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On Netflix today, Cover-Up digs into the life of Seymour Hersh, whose investigative journalism won a Pulitzer. Our review:
Cover-Up remembers when journalism was able to do something
Cover-Up, the documentary about Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist Seymour Hersh, is a vital reminder and a thrilling watch.
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December 26, 2025 at 4:00 PM
On Netflix today, Cover-Up digs into the life of Seymour Hersh, whose investigative journalism won a Pulitzer. Our review:
Thanks to fans around the world, Love Bullet has persevered.
Love Bullet takes a shot at queer romance, but with a heavily armed twist
Love Bullet is an unconventional romance manga that finds its mark thanks to frenetic action and unexpected musings on grief.
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December 26, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Thanks to fans around the world, Love Bullet has persevered.
Stranger Things packs an emotional punch as it sets the stage for its finale.
Our recap of the show's latest episodes:
Our recap of the show's latest episodes:
Stranger Things packs an emotional punch as it sets the stage for its finale
Stranger Things packs an emotional punch as it sets the stage for its finale
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December 26, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Stranger Things packs an emotional punch as it sets the stage for its finale.
Our recap of the show's latest episodes:
Our recap of the show's latest episodes:
Seasonal offerings from The Office, Roseanne, The Simpsons, and more
10 episodes wishing you and yours a merry sitcom Christmas
10 episodes wishing you and yours a merry sitcom Christmas
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December 25, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Seasonal offerings from The Office, Roseanne, The Simpsons, and more
On the most basic level, Home Alone should be a horror movie: tired, harried parents accidentally leave their young boy at home before heading on vacation.
AVQ&A: What's your favorite uncomfortable holiday movie?
AVQ&A: What's your favorite uncomfortable holiday movie?
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December 25, 2025 at 6:02 PM
On the most basic level, Home Alone should be a horror movie: tired, harried parents accidentally leave their young boy at home before heading on vacation.
Timothée Chalamet's gift to us all this year is his performance as ping-pong champ Marty Supreme. Our review:
Timothée Chalamet is the real deal in solo Safdie sports-crime jaunt Marty Supreme
Josh Safdie is on his own for Marty Supreme, which plays like a cross between Good Time and a Will Ferrell sports comedy.
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December 25, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Timothée Chalamet's gift to us all this year is his performance as ping-pong champ Marty Supreme. Our review:
Crafting a Christmas classic, apparently, is harder than it looks.
Paul McCartney wrote a simply rotten "Christmastime"
Paul McCartney wrote a simply rotten "Christmastime"
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December 25, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Crafting a Christmas classic, apparently, is harder than it looks.
The Holiday is very much a film about romantic comedies—how they’re structured, what we want from them, and the affect they can have on us.
With just two storylines, The Holiday paid tribute to the entire rom-com genre
With just two storylines, The Holiday paid tribute to the entire rom-com genre
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December 24, 2025 at 8:01 PM
The Holiday is very much a film about romantic comedies—how they’re structured, what we want from them, and the affect they can have on us.
We're bringing back the tradition of foisting something that particularly resonated with us this year on the rest of humanity.
AVQ&A: What's your 2025 pop culture gift to the world?
AVQ&A: What's your 2025 pop culture gift to the world?
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December 24, 2025 at 7:00 PM
We're bringing back the tradition of foisting something that particularly resonated with us this year on the rest of humanity.
Gather the family for a Gremlins rewatch.
Have a Lethal Gremlins French Connection Christmas: 21 non-holiday holiday movies
Have a Lethal Gremlins French Connection Christmas: 21 non-holiday holiday movies
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December 24, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Gather the family for a Gremlins rewatch.
A mesmerizing Amanda Seyfried helps The Testament Of Ann Lee capture how ecstatic religious experiences felt for those inside them. Our review:
The past boldly sings, shakes, and quakes in The Testament Of Ann Lee
A mesmerizing Amanda Seyfried leads The Testament Of Ann Lee, which captures how ecstatic 18th-century religious experiences actually felt.
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December 24, 2025 at 4:30 PM
A mesmerizing Amanda Seyfried helps The Testament Of Ann Lee capture how ecstatic religious experiences felt for those inside them. Our review:
Park Chan-wook gets morbid for the holidays with his murderous unemployment comedy No Other Choice. Our review:
Park Chan-wook takes a cutthroat economy literally in bloody, blistering satire No Other Choice
Park Chan-wook's satirical thriller No Other Choice adapts Donald E. Westlake into an angry bunch of morbid fun.
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December 24, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Park Chan-wook gets morbid for the holidays with his murderous unemployment comedy No Other Choice. Our review:
An exciting social thriller about some very mean little boys, The Plague is a compelling and insightful first film. Our review:
Cruelty spreads like The Plague in thrilling adolescent drama
The peer pressure between a boys' water polo camp comes to a head in The Plague, the debut from writer-director Charlie Polinger.
