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Jessie Buckley as The Bride in "The Bride" (Warner Bros. Pictures)

"Frankenstein" needed a woman’s touch

Coleman Spilde
Christian Bale on the set of "American Psycho" (Eric Robert/Sygma/Sygma via Getty Images)

The timely satire of "American Psycho"

Kevin Smokler
Jeremy Allen White speaks during The Give Back-ular Spectacular! fundraiser in partnership with The Union Solidarity Coalition at The Orpheum Theatre on October 25, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images)

Actors who have dragged the MCU

Nardos Haile
Christian Bale as Augustus Landor in "The Pale Blue Eye" (Scott Garfield/Netflix)

"This film is Poe's origin story"

Gary M. Kramer
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Christian Bale from “Vice” accepts the Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy award onstage during the 76th Annual Golden Globe Awards at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on January 06, 2019 in Beverly Hills, California. (Paul Drinkwater/NBCUniversal via Getty Images)

Bale on Cheney: Church of Satan approves

Zack Sharf - Indiewire
Christian Bale (Getty/David Livingston)

Bale: Trump acted like I was Bruce Wayne

Zack Sharf - Indiewire
Rohan Chand as "Mowgli" in "Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle" (Netflix)

"Mowgli": Welcome to the Jungle (Book)

David Fear - Rolling Stone
Christian Bale as Dick Cheney in "Vice" (Annapurna Pictures)

Bale and Adams take on Cheney legacy

Zach Sharf - Indiewire
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Chris Cornell (Getty/Florian Seefried)

Chris Cornell has died

Annie Zaleski
(Paramount Pictures)

The '08 financial crisis: Fun!

Andrew O'Hehir
Actor Mel Gibson watches the Los Angeles Lakers play the Chicago Bulls in their NBA basketball game in Los Angeles November 18, 2007. (© Lucy Nicholson / Reuters)

5 years ago today

Colin Gorenstein
Ridley Scott, left, and Giannina Facio, right, attend the premiere of "Exodus: Gods and Kings" at The Brooklyn Museum on Sunday, Dec. 7, 2014, in New York. (Andy Kropa/Invision/AP)

Sarah Gray
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Christian Bale in "American Hustle"

Breaking Oscar's 3-way tie

Andrew O'Hehir
Christian Bal and, Jeremy Renner in "American Hustle"

Abscam, the NSA and the '70s

Andrew O'Hehir
Christian Bale, Amy Adams and Bradley Cooper in "American Hustle"

A dazzling American con job

Andrew O'Hehir

Ben Affleck as Batman

Daniel D'Addario
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