Cookie Queens Follows Four Girl Scouts with Thin Mints and Thick Skins

Cookie Queens Follows Four Girl Scouts with Thin Mints and...
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Cookie Queens, much like the products that its subjects are selling, may not be particularly filling, but it’s a sweet treat among other movies up for awards. … read more

Barney Gets Bloodthirsty in Buddy

Barney Gets Bloodthirsty in Buddy
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The premiere of Buddy at Sundance 2026 pushed uncomfortable truths about nostalgic media to hilarious and horrifying depths.  … read more

Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty! Is About Learning How To Dance Again

Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty! Is About Learning How To Dance...
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Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty! is about survival, love and loss. It’s also an exuberant and captivating musical fantasy capturing Haru’s feelings and desires. … read more

Film Review: 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple

Film Review: 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
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For 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple, I don’t love the movie, but I also don’t totally hate it. Although the longer I sit with it, the more I start to hate it. … read more

Film Review: No Other Choice

Film Review: No Other Choice
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Korean cinema has gained a lot of attention in America ever since Parasite in 2019, and No Other Choice shares similar aspects like slapstick humor and horror. … read more

Film Review: Is This Thing On?

Film Review: Is This Thing On?
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Is This Thing On? shows a comic drifting through the carefully managed calm of an amicable divorce while quietly avoiding the deeper emotional fallout. … read more

Series Review: The Pitt (Season Two)

Series Review: The Pitt (Season Two)
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The choice not to start off with a bang is a good one, as the show avoids falling into a “pit” of its own making by piling on too much and losing its sense of reality. … read more

Top 11 Films of 2025

Top 11 Films of 2025
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From the early standouts at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival to the last of the platformed Oscar-bait films, here are my picks for the top 11 films of 2025. … read more

SLUG Magazine Presents: 31 Days of Secondhand Givings

SLUG Magazine Presents: 31 Days of Secondhand Givings
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Gather around the radiant glow of the box set and don your gay apparel, you little freaks, for a festive installment of Secondhand Screenings!  … read more

Film Review — The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants

Film Review — The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants
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SpongeBob believes he’s finally ready to ride the legendary Shipwreck coaster. When fear gets the better of him, he accidentally summons the Flying Dutchman. … read more

Film Review: Avatar: Fire and Ash

Film Review: Avatar: Fire and Ash
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I’m not here to claim that Avatar: Fire and Ash is anything more than it is, and I’ve seen many movies this year that were deeper, smarter and more important. … read more

Film Review: The Secret Agent

Film Review: The Secret Agent
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The Secret Agent is a slow burn that requires a strong attention span. Its portrait of suppressed histories and state surveillance resonates with the present. … read more