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Tagged: Kevin Spacey

· by Nathan Kerner · Feb 28, 2018

On watching movies in the age of #MeToo

So… did you hear the latest news about [insert male celebrity accused of sexual misconduct and just plain awful behavior toward women here]? The entertainment world continues to be rocked by revelation upon revelation that some of your…

Text / TV

· by Marion Stein · May 1, 2017

House of Cards Season 5 coming soon to Trumpmerica

How can television top a White House taken over by a cabal of billionaires, Russian agents, and white supremacists, nominally led by an elderly orange-skinned, ignoramus TV star with spray-tan goggle eyes, whose trophy wife comically refuses to live with…

Movie Review / Movies / Text

· by Daniel Dockery · Apr 14, 2017

Bad Superhero Movie Showdown 2006: X-Men: The Last Stand vs. Superman Returns

After helming two successful X-Men films, director Bryan Singer departed from the franchise to work on smaller, more personal projects. But we’re dealing with Bryan Singer here, which means that he left to do a $200 million Superman film that’s almost entirely made of frowns.

Movie Review / Movies / Text

· by Jonathan Campbell · Feb 20, 2017

Movies that Predicted Trump: Recount (2008)

This is part of a series of reviews we’re calling Movies that Predicted Trump, where we discuss the films that foretold (in ways both large and small) the election of Donald J. Trump as President of the United States. (Read …

Movie Review / Movies / Videos

· by Cecil Trachenburg · Jun 13, 2016

VIDEO: Moon (2009)

Cecil thinks Moon is one of the greatest movies ever made.

Agonizer / Video Game Review / Videos

· by Unusual Suspect · Nov 14, 2014

VIDEO: Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare (2014)

The Suspect takes a look at the latest Call of Duty for PC, PS4, and Xbox One. Fans of the franchise will love it, but has Sledgehammer done enough to convert the series' naysayers?