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When we go to space, how much of our baggage will we bring with us? The question hangs over James Gray’s Ad Astra, a…
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While Tommy Lee Jones is best known for his work in film and television, his recent career has centered on a more…
May 16 2018
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Watch This offers movie recommendations inspired by new releases or premieres, or occasionally our own inscrutable…
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You can see how it happened. The executives at Warner Bros. didn’t set out to destroy the Batman mythos or to make…
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“I believe in the soul, the cock, the pussy, the small of a woman’s back, the hanging curve ball, high fiber, good…
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The Coen brothers’ 2007 film No Country For Old Men is unlike the traditional westerns it pays homage to. The good…
Jun 23 2017
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Deadline reports that Tommy Lee Jones and Brad Pitts are headed to space, with both actors close to signing on to…
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Something funny happened to action movies in the ’90s. They became, after a fashion, respectable. The action…
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Has enough time yet passed for a new Jason Statham action thriller to qualify as a throwback? Even in their mid-’00s…
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“I remember everything.” That’s the first line of dialogue in Jason Bourne, spoken over a black screen by the title…
Jun 23 2016
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To all but the most refined action-movie connoisseurs, Jason Statham’s many films in the genre can seem a bit…
Jun 3 2016
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For most of the ’70s, there was something fundamentally conservative about American action movies—or, anyway, about…
Apr 14 2016
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Violent, low-IQ psychopath Jericho Stewart (Kevin Costner) is implanted with the memories of a dead spy by the CIA,…
Apr 5 2016
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Though he spent the bulk of the ’90s playing iconic heroes like Wyatt Earp and Robin Hood, Kevin Costner’s been…
Mar 1 2016
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Every day, Watch This offers staff recommendations inspired by the week’s new releases or premieres. This week: The…
Feb 12 2016
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After making his name playing straight-arrow good guy—from Elliott Ness to Robin Hood to a certain pee-drinking…
Jan 4 2016
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Every day, Watch This offers staff recommendations inspired by a new movie coming out that week. This week: The…