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Wicker Review: Olivia Colman Marries a Man Made of Wood, and It’s Surprisingly Sweet
A woman orders a husband from a basket weaver. It sounds like the setup for a joke, and the trailer for Wicker certainly played it that way. Olivia Colman, Alexander Skarsgård, and Peter Dinklage in a fairy tale about a…
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Wildwood Review: Laika’s Biggest Stop-Motion Epic Is Also Its Most Emotional
Some films take years to make. Wildwood took the better part of two decades. Travis Knight, the president and CEO of the Portland-based stop-motion studio Laika, first read Colin Meloy’s manuscript before it was published in 2011. He knew almost…
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Masters of the Universe Review: Jared Leto Steals the Show From He-Man
Nearly forty years after Dolph Lundgren swung the Power Sword in the 1987 movie, He-Man is back on the big screen. Masters of the Universe arrived in theaters on June 5, 2026, from Amazon MGM Studios and Mattel Films, with…
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Practical Magic 2 Review: Bullock and Kidman Return, but the Spell Feels Weaker
It took 28 years, but the Owens sisters are back. Practical Magic flopped at the box office in 1998. Over time, it became a Halloween favorite, loved for its cozy witchy mood and the chemistry between Sandra Bullock and Nicole…
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Wildwood Review: Laika’s Biggest Stop-Motion Adventure Yet
Laika has always made movies by hand. Every puppet, forest, and flying creature in Coraline and Kubo and the Two Strings was built and moved one frame at a time. Wildwood pushes that idea further than the studio ever has.…
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Ninja Scroll Is Getting the 4K Treatment, and It Still Rules
Thirty-three years after it first hit screens, Ninja Scroll is finally getting the kind of treatment most anime classics only dream of. Sentai has produced a brand-new 4K restoration, scanned directly from the original 35mm negative, and it’s heading back…
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Forgotten Island Review: A Colorful, Big-Hearted Ode to Friendship
There’s a very specific kind of dread that comes with graduating high school next to your best friend, knowing your lives are about to pull you in different directions. Forgotten Island takes that quiet anxiety and turns it into a…
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