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Minions (2015)

When I saw Despicable Me in 2010, I was pretty anti-Minions

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Review

The Usual Suspects (1996)

Has there ever been a movie made more interesting by its final five minutes than The Usual Suspects?

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Capsule

The Great Escape (1963)

The Great Escape remains entertaining and rousing, but it has serious tonal issues that ultimately make it more shallow fun than anything profound. But it’s great fun indeed.

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Review

The Woman in the Window (2021)

Ever since Gone Girl took both the book world and film world by storm, we’ve seen dozens of stories in a similar mold

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Review

Finch (2021)

There is not a single original beat in Finch.

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Review

Scream (2022)

The 2022 film Scream — aka Scream 5, or 5cream, or Five Cream — is probably the most coherent of the Scream sequels.

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Review

Moulin Rouge! (2001)

Following Romeo + Juliet’s attempt at capturing the spirit of Shakespeare’s play through a modern lens, Australian director Baz Luhrmann moved onto another outdated entertainment institution to revitalize: Parisian burlesque theater.

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Review

Rudy (1993)

I grew up in a Notre Dame household.

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Review

The Dark Knight (2008)

When I was in college I took a course on the history of crime films.

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Review

Aladdin (1992)

There’s an interesting case to be made that Aladdin is the most influential non-CGI animated picture of the last 50 years.