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Sympathy for the Devil, er Boss: In ‘The Studio,’ the Powerful Are on Defense

admin9 May 2025

Seth Rogen’s cringe-y Hollywood honcho is well-intentioned but ineffectual. The actor’s awkward laugh has never been put to better use.

Chatting in Movie Theaters Is a No-No. But What About Chatbots?

admin2 May 2025

Should people be able to use their phones after the lights go down in movie theaters? Hollywood has pondered that question for years as a way to make moviegoing more appealing to teenagers and young adults. Because cinephiles have always responded ...

‘The Accountant 2’ Review: Ben Affleck’s Revenge of the Killer Nerd

admin25 April 2025

Affleck returns as a brilliant C.P.A. who moonlights as a mysterious, gun-toting fixer and gets help from his little bro, played by Jon Bernthal.

Death, Taxes and Ben Affleck: ‘The Accountant’ Gets a Sequel

admin25 April 2025

In the movie class of 2016, “The Accountant” was a wild-card. It told an original story for adults, breaking from the family-friendly intellectual property derivatives that crowded the top of the box office charts. And though it resembled a durable ...