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Dec 26, 2024
Of course Netflix's massive, global hit — about a dystopian competition where the rewards are billions in cash or death — would be back. But its new season leaves you wondering what else it has to say
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Dec 25, 2024
Imagine 'Raging Bull' starring a CGI bull, and that gives you a sense of this music biopic about a superstar who's literally portrayed as a self-loathing simian
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Dec 23, 2024
The only thing that sucks here is a vampire — otherwise, 'The Witch' director's take on the landmark silent movie is stylish, scary and creepy as hell
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Dec 23, 2024
The actor delivers a no-holds-barred, everything-bared performance as a woman who finds sexual liberation through domination. It's a lot
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Dec 20, 2024
Channeling the vibe of 1970s New Hollywood epics, the actor-turned-filmmaker's story of an architect struggling to realize a dream project is an instant classic
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Dec 19, 2024
Stephanie Hsu stars in this black comedy as a woman whose hookups are all kicking the bucket — in the order in which she slept with them
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Dec 17, 2024
Barry Jenkins' CGI prequel can't escape the shadow of the Disney animated classic, but it does prove that you can extend a brand with heart, soul, and some catchy songs
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Dec 12, 2024
Filmmaker RaMell Ross doesn't just interpret Colson Whitehead's Pulitzer-winning novel about a racist, nightmarish boys' reformatory. He immerses you in it
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Dec 10, 2024
The freewheelin' singer-songwriter gets the 'Walk the Line' treatment — and thanks to the star, it's damn near electric
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Dec 06, 2024
Amy Adams and director Marielle Heller give bark and bite to this bestseller adaptation about a mom experiencing after-hours canine liberation
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Dec 05, 2024
The latest — and hopefully last — attempt to cash in on a universe based on Spider-Man's villains is a waste of good bad-guy I.P.
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Dec 05, 2024
The star gives a career-best performance as an FBI agent chasing down domestic terrorists in an all-too-timely true-crime thriller
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Dec 04, 2024
Joshua Oppenheimer's attempt at bridging social commentary and Sondheim-esque show tunes as the world burns is ambitious, to say the least
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Dec 04, 2024
The first project of the new DC Universe is a strange, endearing animated series
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Dec 02, 2024
Thankfully, this Disney series has a solid adventure story to tell, even as it leans into the Reagan-era Easter eggs and borderline fanfiction territory
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Nov 29, 2024
The prestige-drama queen flaunts her spunkier side as a spy leading a dangerous double life as a political spouse, with Ben Whishaw as her hitman partner in crime
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Nov 28, 2024
Colman Domingo is an impressive leading man in this Netflix political thriller, but the series can't maintain enough excitement and intrigue through the finale
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Nov 27, 2024
The actor who redefined James Bond goes for broke in Luca Guadagnino's beautiful, filthy, extraordinary take on William S. Burroughs' novel
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Nov 26, 2024
Sequel to the popular Disney animated movie sells South Pacific culture to the masses, sticks to the script, and serves fans exactly what they want
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Nov 26, 2024
New Martin Scorsese documentary offers a fresh look at how we became the United States of Beatlemania
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Nov 22, 2024
Also sharks, angry rhinos, angrier monkeys, evil Roman emperors, and Denzel Washington at his absolute campiest. Yes, we're entertained
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Nov 21, 2024
Denzel Washington continues his August Wilson adaptation project with playwright's Pulitzer-winning work about a family, an heirloom, and a whole lotta drama
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Nov 21, 2024
The sitcom stalwart reunites with showrunner Mike Schur for a feel-good mystery-comedy set in a retirement home
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Nov 20, 2024
Latvia's submission for the Best International Feature Oscar follows a cat and several other furry friends trying to survive the end of the world as we know it
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Nov 20, 2024
