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Articles by Brett Buckalew

  • The 24 best films of 2023 (so far) film The 24 best films of 2023 (so far) By Ray Greene, Leigh Monson, Brent Simon, Manuel Betancourt, Murtada Elfadl, Andy Klein, Matthew Jackson, Jordan Hoffman, Tomris Laffly, Phil Pirrello, Sam Barsanti, Brett Buckalew June 26, 2023 | 12:00pm
  • Transformers: Rise Of The Beasts review: reboot is long on action, short on ideas film Transformers: Rise Of The Beasts review: reboot is long on action, short on ideas By Brett Buckalew June 8, 2023 | 1:00pm
  • Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse review: Ambitious sequel spins a dazzling web film Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse review: Ambitious sequel spins a dazzling web By Brett Buckalew May 31, 2023 | 2:51pm
  • A Little White Lie review: Michael Shannon's academic farce doesn't make the grade film A Little White Lie review: Michael Shannon's academic farce doesn't make the grade By Brett Buckalew February 27, 2023 | 8:09pm
  • Timothée Chalamet's cannibal romance Bones And All will devour your heart film Timothée Chalamet's cannibal romance Bones And All will devour your heart By Brett Buckalew November 23, 2022 | 3:30pm
  • There There doesn't offer much in the way of reassurance film There There doesn't offer much in the way of reassurance By Brett Buckalew November 18, 2022 | 8:52pm
  • Weird: The Al Yankovic Story works best when living up to its title film Weird: The Al Yankovic Story works best when living up to its title By Brett Buckalew November 2, 2022 | 9:21pm
  • Raymond And Ray's central imbalance doesn't derail its patient pleasures film Raymond And Ray's central imbalance doesn't derail its patient pleasures By Brett Buckalew October 20, 2022 | 3:00pm
  • Samaritan takes too long to get to its secret superhero's unmasking film Samaritan takes too long to get to its secret superhero's unmasking By Brett Buckalew August 25, 2022 | 7:00pm
  • Counting down Brad Pitt's 20 best performances film Counting down Brad Pitt's 20 best performances By Jack Smart, Don Lewis, Ian Spelling, Courtney Howard, Brent Simon, Brandon Kirby, Brett Buckalew, Mark Keizer, Murtada Elfadl, Luke Y. Thompson August 2, 2022 | 4:00pm
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    • Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere has no idea why Nebraska is a great album Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere has no idea why Nebraska is a great album By Alex Lei October 29, 2025 | 4:00pm
    • November film preview: Zootopia, Predator, and Wicked return for sequel-heavy Thanksgiving November film preview: Zootopia, Predator, and Wicked return for sequel-heavy Thanksgiving By Matt Schimkowitz October 28, 2025 | 1:00pm

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