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With awards being given at the Golden Globes this past Sunday, and at the Palm Springs International Film Festival (“PSIFF”) and Variety’s 10 Directors To Watch, just days before, the awards season is officially open! Voting for Oscar nominations kicked off yesterday, January 11th, and close on Tuesday, January 16th, with official nominees announced on Tuesday, January…

Previous seasons of “True Detective” have played with supernatural elements, a flirtation with the idea that there is evil in the world that defies mortal categorization, but none have leaned into an atmosphere of nearly biblical dread like the excellent 6-episode “True Detective: Night Country.” A mesmerizing study of murder, misogyny, racism, cycles of abuse, and…

The 2004 teen comedy “Mean Girls,” written by Tina Fey and based on Rosalind Wiseman’s 2002 book Queen Bees and Wannabes, has become a millennial cult classic in the twenty years since its release. Although part of the key demographic for the film—I was a senior in high school when it was released—I have never…

“Lift” is as generic and forgettable as its title, the kind of glossy, empty action picture that Netflix just keeps pumping out, whether we need it or not. It’s not as aggressively glib as “Red Notice,” for example, but rather is more in line with “The Gray Man”: Competently made and star-studded, with a couple…

Emma (Kaley Cuoco) lives a double life. She has a loving husband, Dave (David Oyelowo), and two beautiful children, but she also moonlights as a secret assassin. Her frequent “business trips” lead to emotional and physical distance from her family, forgotten anniversaries, and desperate attempts to reconnect. When Emma and Dave decide to spice up…