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The Final Girl needs no introduction, but here’s one anyway: she’ll get what she wants, if she’s holding the knife.…
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I revisited Dustin Hoffman’s extraordinary performance as the autistic Raymond in “Rain Man” (1998) and for the first time noticed…
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In the mid-2000s, when adult dramas still reigned supreme, director Mike Nichols decided to adapt another play. Back in 1966,…
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