Drew McWeeny

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James Bond Declassified

James Bond Declassified: THUNDERBALL

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James Bond Declassified: GOLDFINGER

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James Bond Declassified

James Bond Declassified: FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE

James Bond Declassified

James Bond Declassified: DR. NO

Our trip through the entire filmed history of James Bond begins here

Dear EVAN HANSEN... what the hell, dude?

We review the baffling new musical and bid a heartfelt goodbye to an old friend

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April 1980 starts with Robbie Benson and a monkey and ends with Bill Murray gone gonzo

Plus a long-delayed Brooke Shields film finally sneaks onto screens

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We've got some big feelings about that MATRIX RESURRECTIONS trailer

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The Hip Pocket #20: IKIRU

Kurosawa's quiet masterpiece is a lesson in creating empathy

SHANG-CHI lands its punches thanks to best-ever Marvel action

Plus we talk about the single funniest "news" story of the week

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The Hip Pocket #19: ERASERHEAD

David Lynch's first feature film remains a landmark of surrealist cinema

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We contemplate CANDYMAN and two rumpled lions in today's review round-up

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The Hip Pocket #18: SORCERER

Friedkin's orphaned masterpiece sill bruises on impact

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The Hip Pocket #17: LIFE OF BRIAN

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The Hip Pocket #16: HUDSON HAWK

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March 1980 brings weirdo comedies, Steve McQueen's swan song, and Max gets mad

Plus way more Jan-Michael Vincent than you would expect for a single month

We review FREE GUY and THE SUICIDE SQUAD in a Friday freebie

Plus a sneak peek at an upcoming '80s newsletter entry

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ANNETTE pulls all the right strings but never comes to life

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The Hip Pocket #15: BLOW-UP

We grapple with Antonioni's slippery masterpiece

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Catching up with recent reading and some thoughts on THE GREEN KNIGHT

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Is Warner Bros chasing sandworms or a white whale with DUNE?

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Let us speak of SPACE JAM just this once and then never again

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Richard Gere and Jodie Foster are on the prowl in February 1980

Plus we've got the debut of Michael J. Fox and a very young Judy Davis

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A few thoughts on LOKI and TAXI DRIVER

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Sixteen hours of birthday celebration with Film Nerd 2.0

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We wade into this week's barrage of new releases