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The merger of Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery will accelerate the decline of entertainment (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

MAGA merger will make movies boring

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Christopher Nolan visits "Fox & Friends" at Fox News Channel Studios on July 16, 2026 in New York City. (Photo by Dominik Bindl/Getty Images)

Nolan really needs you to like "Odyssey"

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Matt Damon as Odysseus and Zendaya as Athena in "The Odyssey" (Melinda Sue Gordon/Universal)

Nolan's "The Odyssey" is pointless

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Sam Neill In "In the Mouth of Madness" (New Line Cinema/Getty Images)

Sam Neill, king of the creature feature

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Cemre Paksoy in "Night Nurse" (Lidia Nikonova/IFC)

"Night Nurse" sexualizes the scam call

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Matt Damon as Odysseus in "The Odyssey" (Universal Pictures)

Damon: We won't see another "Odyssey"

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Miles Gutierrez-Riley as Otto, John Slattery as himself, Ben Wang as Caleb, Ken Marino as Vincent and Zoey Deutch as Gail Daughtry in "Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass" (Sony Pictures Classics)

"Gail Daughtry" is absurdism done right

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"Bang My Box: The Robin Byrd Story" (HBO)

The sex ed icon who won't go quietly

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Madonna (XNY/Star Max/GC Images/Getty Images)

Madonna's irresistible contradictions

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Reese Witherspoon in "Legally Blonde." (Tracy Bennett/MGM Pictures)

The golden ambition of "Legally Blonde"

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Olivia Wilde, Seth Rogen, Penélope Cruz and Edward Norton in "The Invite" (A24)

"The Invite" debunks heteronormativity

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John Travolta in "Blow Out" (Filmways Pctures/Sunset Boulevard/Corbis via Getty Images)

"Blow Out" exposes the real American way

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Armie Hammer in "Citizen Vigilante" (Courtesy of Axel Stock)

Of course, Elon Musk adores Armie Hammer

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Angelina Jolie as Maxine Walker in "Couture" (Vertical Entertainment )

Angelina Jolie rethinks aging onscreen

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Haley Joel Osment in "A.I. Artificial Intelligence" (Warner Bros. Pictures)

Spielberg’s "A.I." foretold our solitude

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Milly Alcock and Matthias Schoenaerts in "Supergirl" (Parisa Taghizadeh/Warner Bros. Pictures)

Why the DCU won't let "Supergirl" win

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Aaron Taylor-Johnson in "Werwulf" (Focus Features)

Dragons are cool — werewolves are cooler

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A24 (A24)

A24's foray into AI sparks fan backlash

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John Early in "Maddie's Secret" (Magnolia Pictures)

"Maddie's Secret" is perfectly imperfect

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Woody and Buzz Lightyear in "Toy Story 5" (Pixar)

"Toy Story 5" can't conquer tech

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Reed Birney and Kieron Moore in "Blue Film" (Obscured Releasing)

"Blue Film" won't let you look away

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Emily Blunt and Josh O'Connor in "Disclosure Day" (Niko Tavernise/Universal Pictures/Amblin Entertainment)

Spielberg's last word for humanity

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Marlon Wayans as Shorty in "Scary Movie" (Paramount Pictures)

The cinema spoof will never die

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(Illustration by Salon / A24 / Bleeker Street Media / Warner Bros. Pictures / Music Box Films / Ad Vitam)

The best films of the year (so far)

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