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'Weapons': 2025's Funniest Scary Movie

50 mins; August 12, 2025

Why 'Oz' Is Coming to The Sphere in Vegas

43 mins; August 05, 2025

The Perfectly Fine 'Four'

50 mins; July 29, 2025

Canceling ‘The Late Show’: Business or Politics?

53 mins; July 22, 2025

The Scourge of Celebrity AI Scams

45 mins; July 15, 2025

Paramount's Bad Trump Deal

46 mins; July 08, 2025

Is Denis Villeneuve the Right Guy for 'Bond'?

43 mins; July 01, 2025

Does 'Materialists' Work?

46 mins; June 17, 2025

Plotting 'The Phoenician Scheme'

41 mins; June 10, 2025

Why 'Lilo & Stitch' Is a Big Hit

41 mins; June 03, 2025

Finally 'Reckoning' with AI

45 mins; May 27, 2025

A Difficult 'Friendship'

40 mins; May 20, 2025

Star Wars Gets Dark with 'Andor'

47 mins; May 13, 2025

Why Does Trump Want to Tariff Movies?

34 mins; May 06, 2025

Hanging Out with 'The Accountant 2'

39 mins; April 29, 2025

An All-'Sinners' Episode

41 mins; April 22, 2025

The Gripping Reality of 'Warfare'

45 mins; April 15, 2025

Panic! at 'The Studio'

39 mins; April 08, 2025

Trump's 'Free Speech Warrior' Goes After Free Speech

38 mins; April 01, 2025

'Snow White' Is a Disaster

40 mins; March 25, 2025

'Black Bag,' the Year's Best Date Movie

37 mins; March 18, 2025

Why 'Mickey 17' Just Doesn't Work

39 mins; March 11, 2025

'Anora' Sweeps the Oscars

41 mins; March 04, 2025

Bond's Brave New World

42 mins; February 25, 2025

The Quiet Terror of 'I'm Still Here'

39 mins; February 11, 2025

The Best Movies of 2024

52 mins; February 04, 2025

An Unsettling 'Presence'

46 mins; January 28, 2025

'September 5,' Working Amidst Terror

52 mins; January 21, 2025

'The Brutalist,' a Near Masterpiece

41 mins; January 14, 2025

Is 'Nosferatu' a Yes from Us?

41 mins; January 07, 2025

The Rise of Bob Dylan

43 mins; December 31, 2024

The Deranged Exuberance of 'Emilia Pérez'

49 mins; December 24, 2024

No One Was Cravin' 'Kraven'

36 mins; December 17, 2024

Amy Adams’s Ode to Motherhood

38 mins; December 10, 2024

Does 'Wicked' Defy Critical Gravity?

41 mins; December 03, 2024

Does 'Gladiator II' Entertain?

40 mins; November 26, 2024

Probing 'A Real Pain'

39 mins; November 19, 2024

The Joyful Pain of 'Anora'

42 mins; November 12, 2024

'Conclave,' a Modern Old-Fashioned Movie

40 mins; November 05, 2024

Hopefully, this is Venom's 'Last Dance'

35 mins; October 29, 2024

The Sprawling History of Neal Stephenson's 'Polostan'

49 mins; October 22, 2024

'Saturday Night' and the Excitement of the New

43 mins; October 15, 2024

'Joker' Folly Number Two

39 mins; October 08, 2024

The Messy 'Megalopolis'

47 mins; October 01, 2024

Lone 'Wolfs'

38 mins; September 24, 2024

'Rebel Ridge,' a Movie with a Message

41 mins; September 17, 2024

The Messy 'Beetlejuice Beetlejuice'

42 mins; September 10, 2024

Revisiting 'A Quiet Place: Day One'

39 mins; September 03, 2024

Should You 'Blink Twice'?

38 mins; August 27, 2024

How 'Alien: Romulus' Resurrected the Franchise

42 mins; August 20, 2024

'The Instigators,' a Perfect Streaming Picture

42 mins; August 13, 2024

'Deadpool & Wolverine' Pulls Audiences Back In

39 mins; July 30, 2024

Is 'Twisters' the Summer's Popcorn Hit?

