Posts by Wesley Morris
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Little People: Struggling to Survive ‘Annie’ and the Final ‘Hobbit’ Film
A deeply unnecessary remake and a long-overdue conclusion.
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Beyond the Edge of Tomorrow: The Year the Blockbuster Was Busted
No hand to bite: 2014 in movies.
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The Top 10 Movies of 2014
The 10 Best Movies of 2014, and Then Some
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‘Do You Like Prince Movies?’ Podcast: ‘Inherent Vice,’ D’Angelo, and a Dramatic Reading of the Sony-Hack Emails
Season finale! Alex and Wesley discuss ‘Inherent Vice’ and D’Angelo’s surprise return, and the Prince Movies Drama Club (featuring Juliet Litman) reads the Sony-hack emails.
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For God’s Sake: Ridley Scott’s New Biblical Slog
The Defense Contractor’s Old Testament: Ridley Scott’s ‘Exodus.’
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IV Drip: Paul Thomas Anderson’s Postlapsarian Comedy ‘Inherent Vice’
Movies can be about decline or symptomatic of it. Paul Thomas Anderson luxuriates in postlapsarian decline, the moment after Adam and Eve bit the fruit and we all exited Eden. “No, thank you” becomes “Yes, please.”
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‘Do You Like Prince Movies?’ Podcast: ‘The Babadook,’ and This Month’s Book Club Selection
Alex and Wesley discuss ‘The Babadook,’ ‘A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night,’ and this month’s book club selection, Marlon James’s ‘A Brief History of Seven Killings.’
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It’s Dumpcember: With ‘Still Alice’ and ‘Miss Julie,’ the Awards-Season Glut Is Here. Duck!
‘Still Alice’ and ‘Miss Julie’ are pushed into the awards-season fray.
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Three Freedoms
What We Saw: While the world roiled in conflict, three women showed us what it means to be free.
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No-Man’s-Land: Reese Witherspoon’s ‘Wild’ and the Best Indie Horror of the Year
Namely, ‘The Babadook’ and ‘A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night.’
