Twenty years after it launched the Prequel Trilogy, The Phantom Menace remains a pivotal film in both the Star Wars saga and the transformation of global film culture.
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Widows is a thrilling crime film, but it also stunningly demonstrates the corruption of modern society.
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The Ballad of Buster Scruggs is bleak and darkly funny Western anthology from the Coen Brothers, but doesn’t quite add up to more than the sum of its parts.
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Splits the difference between contemplative crime drama and explosive action movie.
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Its weirder elements cannot save it from its weak action and silly plotting.
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An exceptional crime mystery that'll prove to be a minor classic.
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Another riotously-entertaining, quietly-intelligent entry in the Liam Neeson action hero ouevre.
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Following the Oscar categories, Aren offers his picks for the best performances of 2012.
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Contrary to popular wisdom, the first Star Wars prequel is an exceptional work of entertainment.
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Examining the historical sources behind Ridley Scott's medieval epic.
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An intense, unrelenting survival thriller.
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