Columns
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Biblical Scholar on ‘Noah’ Script: ‘Anti-Human, Pro-Environmental Polemic’ (Guest Blog)
Professor of Old Testament Studies Daniel L. Smith-Christopher reads the script for TheWrap — and has more issues with its message than historical accuracy
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‘Believe’ Review: a Good Girl in Need of Darth Vader
NBC drama is promising, but needs villains we can really root against
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‘True Detective’ Complaints: Calm Down, Internet
The show didn’t resolve the mystery you built up around it. Don’t blame the show
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‘Bad Words’ Review: Jason Bateman’s Directorial Debut Exhilarates Until It Grates
The “Arrested Development” star avoids the trap of easy sentimentality in this spelling-bee comedy, but that leaves us with a movie about an unrepentant jerk whose jibes are more revolting than they are funny
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The Best. Baseball Movie. Ever (Guest Blog)
“KANO” is not just the best Asian baseball movie ever, but the best baseball movie ever in the world!
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‘Chicagoland’ Review: CNN’s Docuseries Lacks Emotional Pull of Newark Predecessor
New CNN documentary is good, but the show that inspired it is better
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Is Oprah Winfrey Exploiting Lindsay Lohan?
Lohan’s approach to sobriety flies in the face of AA traditions, but here’s hoping it works
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‘Mr. Peabody and Sherman’ Review: Amusing Cartoon Might Delight Adults More Than Kids
If only this inconsistent comedy-adventure, based on the classic TV show, were as singularly clever and capable as its canine hero
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‘The Red Road’ Review: Good Actors Steered Astray
Sundance drama starts strong, but too much happens too soon
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‘Son of God’ Review: Bless Me, Surfer Jesus
Not unlike “Game of Thrones,” this big-screen condensation of History’s “The Bible” miniseries plays far more interestingly when it focuses on political machinations rather than on the supernatural
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‘True Detective’: HBO’s Hit Series Just Gets Better and Better (Guest Blog)
A monster is still out there
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‘Barefoot’ Review: This Love Isn’t Very Crazy, But It’s Plenty Stupid
When Scott Speedman and Evan Rachel Wood find love in a mental hospital, this dreadful dramedy takes “manic pixie dream girl” to new levels of dumb