35 mins; July 23, 2024

Best of 2024 (So Far!)

41 mins; July 16, 2024

A Cop's Return to 'Beverly Hills'

36 mins; July 09, 2024

Kevin Costner Goes to the 'Horizon'

45 mins; July 02, 2024

'Inside Out 2' and 'The Bikeriders'

39 mins; June 25, 2024

Is 'Hit Man' a Deeper Romcom?

39 mins; June 18, 2024

Riding with the 'Bad Boys'

34 mins; June 11, 2024

'The Last Stop in Yuma County's' Nasty Surprises

34 mins; June 04, 2024

AI and the Wasteland

43 mins; May 29, 2024

Why 'The Idea of You' Doesn't Really Work

43 mins; May 21, 2024

'Apes' Together, Strong?

37 mins; May 14, 2024

The Perfectly Pleasant 'Fall Guy'

40 mins; May 07, 2024

'Challengers' Ignites Audience Desires

44 mins; April 30, 2024

The Chilling, Frustrating 'Civil War'

53 mins; April 23, 2024

Across the Movie Aisle Live!

44 mins; April 16, 2024

Bringing 'Monkey Man' to the Big Screen

41 mins; April 09, 2024

How Dumb Is 'Godzilla x Kong'?

35 mins; April 02, 2024

'Road House' Blues

45 mins; March 26, 2024

Adam Sandler Goes Into Space, Man

34 mins; March 19, 2024

Best. Oscars. Ever.

37 mins; March 12, 2024

'Dune: Part Two,' a Desert Epic for the Ages

41 mins; March 05, 2024

Is 'Drive-Away Dolls' an Instant Cult Film?

42 mins; February 27, 2024

Why 'True Detective: Night Country' Was Doomed to Fail

45 mins; February 20, 2024

'The Zone of Interest's' Immersive Horror

40 mins; February 13, 2024

'Argylle' and the Unreality of Streaming Blockbusters

40 mins; February 06, 2024

Was 'Barbie' Snubbed in the Oscar Nominations?

36 mins; January 30, 2024

'The Holdovers,' a Very Nice Movie!

49 mins; January 23, 2024

Does 'The Beekeper' Have Audiences Buzzing?

39 mins; January 16, 2024

The Tricky Lessons of ‘American Fiction’

39 mins; January 09, 2024

ATMA's Top Ten of 2023!

44 mins; January 03, 2024

A Flattened 'Maestro'

41 mins; December 26, 2023

Is 'Poor Things' Rich with Meaning?

41 mins; December 19, 2023

Miyazaki's Swan Song: 'The Boy and the Heron'

37 mins; December 12, 2023

A 'May December' to Remember?

43 mins; December 05, 2023

Is 'Napoleon' an Epic Wonder or Blunder?

39 mins; November 28, 2023

How True to History Does Historical Fiction Need to Be?

43 mins; November 21, 2023

Why 'The Marvels' Crashed and Burned

41 mins; November 14, 2023

'Priscilla' and Sofia Coppola's Gilded Cages

38 mins; November 07, 2023

'Five Nights at Freddy's': The Fall's Surprise Hit

45 mins; October 31, 2023

Have Scorsese, DiCaprio, and De Niro Done It Again?

41 mins; October 24, 2023

The Taylor Swift Concert Movie Spectacular

48 mins; October 17, 2023

Wes Anderson's Experimental Netflix Shorts

38 mins; October 10, 2023

The AI Toys Coming for Your Kids

48 mins; October 03, 2023

Is 'Dumb Money' a Smart Movie?

44 mins; September 26, 2023

A ‘Haunting’ Murder Mystery

31 mins; September 19, 2023

Did the Streaming Game Just Change?

32 mins; September 12, 2023

Why Taylor Swift and AMC Bypassed the Studios

44 mins; September 05, 2023

Why Streamers Want to Keep Their Data Secret

41 mins; August 29, 2023

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