Movies
Johnny Depp’s Scrooge Has a Familiar Problem
Ebenezer opens this week with a horror director in charge. A story we know by heart presents a peculiar challenge for its ghosts.
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The trouble with Scrooge is that we know he will improve. Before a chain has rattled, we have mentally bought the turkey and forgiven the old man. That is a difficult place to begin a ghost story. Ebenezer, arriving in…
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Which Ghibli Film Should You Watch First?
Choosing a first Studio Ghibli film has become an oddly intimidating assignment. Someone recommends a masterpiece. Someone else insists that a different masterpiece explains the first one. Soon an evening with a film has turned into a syllabus. You do…
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The Body Has an Unholy Initiation
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Games
Is This Your First Warhammer Game?
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Rivals Is About to Test Your Loyalties
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Games
Path of Exile Wants You Back
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Can Haymitch Still Make Us Nervous?
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Movies
John Turturro Never Needed You to Like Him
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Games
What Makes Halo Worth Revisiting?
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Movies
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Games
Does GTA VI Get a Free Pass?
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Can Robert Downey Jr. Make You Forget Iron Man?
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Music
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