In “The Wrecking Crew,” Family Comes With (Literal) Explosions
“The Wrecking Crew” is an action film with family at its heart – specifically brothers learning to be in the same room without combusting.
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There is something inherently off about releasing a film adaptation of Wuthering Heights on Valentine’s Day weekend. In 2026, Warner Bros is packing Emily Brontë’s novel as a tragic romance, but that framing has always been a willful misreading, an attempt to soften a story that is, at its core, about obsession, domination, class resentment, […]
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In “TheyDream,” One Artist’s Losses Fuel His Creativity
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Bad Bunny Turned the Super Bowl Into Puerto Rico’s Living Room
Bad Bunny took the biggest stage in American spectacle culture – The Super Bowl –and said: we’re doing this Boricua style ahora.
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As a Social Justice Scholar, I Refuse to Watch “Melania”
Sometimes, the most honest review is declining to participate in the spectacle at all. That is my position on Amazon Prime’s “Melania.”