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February 8, 2017
Tim Grierson
John Wick: Chapter 2
: Urge Overkill
The sequel to the surprise 2014 hit features more stunning action sequences at the expense of the original’s charm and novelty.
February 7, 2017
Tim Grierson
,
Will Leitch
Grierson & Leitch Episode 54: Movies and Politics
January 31, 2017
Tim Grierson
,
Will Leitch
Grierson & Leitch Episode 53:
Gold
,
Memento,
and Sundance
January 27, 2017
Jo Livingstone
T2 Trainspotting
Is Proof You Can’t Go Home Again
The sequel to the 1990s classic is the latest evidence of an ongoing obsession with that indulgent decade.
January 16, 2017
Graham Vyse
No, Trump’s America Won’t Be
The Hunger Games
His authoritarianism will be much less obvious—and that's the danger.
January 9, 2017
Alex Shephard
After the Golden Globes, the Oscars race is still (fairly) wide open.
October 12, 2016
Tim Grierson
Certain Women
: Disconnecting the Dots
In the latest gem from writer-director Kelly Reichardt, the characters are left wonderfully unknowable.
October 12, 2016
Magazine
Miriam Bale
Christine Stays in the Picture
Two new films about the life of Christine Chubbuck grapple with a newscaster’s final sign-off.
September 14, 2016
Tim Grierson
,
Will Leitch
Grierson & Leitch Episode 34:
Sully
,
Body Heat
, and
Teen Witch
August 29, 2016
Alex Shephard
Gene Wilder was the perfect comic actor.
August 17, 2016
Will Leitch
,
Tim Grierson
Grierson & Leitch Episode 30: Ain’t No Party Like a
Sausage Party
August 12, 2016
Will Leitch
Sausage Party
: There’s Nothing Like a Good Weiner Joke
Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg team up to produce a Pixar satire in which the foods talk—and much more.
July 29, 2016
Will Leitch
Jason Bourne
: Punching Down on a Once Great Franchise
Paul Greengrass and Matt Damon had a dynamic, mysterious hero in Jason Bourne, but returning to him after ten years proves a tiresome exercise.
July 22, 2016
Tim Grierson
Star Trek Beyond
: Set Expectations to Medium
The latest installment in the sci-fi franchise boasts a little bit of everything.
July 13, 2016
Tim Grierson
,
Will Leitch
Grierson & Leitch Episode 25:
The Secret Life of Pets
and
The BFG
July 6, 2016
Podcast
Tim Grierson
,
Will Leitch
Grierson & Leitch Episode 24: The Best Movies of 2016, So Far
July 1, 2016
Tim Grierson
The Legend of Tarzan
: What’s Wrong With a Little Monkey Business?
The latest film starring Edgar Rice Burroughs’s mythic character is a somber, misguided, effects-heavy abomination.
June 29, 2016
Podcast
Tim Grierson
,
Will Leitch
Grierson & Leitch Episode 23:
Independence Day
,
The Neon Demon
,
The Shallows
, and More
June 22, 2016
Podcast
Tim Grierson
,
Will Leitch
Grierson & Leitch Episode 22:
Finding Dory
,
Armageddon
, and
Road to Perdition
June 15, 2016
Podcast
Tim Grierson
,
Will Leitch
Grierson & Leitch Episode 21:
Warcraft, Menace II Society,
and
Being John Malkovich
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