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The Ten Commandments (1923)

When most people hear “Cecil B. DeMille’s The Ten Commandments,” their mind goes to the 1956 epic — the one with a four-hour runtime and Charlton Heston’s gradually-expanding beard.

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Opus (2025)

Like most movie lovers, I typically seek out films I think I will like, or at least find fascinating.

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Blink Twice (2024)

I guess at some point “Get Out-like” became a subgenre, with the target of the satiric horror more often class disparity than racism.

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Paper Moon (1973)

There’s a scene set at a carnival about halfway through Paper Moon when nine-year-old Addie Loggins (Tatum O’Neal) gets a portrait taken by herself at a carnival

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One of Them Days (2025)

One of Them Days is a treat — an honest-to-God comedy with setups, punchlines, and performances calibrated to land them.

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Murder on the Orient Express (2017)

Kenneth Branagh loves English literature more than I do and more than you do.

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Heart Eyes (2025)

Your ninth scoop of ice cream will never taste as good as the first, and, as such, these high-concept slashers have lost a bit of their novelty.

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The Monkey (2025)

The Monkey is a big, dumb mess of a movie. (Complimentary.)

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Werewolves Within (2021)

The bar for video game movies is very low.

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The Electric State (2025)

As I watched the opening act of The Electric State, I felt something.