Yes, Simon Rex Should Win an Oscar for ‘Red Rocket’
Simon Rex is the perfect charming dirtbag as ex-adult film star Mikey Saber in Sean Baker’s Red Rocket from A24.
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by Alexis Gentry · Published December 15, 2021 · Last modified December 14, 2021
Simon Rex is the perfect charming dirtbag as ex-adult film star Mikey Saber in Sean Baker’s Red Rocket from A24.
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by Alexis Gentry · Published November 25, 2021
If you’re even a casual fan, The Beatles: Get Back will be more satisfying than your Thanksgiving meal.
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by Alexis Gentry · Published November 23, 2021
The small holiday story risks being Hawk-blocked by the enormity of the MCU.
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by Alexis Gentry · Published October 21, 2021 · Last modified October 22, 2021
If you’re looking for a reason to go back to the movie theater, the stunning visuals and epic scale of Dune is worth seeing in IMAX.
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by Alexis Gentry · Published October 14, 2021 · Last modified July 5, 2022
The Last Duel might be about Matt Damon battling Adam Driver, but Jodie Comer emerges as the real victor in this lengthy but engaging film. TW: Sexual assault.
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by Alexis Gentry · Published August 23, 2021 · Last modified July 5, 2022
With fresh, dynamic fight scenes, Shang-Chi manages to break some new ground and avoid the pitfalls of more generic MCU entries, especially for an origin story this late in the game.
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by Alexis Gentry · Published August 10, 2021
As the MCU moves into a post-Infinity Saga world, Marvel is throwing all sorts of new stuff at us, particularly in the form of streaming shows on Disney Plus. Now we get an animated series that correctly assumes we’re all familiar enough with the characters of the MCU to wonder what would happen if they were thrown into completely different scenarios.
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by Alexis Gentry · Published August 5, 2021 · Last modified November 25, 2021
What do you get when you mix The Truman Show with Ready Player One, a pinch of Westworld and a little bit of Space Jam: A New Legacy? You get the new Ryan Reynolds comedy Free Guy.
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by Alexis Gentry · Published July 21, 2021 · Last modified June 26, 2023
Now that we’ve wrapped the first season of Loki, we have a pretty good sample of the Marvel shows on Disney Plus. But out of the three we’ve seen so far, which one is the best? We take a look at WandaVision, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, and Loki in this Whatcha Watchin’ video.
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by Alexis Gentry · Published June 8, 2021
Non-spoiler review: We’ve now seen WandaVision and The Falcon and the Winter Soldier as the first entries into the Marvel streaming series universe, but Loki might just become your favorite Disney+ show.
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by Alexis Gentry · Published May 26, 2021
How do you take a character most known for an unshakeable desire to murder a bunch of puppies and turn her into a not-like-the-other-girls-rebel-girl-boss heroine of her own story? Disney’s Cruella attempts to answer that question.
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by Alexis Gentry · Published March 29, 2021
Hollywood has struggled with nailing the tone of Godzilla movies in the past, either going too serious or too goofy. Thankfully, Godzilla vs Kong seems to know what we want to see in a big monster fight film, and most important of all, it’s fun.
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by Alexis Gentry · Published March 18, 2021 · Last modified August 5, 2021
After the wild weirdness of WandaVision, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier offers an MCU story more grounded in reality that seems to aim for playing it safe. Read more in our spoiler-free review.
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by Alexis Gentry · Published January 19, 2021 · Last modified September 4, 2023
It seems like we’re living in the age of the adult animated comedy. We take a look at the path that led us from Bart Simpson to Big Mouth in our latest Whatcha Watchin’ video.