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Dolly Parton performs Best Song nominee "Travelin' Thru" from "Transamerica" at the 78th Annual Academy Awards. (M. Caulfield / WireImage)

The Dolly song that can’t be forgotten

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Gillian Anderson and Hannah Einbinder in "Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma" (MUBI)

"Camp Miasma" made me want to date again

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Hannah Einbinder and Gillian Anderson in "Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma" (MUBI)

"Camp Miasma" withers in metaphor Hell

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Phinehas Yoon, Akira Jackson and Noah Toth in "It Ends" (Neon)

"It Ends" beat Hollywood at its own game

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Anne Hathaway in "The End of Oak Street" (Daniel McFadden/Warner Bros. Pictures)

"End of Oak Street" does pastiche right

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David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson in "The X-Files" (Fox/Liaison/Getty Images)

"The X-Files" still make us believe

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Hayden Panettiere (L) Michelle Trachtenberg (R) in "Ice Princess" (Walt Disney / Courtesy Everett Collection)

Hayden Panettiere played against type

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Sophie Thatcher in "Her Private Hell" (Neon)

Sophie Thatcher's haunting fairy tale

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Tom Holland in "Spider-Man: Brand New Day" (Sony Pictures)

Why we like some heroes more than others

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Monica Barbaro and Callum Turner in "One Night Only" (Nicole Rivelli / Universal Pictures)

The summer of rom-com sex talk

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Antonio Banderas and Dominic Sessa in "Tony" (Seacia Pavao/A24)

Anthony Bourdain would have hated "Tony"

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Ariana Grande greets fans (Kevin Mazur/Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Universal Pictures)

The movie Ariana Grande fans need to see

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(© 2004 Diana Wynne Jones/Hayao Miyazaki/Studio Ghibli, NDDMT)

A Miyazaki film that sees our heart

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Zendaya and Tom Holland in "Spider-Man: Brand New Day" (Sony Pictures)

Spider-Man should focus on his job

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Matt Damon is Odysseus in "The Odyssey," written, produced and directed by Christopher Nolan (Melinda Sue Gordon / Universal Pictures)

Nolan’s Odysseus had to be Matt Damon

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Thuso Mbedu as Zélie and Viola Davis as Mama Agba in "Children of Blood and Bone" (Lephatse Motshana/Paramount Pictures)

"Blood and Bone" adaptation irks author

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Olivia Wilde in "I Want Your Sex" (Magnolia Pictures)

"I Want Your Sex" is deliberately unsexy

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Ralph Fiennes and Kristin Scott Thomas in "The English Patient" (Miramax)

What "English Patient" left off screen

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Adrian McElwee in "Remake" (Music Box Films)

"Remake" offers a new view of grief

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Inde Navarrette as Nikki and Michael Johnston as Bear in "Obsession" (Focus Features)

"Obsession" hasn't earned classic status

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The merger of Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery will accelerate the decline of entertainment (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

MAGA merger will make movies boring

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Christopher Nolan visits "Fox & Friends" at Fox News Channel Studios on July 16, 2026 in New York City. (Photo by Dominik Bindl/Getty Images)

Nolan really needs you to like "Odyssey"

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Matt Damon as Odysseus and Zendaya as Athena in "The Odyssey" (Melinda Sue Gordon/Universal)

Nolan's "The Odyssey" is pointless

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Sam Neill In "In the Mouth of Madness" (New Line Cinema/Getty Images)

Sam Neill, king of the creature feature

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