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The Mandalorian Season 3 Premiere Review: The Most Disappointing Season Premiere Yet

The Season 3 premiere of The Mandalorian has action and laughs, but it doesn’t deliver a complete story.

2 years ago

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Jack Nicholson Is The Best Joker, Here’s Why

Jack Nicholson was the best version of the Joker for being the most complete and nuanced.

2 years ago

Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves Is The Most Underrated Kevin Costner Film

Kevin Costner’s starring role in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves is his second-best box office total ever and his most underrated film despite his lack of an accent.

2 years ago

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Patrick Stewart’s Best Role Isn’t Picard, It’s Charles Xavier, Here’s Why

Opinion Editor Michileen Martin argues that while he may be better remembered as Jean-Luc Picard of Star Trek, the best Patrick Stewart role is his time as Charles Xavier in 2017’s Logan.

2 years ago

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The Best Star Trek Movie Isn’t Wrath Of Khan, It’s First Contact

First Contact is the best Star Trek movie for both resolving the past of TNG and expanding the franchise’s future.

2 years ago

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Gattaca Is The Revival Series We Really Need

A television revival of the cult 1997 sci-fi movie Gattaca could explore its themes further in the style of neo-noir mysteries.

2 years ago

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Empire Strikes Back Isn’t The Best Star Wars Movie, It’s Rogue One

Empire Strikes back is a dark, character-driven movie and was the best Star Wars movie, but Rogue One now has that title because it does everything better.

2 years ago

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You May Hate Star Trek’s Newest Captain, But He’s Right

Todd Stashwick’s Captain Liam Shaw from Season 3 of Star Trek: Picard isn’t very likable, but he’s right about the show’s heroes putting his crew in unnecessary danger.

2 years ago

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The 25 Worst Movies Ever Made

Giant Freakin Robot’s team compiled the 25 worst movies ever made according to critics, a list led by Is That A Gun In Your Pocket and The Singing Forest.

2 years ago

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The Consultant Series Premiere Review: A Forgettable Workplace Thriller With Too Much Build-Up

Amazon’s The Consultant tries too hard to be mysterious and doesn’t take advantage of its chief talent.

2 years ago

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The Lord Of The Rings Needs To Learn A Valuable Lesson From Star Wars

The new Lord of the Rings movies need to learn from Star Wars sequels by sticking to one unified creative vision.

2 years ago

Dwayne Johnson Isn’t The Best Wrestler Turned Movie Star, This Comic Book Movie Star Is Better

Dave Bautista has taken a wider variety of roles and demonstrated a willingness to improve, making him the best wrestler-turned-actor.

2 years ago

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Knock At The Cabin Isn’t The Best M. Night Shyamalan Movie, It’s Something Else

M Night Shyamalan’s best movie Split is available to stream on Apple TV.

2 years ago

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The Best Star Trek Villain Wasn’t In Any Of The Movies

The Star Trek movies have brought us some of the franchise’s best villains, but the greatest of them all is Gul Dukat who canonically only appears in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.

2 years ago

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The Princess Bride Isn’t The Best Movie Starring A Professional Wrestler, It’s This Sci-Fi Cult Classic

Rowdy Roddy Piper’s starring role as Nada in They Live makes John Carpenter’s eerily relevant sci-fi film the best movie starring a wrestler.

2 years ago

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The Best James Cameron Movie Isn’t An Avatar Film

James Cameron’s best movie is Aliens, which developed the world of Xenomorphs more than any other movie.

2 years ago

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The Most Underrated Star Trek Movie Only Did One Thing Wrong, But It Was Enough

Star Trek: Generations is a great movie with only one flaw, the death of Kirk, but that flaw is bad enough.

2 years ago

There Is No Reason To Watch The Next Two Years Of DC Movies

The next few years of DC movies can be ignored before James Gunn’s personally developed movies are released. Nothing in the next two years has an announced follow-up, and the whole universe is being reset, so why bother?

2 years ago

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Elden Ring Is Not the Best Game of The Year, This Destructive And Stunning RPG Is Better

Elden Ring may have won 2022’s Game of the Year, but God of War Ragnarok was more deserving of the prestigious title.

2 years ago

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Leonardo DiCaprio’s Best Movie Is Underappreciated And Streaming On Netflix Right Now

Leonardo DiCaprio’s Howard Hughes biopic, The Aviator, is currently streaming on Netflix.

2 years ago

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Tom Cruise’s Best Movie Isn’t A Top Gun Or Mission: Impossible Entry, It’s A Dark Thriller

Collateral, the 2004 thriller starring Tom Cruise in a rare villainous role, is his best non-franchise movie.

2 years ago

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Hollywood Needs To Stop With The Underwater Blockbusters

Hollywood is obsessed with making underwater blockbusters to distract from the unreality of CGI.

2 years ago

The Worst Batman Is Not George Clooney

Christian Bale is the worst Batman because his character is too realistic.

2 years ago

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Blue Beetle Is The Best Possible Movie For The New DC Universe, Here’s Why

Blue Beetle is the DCU movie that can help bring the comic movie company out of mediocrity.

2 years ago

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The Marvel Cinematic Universe Needs To Make One Important Change After Quantumania

Critically, Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania is a failure, and our writer argues that to right the MCU ship, the old Marvel formula needs to be thrown overboard.

2 years ago

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Star Trek: Picard Season 3 Premiere Review: The Series Finally Delivers On Its Potential

Our deputy editor says Star Trek: Picard Season 3 premiere is so good it’s practically a different series.

2 years ago

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Do Not See The Flash In Theaters, Here’s Why

An argument for boycotting The Flash because of its star, Ezra Miller.

2 years ago

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Guillermo Del Toro’s Best Movie Is Streaming For Free Right Now

Guillermo del Toro’s The Shape of Water is streaming for free (with ads) on Freevee.

2 years ago

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Ben Affleck’s Best Superhero Movie Is Completely Ignored

Ben Affleck starred as Superman actor George Reeves in the 2006 noir Hollywoodland.

2 years ago

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Shrinking Series Premiere Review: A Laugh Out Loud Dramedy That Could Use Less Jason Segel

Deputy Editor Michileen Martin loved the first two episodes of Shrinking, but he wants to see more of the cast front and center.

2 years ago