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‘My Old Ass’ is low-key one of the year’s best movies

The title doesn’t set the mood for one of the best movies of 2024. “My Old Ass” is the most delicately pleasant coming-of-age movie I’ve

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Nick and Nora are stars in ‘After the Thin Man’ (1936), ‘Another Thin Man’ (1939)

With his novel “The Thin Man” (1934), Dashiell Hammett switched protagonists from workaholic, down-and-dirty sleuths to a detective who retired at a young age and

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In ‘The Wrestling Women vs. the Aztec Mummy’ (1964), babes beat a bandaged bloke

To conjure Taggart (the immortal Slim Pickens’ character from “Blazing Saddles” (1974)): What in the wide, wide world of sports can “The Wrestling Women vs.

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‘Day of the Jackal’ (1973) a cold, engrossing cat-and-mouse procedural

“The Day of the Jackal” (1973) could be called a film without style, as it soberly presents the procedures of the titular assassin (Edward Fox)

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Raise a glass to Hitchcock’s bubbly ‘Champagne’ (1928)

The riches-to-rags (and perhaps back to riches) story was among Alfred Hitchcock’s favorite structures of the Roaring Twenties. He approached it seriously in “Downhill” (1927),

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‘Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire’ is more of the same

In the Monsterverse, we’ve had a Godzilla origin story, a Kong origin story, Godzilla fighting that cool three-headed monster from Facebook memes, and Godzilla fighting

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‘Sign of Four’ (1890) shows early signs of Holmes’ iconic status

Sherlock Holmes didn’t take off as a popular character with his second novel, “The Sign of Four” (sometimes titled “The Sign of the Four,” 1890);

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De Palma breaks out with Hitchcock mashup ‘Sisters’ (1972)

Brian De Palma’s first horror film, “Sisters” (1972), is also the movie where he finds one of his two primary identities. Later, he’d be known

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‘Beetlejuice’ (1988) is a matter of taste, and it’s not mine

There’s much to admire about “Beetlejuice’s” (1988) historical significance. Tim Burton was becoming Tim Burton, Michael Keaton was becoming Michael Keaton (“Batman” followed one year

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In ‘Terrifier 3,’ Art is a psycho for all seasons

If it wasn’t official already, in “Terrifier 3” Damien Leone has taken the baton from Eli Roth as the goriest filmmaker working today. He’s also

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