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aux Farewell Toadzilla, we hardly knew ye
By Reid McCarter January 23, 2023 | 6:58pm
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aux M&M's recruit Maya Rudolph to take part in boneheaded, candy mascot-centered culture war
By Reid McCarter January 23, 2023 | 4:37pm
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tv Scott Caan on landing Ocean's Eleven, his new show Alert, and instructing his dad on set
By Max Gao January 23, 2023 | 4:00pm
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film Why Disney is the most potent, and problematic, force in pop culture today
By Sam Barsanti January 23, 2023 | 3:00pm
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film The 50 best Disney movies of all time
By Cindy White, Jen Lennon, Luke Y. Thompson, Phil Pirrello, Matthew Jackson January 23, 2023 | 1:00pm
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film Sundance 2023 continues: Greta Lee and Anne Hathaway stun, while Little Richard gets the documentary treatment
By Jack Smart, Murtada Elfadl, Lauren Coates January 22, 2023 | 6:54pm
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tv Jason Woliner on the hilarious, gripping, and cathartic Paul T. Goldman finale
By Matt Schimkowitz January 22, 2023 | 4:00pm
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film The best romantic comedies to watch on Amazon Prime Video
By The A.V. Club January 21, 2023 | 2:00pm
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film Sundance 2023 dispatch: Indigo Girls, Emilia Clarke, and Jonathan Majors get things started
By Jack Smart, Murtada Elfadl January 21, 2023 | 4:03am
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film Anna Kendrick embraces her "really complicated" side
By Jack Smart January 20, 2023 | 4:00pm
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games Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider asks: When are retro games too retro?
By William Hughes January 20, 2023 | 2:00pm
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By Moises Taveras January 20, 2023 | 1:50pm
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film 2023 Oscar nominations we want to see
By Cindy White January 20, 2023 | 1:00pm
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By Reid McCarter January 19, 2023 | 9:23pm
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tv Would competition show The Climb be better without the competitions?
By Taylor Lomax January 19, 2023 | 4:00pm
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film Why do the Oscars still hate horror movies?
By Richard Newby January 19, 2023 | 2:00pm
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aux Why it's so hard to see what's happening on your favorite movies and shows
By Cindy White January 18, 2023 | 2:00pm
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film In a digital world, what is the future of the Sundance Film Festival?
By Brent Simon January 18, 2023 | 1:00pm
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games The Successes and Failures of Persona 3 Portable’s Feminine Perspective
By Austin Jones January 18, 2023 | 1:00pm
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tv Should you play The Last Of Us before watching the HBO show? Or vice versa?
By Cindy White January 18, 2023 | 1:10am
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film Cartoon short asks Stephen King a simple question: What's with all the "Indian burial grounds?"
By Reid McCarter January 17, 2023 | 6:59pm
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aux The Critics Choice Awards is the latest ratings flop with record-low viewership
By Mary Kate Carr January 17, 2023 | 2:56pm
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film Babylon’s Li Jun Li talks Hollywood history and paying tribute to Anna May Wong
By Cindy White January 17, 2023 | 2:00pm
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film The 20 most unforgettable Sundance films ever
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tv Roselyn Sánchez on Fantasy Island and the nuances of Latino representation
By Max Gao January 16, 2023 | 5:00pm
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film Will the Oscars finally give some love to blockbuster sequels?
By Ian Spelling January 16, 2023 | 3:00pm
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film The 21 best movie sequels of the last 10 years
By Phil Pirrello January 16, 2023 | 1:00pm
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film 2022 was a year of squandered IP—will 2023 be any better?
