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  Disney TV Is Poisoning Your Daughters
  By NICK SCHAGER
  Thu Jun 20, 2013

  I recognize that, even coming from a father of two preteen daughters, that might sound alarmist, so let me elaborate—the Disney Channel and... More >>

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  Why You Should See Craft-Cocktail Documentary Hey Bartender, Now in Wide Release
  By LAURA SHUNK
  Thu Jun 20, 2013

  By weaving together the stories behind New York City cocktail lair Employees Only and Westport, Connecticut, corner bar Dunvilles, director... More >>

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  Man of Steel: Making Sense of All That Christ and Death Stuff
  By ALAN SCHERSTUHL and STEPHANIE ZACHAREK
  Thu Jun 13, 2013

  Sometimes, there's just too damn much to say about a movie than can fit into any one review. (Even Stephanie Zacharek's exhaustive, excellent... More >>

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  After 44 Years, Hollywood is Finally Smart Enough to Make a Judy Blume Movie
  By NICK SCHAGER
  Thu Jun 13, 2013

  Judy Blume's first novel, The One in the Middle is the Green Kangaroo, was published in 1969, yet it's only now, 44 years later, that the first... More >>

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  To Actresses on the Brink of 40: Go Bad or Go Home
  By INKOO KANG
  Thu Jun 13, 2013

  Last week, EW columnist Mark Harris tweeted a statistic disturbing to anyone who cares about gender equality on the big screen: “It’s... More >>

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  As Joss Whedon Likes It
  By AMY NICHOLSON
  Thu Jun 6, 2013

  After completing five months of principal photography on The Avengers, Joss Whedon flew back to Los Angeles and threw himself a welcome-home... More >>

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  Summer In the Dark
  By SIMON ABRAMS
  Thu Jun 6, 2013

  JUNE 7 After EarthWhile it's not being advertised as "An M. Night Shyamalan Film," this big-budget science-fiction flick was helmed and... More >>

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  Superman Movies Matter More Than the Comics: A Film-by-Film Breakdown
  By GLEN WELDON
  Thu Jun 6, 2013

  Superman is an idea. Okay, fine. Technically, he's an intellectual property—a set of data points slammed together by Jerry Siegel and Joe... More >>

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  If George R. R. Martin Wrote Every TV Show Ever
  By ALAN SCHERSTUHL
  Thu Jun 6, 2013

  George R. R. Martin took a break from killing Starks today to send us this list of the notes he would send to the producers of TV shows if he... More >>

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  After Auteur: How M. Night Shyamalan Became Just Another Director
  By NICK SCHAGER
  Thu May 30, 2013

  Wait, you didn't know that After Earth, the Will Smith–Jaden Smith sci-fi adventure hitting theaters this weekend, is the latest from... More >>

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  In Omit the Logic, Richard Pryor Crucifies Himself, Again and Again
  By ALAN SCHERSTUHL
  Thu May 30, 2013

  “Least you got to see a motherfucker crucify himself,” Richard Pryor spits in the most surprising footage director Marina Zenovich... More >>

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  Director Rama Burshtein on Fill the Void: It's About the Ultra-Orthodox Jewish Community, But Isn't for Them
  By INKOO KANG
  Thu May 30, 2013

  The Israeli arranged-marriage drama Fill the Void begins as a spy caper. Eighteen-year-old Shira (Hadas Yaron) and her mother (Irit Sheleg) play... More >>

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  And Now, Tobias Fünke and George Michael!
  By AIMEE MURILLO
  Thu May 23, 2013

  When Netflix representatives asked us which Arrested Development cast members we wanted to interview for 20 minutes, the choice was unanimous:... More >>

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  Cannes: Steven Soderbergh's Behind the Candelabra Is a Delightful Little Curio
  By STEPHANIE ZACHAREK
  Thu May 23, 2013

  Ladies and gentlemen—anyone, really, who cares about his or her mug—step right up. According to a bit of advice proffered in one of... More >>