TV series.
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Army of the Dead — Zack Snyder’s Political Nightmare
Predictably anti-American, unfunny, and grim.
Road-tripping through the Robot Apocalypse in The Mitchells vs. the Machines
This postapocalyptic comedy sends up the Terminator franchise one moment and Dawn of the Dead the next.
The Secret Misery of a Gen-X Heartthrob
Andrew McCarthy’s new memoir, Brat, recounts his long struggle to make peace with his brief, accidental stardom.
The Underground Railroad Teaches Hatred and Self-Hatred
Barry Jenkins’s warped slave history is worse than dumbed-down.
Melvin Van Peebles’s Declaration of Independence
America’s freest, most original filmmaker gets rediscovered, finally.
When Oldie Met Sally
Billy Crystal’s carbon-dated comedy Here Today sets a new standard of cringe.
Let’s Talk about What We Learned from The Breakfast Club and St. Elmo’s Fire
One movie claims young people’s problems are due to their being ‘brainwashed.’ The other says young people get into trouble by deluding themselves.
TV’s White-Exploitation Movement
Scrutinizing Hollywood’s Them-versus-Us strategy
Can the Oscars Make a Comeback?
With this year’s Oscars, it feels like we’ve watched a funeral. But what about the resurrection? Can the Oscars live again?