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Netflix is preparing for the release of Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, a film adaptation of…
Talking to Matthew McConaughey is exactly what you think it’s like. Rarely has an actor’s…
What does it take to be a star? Talent, obviously. Ambition, usually. A little bit…
First of all, 2020’s got a high bar to clear. Last year was a terrific…
As movies become more responsive to the modern cultural climate, walking into a theater can…
It’s true: The sound of heartbreak doesn’t need any words at all. The dialogue-less opening…
Watching Godzilla: King of the Monsters is like asking your mom to buy your favorite cereal…
The best thing about Rocketman is how it treats the music of its namesake and central…
The paradox of high school is it was a terrible experience for just about everyone,…
“Rest and laughter are the most spiritual and subversive acts of all,” Anne Lamott once…
There are two ways to explain Detective Pikachu, and the gap between those descriptors represents…
This is a review of the new J.R.R. Tolkien biopic, Tolkien. People have a lot…
Since the 2016 election, new relationships have had to deal with the unfamiliar threshold of…
Last night’s Game of Thrones episode, “The Long Night,” aired an 80-minute battle, reportedly the…
The perfect word is “ultimate.” Avengers: Endgame is not just a definitive punctuation mark in…
One of the things that set Marvel’s Avengers apart as superheroes is that they’re also…
There are more popular Disney songs than “The Bells of Notre Dame,” but the opening…
In Unpacking the Apocalypse, RELEVANT contributor Mary McCampbell explores the end-times of pop-culture for truth, meaning…
Breakthrough is bookended by two cringe-worthy moments, one typical of faith movies and one not.…
A dramatic telling of true American crime, Netflix’s The Highwaymen recounts the 100-day journey of the…
The first thing about Mary Magdalene that sticks to you is its music. This movie…
Shazam! is a joyful superhero movie about a teenage foster kid, Billy Batson (Asher Angel),…
Best of Enemies is a “message movie” so effortless you find yourself buying in without…
We eat shawarma with Marvel, but we bow to DC. The latter company’s heroes are…
Everyone in Dumbo is measured against our titular blue-eyed elephant. He’s the litmus test for…
If Get Out was Jordan Peele’s edition of Social Horror 101, Us is his masterclass. It’s more dense and less…
Five years ago, a desperate American Christian populace found a reckless, rage-fueled champion in God’s Not…
When the first details were revealed about Toy Story 4, we had some skepticism. For one thing,…
Anticipation for Disney’s live-action Aladdin movie has seen more bumps and dips along the way than…
For all its advancement and innovation, it took Marvel a startling 10 years to put…
What’s going to be your excuse for a binge-watching marathon this month? St. Patty’s Day…
A reading from the Book of Rotten Tomatoes. We turn to The Passion of the…
It started as an underdog. Next to the the gargantuan IP-driven franchises of Disney, Pixar,…
Amid one of the most fraught Oscars seasons ever, when musicians are dropping in and…
Isn’t It Romantic is not short on funny women. The romantic comedy was written by…
Movies become classics for different reasons. Mean Girls is quotable and The Hangover keeps you guessing.…
We know, we know. Valentine’s Day is a commercial holiday with a rote premise and…
Over the weekend, Disney dropped another teaser for their upcoming live-action adaptation of Aladdin. The sneak…
A basketball dribbles around four times in High Flying Bird. More Jerry Maguire than Hoosiers,…
As the Toy Story franchise expands its original trilogy and the modern crowd of Disney…