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Destroyer gives us a fresh feminine take on an anti-hero crime thriller

By Ryen Thomas February 5, 2019 Oscar-winning actress Nicole Kidman has been having quite the cinematic resurgence lately. She’s dazzling fanboys as the Queen Mother of the Seven Seas in the mega hit Aquaman and she stars alongside Kevin Hart and Bryan Cranston in the...
By CLTure February 5, 2019
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Our favorite music documentaries and movies on Netflix

By Zach Goins February 2, 2019 If this year’s award season has taught us anything, it’s that people are all in on movies about music right now. Movies centered around music? Love ‘em. Movies about bands and musicians? Yes please. Movie musicals? The more the...
By CLTure February 2, 2019
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Director Peter Jackson’s ‘They Shall Not Grow Old’ brings WWI to life like nothing before it

By Douglas Davidson February 1, 2019 Roughly four years ago, the Imperial War Museum began working with director Peter Jackson (The Lord of the Rings trilogy) to develop a documentary focused on World War I. His only directives: make it fresh and original. As a...
By CLTure February 1, 2019
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‘Cold War’ is a stark, daunting, and passionate love story

By Jessica Owoc January 30, 2019 Every tale of star-crossed lovers has its own set of circumstances that drives the lovers apart no matter how hard they try to stay together. Romeo and Juliet had their feuding families, Jack and Rose had an iceberg, Tony...
By CLTure January 29, 2019
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M. Night Shyamalan’s trilogy conclusion ‘Glass’ doesn’t shatter expectations

By Jessica Owoc January 18, 2018 Glass, the third movie in what has been referred to as the “Eastrail 177” trilogy from M. Night Shyamalan (with 2000’s Unbreakable and 2016’s Split), concludes the story of normal guy turned superhero David Dunn, evil mastermind Elijah Price...
By CLTure January 18, 2019
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What to watch on Netflix: Binge-worthy under-the-radar shows

By Zach Goins January 17, 2019 In a world where Netflix is producing nearly 700 original TV shows, it’s easy to feel like you’re drowning in a sea of content. With something new coming out every other day, there’s just too many things to sift...
By CLTure January 17, 2019
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The Upside: Fun Times with Bad Timing

By Jonathan Shuping January 13, 2019 Sometimes timing is everything. If Wyatt Earp had been released before Tombstone, it might be considered the Western classic that its rival ultimately and universally is. Unfortunately for The Upside, Green Book hit theaters and won audiences over about...
By CLTure January 13, 2019
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‘On The Basis of Sex’ doesn’t do Ruth Bader Ginsburg justice

By Dan Cava January 11, 2019 The Trump presidency has supplied an endless supply of “timeliness” to many of the issues Hollywood loves to address: freedom of the press (The Post), race relations (BlacKkKlansmen), tolerance (The Shape of Water), and so on. In the last...
By CLTure January 12, 2019
Film

Our film critics pick their favorite movies of 2018

By CLTure Film December 31, 2018 You know what’s better than a list of the year’s best movies? Six lists. Because CLTure Film has a such talented group of critics– each with a distinct voice and point of view– we’ve once again bypassed the single...
By CLTure December 30, 2018
Film

Welcome to Marwen: more like Welcome to the Dullhouse

By Jonathan Shuping December 26, 2018 From his humble beginnings as a correspondent on The Daily Show to his breakout role in The Office to his big-screen leading man status, Steve Carell appears to have been using the blueprint laid out by actors like Tom...
By CLTure December 26, 2018

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By Ryen Thomas February 5, 2019 Oscar-winning actress Nicole Kidman has been having quite the cinematic resurgence lately. She’s dazzling fanboys as the Queen Mother of the Seven Seas in the mega hit Aquaman and she stars alongside Kevin Hart and Bryan Cranston in the...

By Zach Goins February 2, 2019 If this year’s award season has taught us anything, it’s that people are all in on movies about music right now. Movies centered around music? Love ‘em. Movies about bands and musicians? Yes please. Movie musicals? The more the...

By Douglas Davidson February 1, 2019 Roughly four years ago, the Imperial War Museum began working with director Peter Jackson (The Lord of the Rings trilogy) to develop a documentary focused on World War I. His only directives: make it fresh and original. As a...

By Jessica Owoc January 30, 2019 Every tale of star-crossed lovers has its own set of circumstances that drives the lovers apart no matter how hard they try to stay together. Romeo and Juliet had their feuding families, Jack and Rose had an iceberg, Tony...

By Jessica Owoc January 18, 2018 Glass, the third movie in what has been referred to as the “Eastrail 177” trilogy from M. Night Shyamalan (with 2000’s Unbreakable and 2016’s Split), concludes the story of normal guy turned superhero David Dunn, evil mastermind Elijah Price...

By Zach Goins January 17, 2019 In a world where Netflix is producing nearly 700 original TV shows, it’s easy to feel like you’re drowning in a sea of content. With something new coming out every other day, there’s just too many things to sift...

By Jonathan Shuping January 13, 2019 Sometimes timing is everything. If Wyatt Earp had been released before Tombstone, it might be considered the Western classic that its rival ultimately and universally is. Unfortunately for The Upside, Green Book hit theaters and won audiences over about...

By Dan Cava January 11, 2019 The Trump presidency has supplied an endless supply of “timeliness” to many of the issues Hollywood loves to address: freedom of the press (The Post), race relations (BlacKkKlansmen), tolerance (The Shape of Water), and so on. In the last...

By CLTure Film December 31, 2018 You know what’s better than a list of the year’s best movies? Six lists. Because CLTure Film has a such talented group of critics– each with a distinct voice and point of view– we’ve once again bypassed the single...

By Jonathan Shuping December 26, 2018 From his humble beginnings as a correspondent on The Daily Show to his breakout role in The Office to his big-screen leading man status, Steve Carell appears to have been using the blueprint laid out by actors like Tom...