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  • These Actors Elevated The X-Men's Standing

    Fox's X-Men franchise marked the beginning of the modern superhero craze. The first movie in the series, 2000s X-Men, introduced Marvel's mutants into the cinematic landscape of the new millennium, launching a film series that would eventually include thirteen movies released across twenty years. &...
  • Gwyneth Paltrow Starred in A Lovely Parallel-Realities Drama Ca

    Way back in 1998, before Marvel made metaverses a household concept, Gwyneth Paltrow starred in a lovely parallel-realities drama called “Sliding Doors,” in which a woman’s life split along two paths, depending on whether or not her character caught a specific train. At the time, j...
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  • To That End, I Will Endeavor To Be As Brief

    Dominik Moll’s “Only the Animals” is one of those movies that's best experienced by going into it knowing as little as possible. Of course, this makes a challenge for anyone charged with writing about it—how does one go about discussing it in any substantial way without ruini...
  • Noa (Daisy Edgar-Jones), A Doe-Like Graphic Designer in Portlan

    Dating is innately predatory in “Fresh,” a wickedly funny cannibal romance and dazzling feature debut from the director Mimi Cave. Even the run-of-the-mill rotten blind date that opens the film has stomach rumbles of menace, with crabs trapped in tanks, chefs slamming knives and ducks da...