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<em>The Monkey</em> Is the Perfect Comedy for Our Times

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The Monkey, of Osgood Perkins' The Monkey, gives the camera a sideways glance that should be physically impossible for a non-sentient toy.
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The Monkey

The Monkey Is the Perfect Comedy for Our Times

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Anthony Mackie in Captain America: Brave New World
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Marvel Cinematic Universe

Captain America: Brave New World Seems Incredibly Afraid of Its Own Audience

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Comment number: 11
Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba in Wicked Part One
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Wicked

Cynthia Erivo Elevates a Wicked That’s Mostly Just Fine

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Tom Hardy in Venom: The Last Dance
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Venom: The Last Dance

Venom: The Last Dance Better Not Be the Last Ride for Our Lethal Protector

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Lady Gaga and Joaquin Phoenix in Joker: Folie a Deux
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Joker: Folie à Deux

Joker: Folie à Deux Manages to Make Musicals — and Misery — Lifeless

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Comment number: 16
Roz and gosling Brightbill touching foreheads in The Wild Robot
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The Wild Robot

The Wild Robot Knows the Meaning of Life, If You’re Willing to Listen

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Demi Moore, her eye makeup in tracks in The Substance
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The Substance

The Substance Is a Satirical Body Horror Picture of Dorian Gray

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Lydia Deetz in a dark room in Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
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Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

Against All Odds, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Shows Us How to Make Sequeldom Fun

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Gretchen (Hunter Schafer) is menaced in a scene in Tilman Singer's Cuckoo.
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Cuckoo

When It’s Time To Leave The Nest: Cuckoo

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A screenshot of the pulled Megalopolis trailer featuring the Godfather title card, which is pasted over with a misattributed quote from critic Pauline Kael: "Diminished by it's artsiness."
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Megalopolis

That Megalopolis Trailer Snafu Sure Could Teach Us a Lot About Art Criticism

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Comment number: 8
Deadpool (Ryan Reynolds) and Wolverine (Hugh Jackman) in a scene from Deadpool and Wolverine
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Deadpool and Wolverine

Deadpool & Wolverine Is Good for a Laugh, But Sadly Not Much Else

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Comment number: 12
All the emotions confront Anxiety for the first time in Inside Out 2
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Inside Out 2

Let Inside Out 2 Mediate Your Anxiety

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“There is an art to smiling in a way that others will believe. It is always important to include the eyes; otherwise, people will know you hate them.”

N.K. Jemisin, The Fifth Season

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