Latvia's submission for the Best International Feature Oscar follows a cat and several other furry friends trying to survive the end of the world as we know it
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Nov 19, 2024
Both the Oscar nominee and Ariana Grande give this long-awaited adaptation of the popular musical wings — but Erivo's the one truly defying gravity
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Nov 15, 2024
Filmmaker Payal Kapadia's drama about three generations of women dealing with love, lust and loss in modern-day Mumbai is like a sneak attack on your soul
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Nov 15, 2024
Taylor Sheridan's newest drama — starring Billy Bob Thornton as an oilman fighting off bankers and feuding with family members — is like a rough draft of his usual antihero show, only worse
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Nov 14, 2024
FX/Hulu's adaptation of Patrick Radden Keefe's book about Northern Ireland's fight for liberation struggles to balance multiple storylines and characters
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Nov 14, 2024
Still, you do get Eddie Redmayne as the world's best assassin, Lashana Lynch in prime Bond mode, and some killer set pieces
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Nov 11, 2024
Whether this wonky, six-episode prequel to Denis Villeneuve's cinematic universe — based on Frank Hebert's novels — will make that prophecy come true is a whole other matter
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Nov 08, 2024
The British actor's creepy-as-hell take on a religiously pious man who tests two missionaries' faith is the main reason to see this A24 horror flick
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Nov 07, 2024
British filmmaker Andrea Arnold's drama about a young girl growing up is a typically gritty look at life on the margins — until it very much isn't
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Nov 06, 2024
Set in India, Amazon's latest attempt at mating James Bond-meets-John Wick action with international 'CSI'-type spin-offs scores one for the team
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Nov 05, 2024
The actor, writer, and director talks about why his road-trip buddy movie is extremely personal, casting Kieran Culkin, and more
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Nov 01, 2024
The folks who gave us 'Forrest Gump' reunite for the history of a patch of real estate, featuring dinosaurs, Benjamin Franklin, boomers and a whole lotta saccharine
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Nov 01, 2024
Steve McQueen's mix of maternal melodrama and boys' adventure during the blitzkrieg only seems like a conventional movie on the surface
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Oct 31, 2024
Capped at a mere six installments, the second season of the crackerjack political drama starring Keri Russell feels rushed — yet it's still one of the best series on TV right now
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Oct 30, 2024
Wanting to entertain you like it's 1992, definitely — but also of making a movie that tries to examine morality, accountability and the meaning of justice
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Oct 29, 2024
Jesse Eisenberg's story of two cousins reckoning with personal and historical tragedies while touring Poland establishes him as a first-rate director, and hands Kieran Culkin an Oscar-worthy role
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Oct 25, 2024
Ralph Fiennes leads an all-star cast in this thriller about cardinal sins, sinning cardinals and the sort of sheer campiness that will have you yelling "Holy Shit!"
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Oct 24, 2024
The comedian's attempt at anchoring an M. Night Shyamalan-style psychological thriller barely registers an afterthought
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Oct 24, 2024
Mati Diop's award-winning documentary 'Dahomey' chronicles how the return of stolen African artifacts reflects a larger identity crisis
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Oct 23, 2024
As Season Three brings the series to a close, it sees big changes for some characters, but still revels in the quiet moments and everyday messiness of life in small towns
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Oct 23, 2024
This Spidey-adjacent fan favorite finishes out his trilogy with the usual buddy-comedy-meets-blockbuster spectacle, some laughs, and bit of fan sentimentality
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Oct 18, 2024
Actor/director Anna Kendrick revisits the stranger-than-fiction pop culture moment in which a prolific murderer ended up on 'The Dating Game'
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Oct 17, 2024
Sequel to the 2022 horror hit puts a post-rehab female singer through the ringer, then hits 'repeat' on the creepy-grin button
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Oct 16, 2024
Did we happen to mention it's also a manic near-masterpiece that's set to make Mikey Madison a breakout star?
