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‘Stop! Stop! Stop! I’m doing something!’: 'I Think You Should Leave' is almost back
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The lost 'SNL' generation
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'His finest hour': Henson biographer Brian Jay Jones and I chat about 'Muppet Family Christmas'
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Let's talk about the new trailers for ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3’ and ‘Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny’
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‘Civil War’ wins a quiet box office battle
In a weak weekend, Alex Garland’s latest holds off ‘Abigail,’ ‘Godzilla x Kong’ and ‘The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare.’
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What does the future have in store for ‘Bluey’ after ‘The Sign’?
After emotionally devastating fans one more time, where does the animated series go from here? PLUS: ‘For All Mankind’ renewed, Shyamalan sets his…
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‘Civil War’ unites the weekend box office
Director Alex Garland scored the biggest opening of his career, while ‘Godzilla x Kong’ continued it box office rampage.
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Ryan Gosling can’t stop breaking as he hosts ‘SNL’
The ‘Fall Guy’ star said goodbye to Ken while laughing through every sketch. (Yes, there’s a ‘Papyrus’ sequel.)
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‘Civil War’ left me asking why I didn’t like the film
Something about Alex Garland’s new film didn’t sit well with me. PLUS: ‘Monarch’ gets a second season, ‘Dawn of the Jedi’ adds an ‘Andor’ writer, and…
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Monkey business is good: ‘Godzilla x Kong’ and ‘Monkey Man’ top the box office
Godzilla and Kong held off ‘Monkey Man,’ but Dev Patel’s directorial debut still scored $10.2M.
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Kristen Wiig joins SNL’s Five-Timers Club with the help of a wave of cameos
Hamm! Forte! Rudd! Gosling! ‘SNL’ blows open the doors of the Five-Timers Club as Wiig returns to host.
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Thanks to ‘Monkey Man,’ Dev Patel is our next action star and director
Patel’s directorial debut is violent, thoughtful and impressive. PLUS: Warner Bros. enters ‘The Matrix’ again, , and ‘Star Wars’ launches ‘Tales of the…
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‘Godzilla x Kong’ stomps expectations with a titanic $80M weekend
The latest MonsterVerse film reigns over the Easter box office thanks to 2024’s second biggest opening weekend.
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