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Ready Player One

On the Nature of Easter Eggs

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Ready Player One.

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Why I’m Not Buying What ‘Westworld’ is Selling

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It gets the math right, but this isn’t an algebra class.

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The Films of Steven Soderbergh, Ranked

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‘Unsane’ is the latest addition to a long and diverse list of Steven Soderbergh films. And guess what, we ranked ’em all.

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Everyone Should Strive to Be a Better Film Critic

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Should you learn the history of the industry or focus on your skills as a writer? When it comes to film criticism, the answer to both is yes.

Annihilation Sci Fi

What My Experience With Cancer Helped Me Understand About ‘Annihilation’

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A deeply personal story about the relentlessness of mutating cells and what Alex Garland’s Annihilation gets right about cancer.

Midnight In Paris

‘Midnight in Paris’ and the Allure of Hate Watching

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Why keep watching the movies we hate?

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The Key to Understanding David Lynch is Being Okay With Not Understanding David Lynch

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The case for being confused and loving it.

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The Inanity of Technobabble

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An exploration of highly technical, usually nonsensical sci-fi jargon.

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What Will a ‘Sopranos’ Prequel Accomplish?

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Will a ‘Sopranos’ movie be able to square itself with America’s racist past as well as it’s own?