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December 24, 2025 at 3:30 PM
An exciting social thriller about some very mean little boys, The Plague is a compelling and insightful first film. Our review:
This week's Fallout asks, "How many pricks can one Wasteland take?"
Fallout asks, "How many pricks can one Wasteland take?"
Fallout asks, "How many pricks can one Wasteland take?"
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December 24, 2025 at 2:30 PM
This week's Fallout asks, "How many pricks can one Wasteland take?"
Carol faces a chilling choice in Pluribus' occasionally sublime season finale.
Carol faces a chilling choice in Pluribus' occasionally sublime season finale
Carol faces a chilling choice in Pluribus' occasionally sublime season finale
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December 24, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Carol faces a chilling choice in Pluribus' occasionally sublime season finale.
The news desk may be taking Christmas off, but Stranger Things is not.
Merry Christmas from The A.V. Club
Merry Christmas from The A.V. Club
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December 24, 2025 at 1:02 PM
The news desk may be taking Christmas off, but Stranger Things is not.
Paramount has opted to ground its latest expansion of Avatar: The Last Airbender.
First animated The Last Airbender movie to fly past movie theaters
First animated The Last Airbender movie to fly past movie theaters
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December 24, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Paramount has opted to ground its latest expansion of Avatar: The Last Airbender.
Bari Weiss isn’t making any friends at CBS News, as veteran correspondents suggest that she take her job "more seriously" because it isn't "part-time."
CBS News' Scott Pelley unsurprisingly displeased with Bari Weiss’ handling of 60 Minutes segment
CBS News' Scott Pelley unsurprisingly displeased with Bari Weiss’ handling of 60 Minutes segment
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December 23, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Bari Weiss isn’t making any friends at CBS News, as veteran correspondents suggest that she take her job "more seriously" because it isn't "part-time."
Kevin Costner’s beleaguered, unfinished passion project, Horizon, was hit with another lawsuit, this time from unpaid costume fees.
Kevin Costner faces another Horizon lawsuit
Kevin Costner faces another Horizon lawsuit
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December 23, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Kevin Costner’s beleaguered, unfinished passion project, Horizon, was hit with another lawsuit, this time from unpaid costume fees.
As debates about the necessity of sex scenes still flit around the discourse, the new Avatar movie benefits greatly from not being prudish.
Avatar: Fire And Ash works best when it gets hot and bothered
By giving into alien horniness, Avatar: Fire and Ash feels more human than any of its franchise predecessors.
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December 23, 2025 at 7:03 PM
As debates about the necessity of sex scenes still flit around the discourse, the new Avatar movie benefits greatly from not being prudish.
The performer is expected to go to trial in 2026.
Russell Brand faces two new sexual assault and rape counts
Russell Brand faces two new sexual assault and rape counts
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December 23, 2025 at 6:13 PM
The performer is expected to go to trial in 2026.
The former Charlie Cale suggests that we all should have been less surprised about her departure from the series.
Natasha Lyonne left Poker Face to "direct some movies"
Natasha Lyonne left Poker Face to "direct some movies"
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December 23, 2025 at 5:30 PM
The former Charlie Cale suggests that we all should have been less surprised about her departure from the series.
The meta-remake of Anaconda uses low expectations to its advantage, allowing its stars' charisma to carry the comedy. Our review:
Jack Black and Paul Rudd's winning Anaconda "remake" has the right amount of bite
The meta reboot of '90s cult hit Anaconda doesn't squeeze its audience too hard as its comedy slithers toward dumb fun.
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December 23, 2025 at 5:05 PM
The meta-remake of Anaconda uses low expectations to its advantage, allowing its stars' charisma to carry the comedy. Our review:
After a week of grainy cellphone footage, the real Doomsday teaser with Steve Rogers is online.
Marvel confirms Chris Evans' return for Avengers: Doomsday in high-definition
Marvel confirms Chris Evans' return for Avengers: Doomsday in high-definition
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December 23, 2025 at 3:26 PM
After a week of grainy cellphone footage, the real Doomsday teaser with Steve Rogers is online.
Half kitschy deconstruction of the biopic, half tearjerking crowdpleaser, Song Sung Blue is just weird enough to work. Our review:
Song Sung Blue finds a Neil Diamond impersonator in the rough
Song Sung Blue might not be an actual biopic of Neil Diamond, though it's all the better for its kitschy strangeness.
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December 23, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Half kitschy deconstruction of the biopic, half tearjerking crowdpleaser, Song Sung Blue is just weird enough to work. Our review: