Posts by Wesley Morris
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Do You Like Prince Movies? Podcast: Prince’s ‘Purple Rain,’ 30 Years Later
Wesley Morris and Alex Pappademas are joined by Rembert Browne to break down Prince’s ‘Purple Rain’ and celebrate the film’s legacy 30 years later.
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Search and Destroy
The pent-up frustrations of the ‘The Purge: Anarchy’ and ‘Sex Tape.’
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Straight to Video: ‘Dawn of the Planet of the Apes’ Review
Grantland’s Chris Connelly and Wesley Morris review the most critically-acclaimed blockbuster of the summer, ‘Dawn of the Planet of the Apes.’
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Do You Like Prince Movies? Podcast: With Special Guest Rembert Browne
Special guest Rembert Browne joins Alex and Wesley to discuss ‘Paula,’ Robin Thicke’s restraining-order-worthy anti-masterpiece.
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Small(er) Movie Roundup: ‘Boyhood,’ ‘Deliver Us From Evil,’ ‘Life Itself,’ and More
Reviews of some of the best movies you’ll see this year, and some of the worst.
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Monkey See
Don’t miss out on ‘Dawn of the Planet of the Apes.’
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The Movies of 1994: Looking Back at the ‘Forrest Gump’ Sweep
A reconsideration of the still-feather-light Oscar winner, 20 years later.
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Riding in Cars With Bores: Why Is Melissa McCarthy Doing This to Herself?
This movie doesn’t know what it’s about. Neither does McCarthy’s comedy. She continues to do the equivalent of cannonballing into a pool: drenching us, laughing. But her stupid, blue-collar fat lady routine is now a shtick.
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The Sportstorialist: The Yeses, Nos, and Boy-Oh-Boys of the 2014 NBA Draft
2014 NBA draft fashion report.
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This Is the End
Three apocalypse movies — including ‘Transformers’ and the movie of the summer — and another that just feels like one.