By Cindy White January 14, 2023 | 2:00pm
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film The best romantic comedies to watch on Hulu
By The A.V. Club January 14, 2023 | 2:00pm
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aux Behold the natural majesty of a bunch of deer getting high and freaking out on nitrous
By Reid McCarter January 13, 2023 | 8:14pm
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music Miley Cyrus taps into a new level of confidence with new single "Flowers"
By Gabrielle Sanchez January 13, 2023 | 6:23pm
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aux Fox News is concerned about the moral and political implications of M&M's... again
By Reid McCarter January 13, 2023 | 6:09pm
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games Forspoken's demo is great, even if the game itself might not be
By William Hughes January 13, 2023 | 2:30pm
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film Mike Colter talks Luke Cage, Evil, and his "slow burn" with Gerard Butler in Plane
By Murtada Elfadl January 13, 2023 | 2:00pm
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film A Man Called Tom Hanks: ranking the best performances from everyone's favorite movie star
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film Gina Carano and Ben Shapiro's filmmaking relationship is going about as well as you'd expect
By Reid McCarter January 12, 2023 | 6:54pm
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film Bill Nighy reflects on Living, and the bizarreness of bowler hats
By Manuel Betancourt January 12, 2023 | 3:00pm
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tv Why The Last Of Us could be TV's best video-game adaptation yet
By Cindy White January 12, 2023 | 2:00pm
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aux Shout your head off at virtual reality cartoons with a high-tech human muzzle
By Reid McCarter January 11, 2023 | 9:30pm
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aux Robert Downey, Jr. is right: we need Gerard Butler movies more than ever
By Matt Schimkowitz January 11, 2023 | 8:41pm
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film Ben Affleck decides he might as well get some money out of promoting Dunkin' all the time
By Reid McCarter January 11, 2023 | 7:42pm
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games AGDQ 2023 Is Highlighting How I Wish We Spoke About Games
By Moises Taveras January 11, 2023 | 3:30pm
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aux The best, worst, and most surprising moments from the 2023 Golden Globes
By Cindy White January 11, 2023 | 6:36am
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aux Stampy, a robot dog, lives up to its name by getting kicked in the head during public test
By Reid McCarter January 10, 2023 | 8:19pm
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tv 9 video games that need to be adapted for TV
By Sam Barsanti, William Hughes January 10, 2023 | 3:00pm
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film Slasher dolls and killer robots: 13 movies to watch if you loved M3GAN
By Matt Mills January 10, 2023 | 1:00pm
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aux M3GAN boldly asks: remember fun?
By Drew Gillis January 9, 2023 | 8:24pm
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tv Willow's Jonathan Kasdan on his show’s epic journey—and its many Star Wars connections
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aux Who will (and should) win at the 2023 Golden Globes
By Cindy White January 9, 2023 | 2:00pm
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film The Golden Globes are back—but do they still matter?
By Manuel Betancourt January 8, 2023 | 2:00pm
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film The best comedy movies to watch on Netflix right now
By The A.V. Club January 7, 2023 | 2:00pm
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film 17 great movies that are inexplicably not available for streaming anywhere
By Bryan Reesman January 6, 2023 | 4:00pm
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games Alice In Borderland is a fun, bloody reminder that there's no "keeping politics out of games"
By William Hughes January 6, 2023 | 2:00pm
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anime TV Rewind: As a New Adaptation Approaches, the Original Trigun Still Hits the Mark
By Christopher L. Inoa January 6, 2023 | 10:04am
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music With a new video and single, Shania Twain is still the foremost expert on playing as hard as you work
By Hattie Lindert January 5, 2023 | 7:35pm
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film 5 classic Kevin Costner movies you should see while waiting for more Yellowstone (and 5 hidden gems you may have missed)
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tv The 23 most anticipated TV shows of 2023
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film The 15 most memorable lightsaber battles from the Star Wars franchise, ranked
By Phil Pirrello January 4, 2023 | 1:00pm
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games Where Did You Go, Viewtiful Joe?
By Elijah Gonzalez January 4, 2023 | 12:00pm
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aux Avatar 3 will introduce badass fire Na’vi who make the other Na’vi look like punks
By Sam Barsanti January 4, 2023 | 3:27am
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film Who should be the next James Bond?
By Jack Smart January 4, 2023 | 12:28am
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film Still friends to the end: the evolution and endless appeal of killer doll movies
By Matt Schimkowitz January 3, 2023 | 2:00pm
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games Chrono Trigger Is Still Wonderful and Surprising
By Moises Taveras January 3, 2023 | 12:45pm
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tv The Dutton civil war finally begins on Yellowstone's underwhelming mid-season finale
By Phil Pirrello January 2, 2023 | 5:14pm
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tv Yellowstone's best, wildest, and strangest moments from the first half of season 5
By Elizabeth Coopersmith January 2, 2023 | 2:00pm
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aux AVQ&A: What’s your pop-culture New Year’s resolution for 2023?
By Sam Barsanti, Mary Kate Carr, Saloni Gajjar, Drew Gillis, William Hughes, Mark Keizer, Gabrielle Sanchez, Matt Schimkowitz, Jack Smart, Cindy White January 2, 2023 | 1:00pm
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aux Black Adam flies home on disc and Cloverfield gets a 4K debut: January's best Blu-ray and 4K UHD releases
By Robert DeSalvo January 1, 2023 | 11:00am
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aux The best and worst of pop culture in 2022
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games 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim Was One of the Best Games of 2020 and 2022
By Marc Normandin December 30, 2022 | 12:45pm
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games Is Yakuza gaming's greatest Christmas-time franchise?
