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

A Miyazaki film that sees our heart

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

Spider-Man should focus on his job

Kelly McClure
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

Melanie McFarland
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

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

"I Want Your Sex" is deliberately unsexy

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

What "English Patient" left off screen

Kristen Lopez
Adrian McElwee in "Remake" (Music Box Films)

"Remake" offers a new view of grief

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

"Obsession" hasn't earned classic status

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

MAGA merger will make movies boring

Amanda Marcotte
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"

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

Nolan's "The Odyssey" is pointless

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

Sam Neill, king of the creature feature

Coleman Spilde
Cemre Paksoy in "Night Nurse" (Lidia Nikonova/IFC)

"Night Nurse" sexualizes the scam call

Coleman Spilde
Matt Damon as Odysseus in "The Odyssey" (Universal Pictures)

Damon: We won't see another "Odyssey"

Alex Galbraith
Miles Gutierrez-Riley as Otto, John Slattery as himself, Ben Wang as Caleb, Ken Marino as Vincent and Zoey Deutch as Gail Daughtry in "Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass" (Sony Pictures Classics)

"Gail Daughtry" is absurdism done right

Coleman Spilde
"Bang My Box: The Robin Byrd Story" (HBO)

The sex ed icon who won't go quietly

Coleman Spilde
Madonna (XNY/Star Max/GC Images/Getty Images)

Madonna's irresistible contradictions

Coleman Spilde
Reese Witherspoon in "Legally Blonde." (Tracy Bennett/MGM Pictures)

The golden ambition of "Legally Blonde"

Melanie McFarland
Olivia Wilde, Seth Rogen, Penélope Cruz and Edward Norton in "The Invite" (A24)

"The Invite" debunks heteronormativity

Coleman Spilde
John Travolta in "Blow Out" (Filmways Pctures/Sunset Boulevard/Corbis via Getty Images)

"Blow Out" exposes the real American way

Coleman Spilde
Armie Hammer in "Citizen Vigilante" (Courtesy of Axel Stock)

Of course, Elon Musk adores Armie Hammer

Coleman Spilde
Angelina Jolie as Maxine Walker in "Couture" (Vertical Entertainment )

Angelina Jolie rethinks aging onscreen

Coleman Spilde
Haley Joel Osment in "A.I. Artificial Intelligence" (Warner Bros. Pictures)

Spielberg’s "A.I." foretold our solitude

Coleman Spilde
Milly Alcock and Matthias Schoenaerts in "Supergirl" (Parisa Taghizadeh/Warner Bros. Pictures)

Why the DCU won't let "Supergirl" win

Coleman Spilde
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