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Oct 15, 2024
Leaning into the chemistry among its actors, the Jason Segel-Harrison Ford series strikes a perfect balance of easy laughs and poignant moments
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Oct 11, 2024
Sue Kim's documentary following South Korea's free-diving haenyeo, beset by generational shifts and climate change, is as affirming as it is tragic
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Oct 11, 2024
Florence Pugh and Andrew Garfield are the main reasons to see this chronologically skewed love story involving parenthood, terminal illness, tears and competitive cooking
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Oct 10, 2024
Canadian cult filmmaker Guy Maddin imagines a hilarious, surreal soap opera in which a G7 summit transforms into 'As the World Leaders Turn'
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Oct 09, 2024
When the two stars share the screen, this boxing comedy-thriller-psychodrama lands its punches
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Oct 09, 2024
Some assembly is required as the musical hyphenate uses animated LEGOs to recount his humble-origins-to-hitmaker arc, one tiny, plastic celebrity-avatar at a time
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Oct 07, 2024
Director Alfonso Cuarón and Cate Blanchett gift us with an elaborate revenge story, in which a mysterious book turns a woman's life into a cancel-culture nightmare
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Oct 04, 2024
The Oscar-nominated actor outdoes herself in this sometimes tortuous tale of an alcoholic learning how to live with sobriety
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Oct 03, 2024
Kudos to this follow-up to the $1 billion-grossing hit for delivering something more than a carbon copy of the angry-young-clown original. But who, exactly, is this musical sequel for?
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Oct 02, 2024
The answer rhymes with "schno," and we're pretty sure that Netflix's would-be hit was written by an AI program given the keywords "millennial thriller"
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Oct 01, 2024
Is the comics-to-screen formula played out? Yes. Should this series work harder to make good jokes about that? Yes.
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Sep 27, 2024
A sleeper hit out of Sundance, writer-director Megan Park's wry dramedy imagines a horny, stoned teen getting life lessons from her 39-year-old self
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Sep 26, 2024
This Australian series avoids the sophomore slump and reminds you that the only thing hotter than heavy petting is heavy pet-caretaking
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Sep 20, 2024
Part time-loop buddy comedy and part existential nightmare, this indie movie is a heartfelt head-scratcher — and a showcase for the great Mary-Louise Parker
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Sep 19, 2024
Remember when movie stars running around with guns, looking cool and cracking wise, was just another Friday night at the multiplex?
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Sep 18, 2024
WandaVision creator Jac Schaeffer gives the MCU's resident alpha witch the spotlight — and the chance for Hahn to do everything she does best
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Sep 18, 2024
Coralie Fargeat's bloody-as-hell satire lets the star flip the bird to showbiz's youth obsessions and beauty double standards — in the best (and grossest) way imaginable
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Sep 12, 2024
Reprising his character from the 2022 DC superhero thriller, the Oscar-nominated actor works hard to lift up a flightless Mob-war story. Nice try
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Sep 11, 2024
Showtime series based on Lisa Taddeo's nonfiction book about the sex lives of a trio of women introduces a fictionalized version of the author, too. But only one person's story stands out
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Sep 10, 2024
The actor who redefined James Bond goes for broke in Luca Guadagnino's beautiful, filthy, extraordinary take on William S. Burroughs' novel
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Sep 10, 2024
How to Die Alone is an extremely satisfying showcase for its creator-star's writing and acting skills
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Sep 09, 2024
Gracing the Toronto International Film Festival for world premiere of 'Road Diary: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band," the singer waxed poetic about the film that covers "life, death, and everything in between"
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Sep 08, 2024
Clocking in just under four hours and channeling the vibe of 1970s epics, Brady Corbet's story of an architect struggling to realize a dream project is an instant classic
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Sep 08, 2024
Completely uninterested in connecting with viewers, this hero-worship biopic beats them over the head with propaganda
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Sep 06, 2024
Carrie Coon, Elizabeth Olsen and Natasha Lyonne are sisters dealing with old wounds in this instant classic of family-dysfunction drama
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Sep 06, 2024
"Remember when" may be the lowest form of conversation, but the creator of TV's most influential show agreed to reflect on his life and work for this revealing two-part documentary
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Sep 04, 2024
The return of the Ghost With the Most is anything but D.O.A. — so why does this decent follow-up to the 1986 cult classic still feel like a letdown?
