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Folks, I’m here to tell you that the latest Harry Styles fanfiction movie is good. Great, even. The Idea of You—which is based on the original 2017 novel by Robinne Lee, and not, in fact, fanfiction—is now streaming on Amazon, and it's completely addicting. Anne Hathaway stars as a 40-year-old single mother who takes her teen daughter to...
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Though there's never really a bad time to watch Steven Spielberg's masterful film adaptation of West Side Story, now is an especially good time, since it stars newly-minted Internet Boyfriend Mike Faist as Jets leader Riff (yes, he sings and dances!) — his take on the character is the best I've seen, and one of the major reasons this movie...
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From Dead Poets Society to "The Tortured Poets Department"... last week, Taylor Swift dropped the first music video from her new album and it featured none other than two of Welton Academy's finest, Ethan Hawke and Josh Charles, with nods to their characters from the hit 1989 film. So, I thought there's no better time to revisit Dead Poets...
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Big Mood is a rare little gem of British comedy that will have you thinking of everything from Ab Fab to Fleabag. Like the raunchy '90s hit about two messy adult female friends blustering through life, Big Mood's charm comes from besties Maggie (Nicola Coughlan) and Eddie's (Lydia West) loving, punchline-punctured, completely mad antics. However,...
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It's been over three years, I'm still mad that Steven Yeun didn't win an Oscar for Minari. But at least now Minari is streaming on Netflix, which means you're out of excuses if you haven't yet seen this wonderful movie. Yeun stars as Jacob Yi, an ambitious South Korean immigrant who moves his family to the middle-of-nowhere in Arkansas to pursue...
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Juno is dramedy through and through, juxtaposing dry humor with the very real weight of teen pregnancy and the challenges that come with it. Elliot Page stars as the titular character, a high schooler who becomes pregnant and decides to give up the baby to a wealthy couple. Page gives a stellar performance, which is only complimented by equally...
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Inspired by a true story, the new Hulu drama series We Were the Lucky Ones follows a Jewish family as they are separated during the Holocaust. As the series continues, the Kurcs go through great lengths to survive and reunite with one another. The show is based on Georgia Hunter’s best-selling novel of the same name, which was brought to life...
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