By William Hughes December 30, 2022 | 12:00pm
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tv Amy Poehler makes Baking It so much sweeter
By Christina Izzo December 29, 2022 | 4:00pm
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aux Year-end roundtable: So, how did Top Gun: Maverick become such an inescapable phenomenon?
By Sam Barsanti, Jack Smart, Matt Schimkowitz December 29, 2022 | 3:00pm
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anime A Beginner's Guide to Anime Seasons: When, Where, and How to Watch
By Reuben Baron December 29, 2022 | 9:10am
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film Stan Lee's 25 greatest on screen Marvel cameos
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games The Sega Genesis Mini 2 Proves There's a Lot of Life Left in Retro Miniconsoles
By Garrett Martin December 27, 2022 | 5:00pm
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film If you thought 2022 was Margot Robbie’s year, just wait for 2023
By Cindy White December 27, 2022 | 4:00pm
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aux Year-end roundtable: Please stop talking, darling, about Don't Worry Darling
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film How they did it: the visual effects team on Avatar: The Way Of Water gives us the 101
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aux Year in review: Remembering the stars we lost in 2022
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aux Year-end roundtable: How Kate Bush became the real star of Stranger Things—and the MVP of summer
By Saloni Gajjar, Gabrielle Sanchez, Cindy White December 24, 2022 | 3:52pm
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film Aimee Lou Wood on mastering "the art of simplicity" in her new film Living—but also, well, living
By Manuel Betancourt December 23, 2022 | 6:00pm
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games What games are you desperate to get to before 2022 dies?
By William Hughes December 23, 2022 | 12:30pm
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By Tomris Laffly December 22, 2022 | 7:00pm
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By Cindy White, Jen Lennon December 21, 2022 | 7:41pm
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film The secret weapon in Women Talking? Women listening
By Jack Smart December 21, 2022 | 5:00pm
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film How The Way Of Water answers criticisms of the first Avatar
By Luke Y. Thompson December 21, 2022 | 3:00pm
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music 15 powerful, essential Whitney Houston songs (that aren't "I Will Always Love You")
By Hattie Lindert December 21, 2022 | 1:00pm
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aux Year-end roundtable: Why we're still talking about Johnny Depp and Amber Heard
By William Hughes, Hattie Lindert, Gabrielle Sanchez December 20, 2022 | 2:00pm
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tv Welcome To Chippendales' Kumail Nanjiani on leaving his comfort zone and crying on camera for the first time
By Saloni Gajjar December 20, 2022 | 1:30pm
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film Where does Avatar: The Way Of Water rank among the top box-office openings of 2022?
By Cindy White December 19, 2022 | 6:30pm
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film You don't know Jack Reacher: How Christopher McQuarrie and Tom Cruise defied expectations and paved the way for Top Gun: Maverick
By Phil Pirrello December 19, 2022 | 5:00pm
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film I Wanna Dance With Somebody star Naomi Ackie on what she'll always love about Whitney Houston
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film How Avatar: The Way Of Water sets up James Cameron's next sequel
By Luke Y. Thompson December 19, 2022 | 2:00pm
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tv This week's Yellowstone bashes skulls and fleshes out backstories
By Phil Pirrello December 19, 2022 | 2:30am
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film For December, Criterion Channel unwraps classic screwballs, holiday darlings, and some of the best movies ever made
By Gabrielle Sanchez December 18, 2022 | 4:00pm
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tv Everything you need to know about 1923, the latest Yellowstone spin-off
By Elizabeth Coopersmith December 16, 2022 | 1:00pm
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By Grace Benfell December 16, 2022 | 12:15pm
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games Let's talk about Marvel Snap, the best mobile game of 2022
By William Hughes, Sam Barsanti December 16, 2022 | 12:00pm
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aux 10 years after the original Gossip Girl's finale, what's the show’s legacy?
By Lauren Chval December 15, 2022 | 4:00pm
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film A brief timeline of life since the first Avatar movie
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aux National Treasure star Lisette Olivera on Ed Harris, Catherine Zeta-Jones, and Dreamers
By Peter Scobel, Saloni Gajjar December 15, 2022 | 2:51am
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film How Hollywood (finally) took on intergenerational trauma in 2022
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