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Sep 03, 2024
The Apple TV series about a bumbling MI5 unit has been a sleeper hit. As Season 4 kicks off, we break down why it's so much damn fun
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Sep 01, 2024
Premiering at the Telluride Film Festival, Jason Reitman's recreation of the chaos behind the show's first episode is part sloppy tribute, part hilarious '70s underdog comedy
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Aug 29, 2024
New FX sitcom about a Texas high school teacher suffering the slings and arrows of outrageous students knows exactly how to win you over
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Aug 28, 2024
Season 4 features another A-list slate of suspects, neighbors, and cameos — but even the most delightful celebrity detours take the beloved comedy too far away from its core characters
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Aug 26, 2024
Nearly 50 years after his stunning debut 'The Spirit of the Beehive,' Victor Erice returns with an equally moving ode to the power of memories — and the movies
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Aug 22, 2024
The good news is that Bill Skarsgård is a solid poster boy for Hot Mall-Goth Summer. The bad news is: everything else about this DOA retread
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Aug 22, 2024
Zoë Kravitz's directorial debut finds Mr. Nice Guy Billionaire Channing Tatum hosting a party at his private island resort. Then things take a social-thriller turn
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Aug 15, 2024
Netflix doc on a program helping incarcerated men bond with their kids is moving, heartbreaking — and a reminder that our penal system is broken
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Aug 14, 2024
This latest addition to the enduring horror/sci-fi franchise uses the 1979 classic as a back-to-basics touchstone — and ends up coming off more like an overly reverent tribute
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Aug 13, 2024
Apple TV 's adaptation of Carl Hiassen's novel nail's the author's gallows humor and sunburnt-noir voice — and gives the 'Wedding Crashers' star a prime charm showcase
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Aug 11, 2024
Writer-director India Donaldson's debut drops a young woman in the middle of a middle-aged male malaise-fest, and immediately stakes a claim as one of the best movies of the year
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Aug 10, 2024
The 'Euphoria' star finds herself staying at German resort full of strange noises, odd time-loops and a mysterious stalker. Then things get really weird
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Aug 10, 2024
The 'Euphoria' star finds herself staying at German resort full of strange noises, odd time-loops and a mysterious stalker. Then things get really weird
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Aug 08, 2024
We'd say it's the worst video game movie ever — but that's way too limiting
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Aug 08, 2024
We'd say it's the worst video game movie ever — but that's way too limiting
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Aug 07, 2024
Her adaptation of Colleen Hoover's bestseller is the sort of middle-of-the-road melodrama that's generic enough to hit the spot
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Aug 05, 2024
You can totally catch a mass murderer at an 'Eras Tour'-like concert, M. Night Shyamalan is the world's greatest dad, and a few other takeaways from instantly camp classic
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Aug 02, 2024
A role-playing exercise imagines what might have happened if the military had taken part in the Jan. 6 insurrection — and the result is terrifying
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Aug 01, 2024
Doug Liman's heist-gone-wrong movie is one part Beantown noir, one part cracked buddy comedy, and a total flashback to a bygone era of filmgoing
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Aug 01, 2024
Netflix's teenage-detective show riffs on the archetype of the YA female sleuth — and the result is better than you'd think
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Jul 31, 2024
Real-life Irish-language group gets the origin-story treatment (sort of) with this properly outrageous, politically charged biopic
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Jul 30, 2024
Co-created by 'Batman: The Animated Series' producer Bruce Timms, this throwback to the hero's gritty early days is a blast
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Jul 27, 2024
Writer-director Sean Wang revisits his suburban youth in a coming-of-age dramedy that doesn't sentimentalize the hell that is adolescence
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Jul 23, 2024
The TV series from Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clement gets laughs, but lacks the memorable strangeness of the 1981 film
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Jul 23, 2024
The official MCU/X-Men crossover has arrived — along with enough meta-cameos, dead-franchise resurrections, punchlines involving 'The Music Man' and pegging, corporate synergy and fan service to crack a genre in half
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