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Riding Out with Manhunt: Catching an Assassin with Showrunner Monica Beletsky
We went to Busboys & Poets for an exclusive screening of Manhunt with the showrunner and executive producer Monica Beletsky and host Theodore Johnson
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Julian’s Picks for the 96th Oscars
Alright, folks, it’s time for another Oscars ceremony, and like many other film critics, here are my picks on what’s going to win this Sunday, March 10th, 2024.
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NatGeo’s QUEENS Kicks Off Women’s History Month in Style (Watch an Exclusive Clip!)
National Geographic is raising a glass to Women’s History Month with its new docuseries QUEENS, a gorgeous tribute to the female leaders of the animal kingdom (or should we say queendom).
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The Ever Expanding Universe of ‘Avatar: The Last Airbender’
The anticipation is palpable for Netflix’s live-action adaptation of Avatar: The Last Airbender. With the original creators parting ways due to creative differences, the buzz around the show has been undeniable. The question on everyone’s…
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Echoes of the Flower Moon: Martin Scorsese and Lily Gladstone at the National Museum of the American Indian
Sherin and Julian headed out to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian for a special event: a Killers of the Flower Moon ‘Clips and Conversations’ hosted by CNN’s Jake Tapper, featuring Academy Award…
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True Detective Night Country and Echo: Nations of Unstoppable Women
The connection between Echo and True Detective: Night Country goes beyond their Indigenous women leads; the ancestors, souls reaching back from death, and the power of women united are also prominent
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Mayhem – Satoru Gojo as the Trickster Archetype in Anime
By Philip Jean-Pierre I can already hear you nerds coming after me about, “What about Tanuki-the raccoon dog?”, What about Kitsune, the fox? What about them? The world is a big place with room for…
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Fair Play and the Game of Reversals
Chloe Domont wanted to challenge the belief that “success is a zero-sum game” and to indict the idea that “masculinity is an identity.” With those goals in mind, I’m calling Fair Play a Victory Royale.
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‘Stick It To the man!’ Movies!
Whether in opposition of your boss, school administration, local government, or world leaders, today, we celebrate people around the world rising up to fight for their rights, with our collection of ‘Stick It To The Man!’ movies.
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Is it One Piece? Questioning the Live Action Series
When a live-action version of an anime, manga, or comic book happens, the fans ask one question first. Did they get it right? So, Is this One Piece?
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Blue Beetle: The Power of Who You Are
Blue Beetle officially lands in theaters tomorrow. It’s a good movie to see because it’s fun and it’s about family, but also because director Ángel Manuel Soto and writer Gareth Dunnet-Alcocer explore how fraught achieving…
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Moulin Rouge! at The Kennedy Center: Paint the Town Rouge
Moulin Rouge! The Musical is a stunningly gorgeous production and you’ll be happy to sing along.
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Heart of Stone and the Femme Spies We Love
We’re a day away from the premiere of Heart of Stone, the new Netflix movie that puts “femme spies” (named for the 1990 La Femme Nikita) back in the lead. Starring Gal Gadot, Jing Lusi,…
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Abeni’s Song
In his first middle-grade novel, wittily and lovingly dedicated to his twin daughters, Clark is back in his bag.
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Sherin’s Takes on Tribeca 2023
Sherin covered the 2023 TRIBECA Film Festival for AWFJ. What did she think and what is her top pick?
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Celine Song talks possibilities and time in past lives
If there’s one thing that you will take away from a Q&A with Celine Song it is that she is someone who understands people and the reasons why we choose to stay or leave relationships…
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Ted Lasso “So Long, Farewell” Review
In the end, we are supposed to believe that Ted Lasso settled for a “fine” life and didn’t stand on top of the mountain and then reach his hands out for lightning.
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Queen Charlotte: The Event, The Backstory, and the Review
The series unfolds like a six-course feast, made to delight you, satiate you, and keep you in your seat indulging in more. It’s lovely but it isn’t gentle.
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The Only Strings Attached Are Emotional: Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio
If GDT’s Pinocchio is about anything it is awakenings—the idea of rising to meet yourself or refusing to wake and never knowing flight.
