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Pixar Takes on Immigration With Lukewarm ‘Elemental’
The animation house’s newest original film is sweetly down-to-earth, despite its high-concept conceit. But in order not to self-combust, the movie doesn’t dare push its boundaries.
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‘Extraction 2’ Has an Epic, Ultra-Violent 21-Minute Action Sequence
In the follow-up to the most-watched Netflix film ever, it’s the jaw-dropping, relentlessly bloody stunt sequences that make the Chris Hemsworth vehicle worth watching.
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‘Black Mirror’ Season 6 Fails to Outdo Our Real-Life Nightmare
After a lengthy hiatus, the society-skewing anthology series returns to a post-pandemic landscape. But the once-savvy show no longer scares us any more than reality already does.
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The Principal Who May Have Hypnotized His Students to Death
SundanceTV’s true-crime docuseries “Look Into My Eyes” tells the chilling story of three Florida teens who mysteriously died after undergoing hypnosis—by their own principal.
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Lauren Boebert Didn’t Tell All About Her Tell-All
Rep. Lauren Boebert didn’t disclose any income from a book that came out in July. She says that’s perfectly fine. The ethics rules indicate it might not be.
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Two Americans Found Dead Inside Luxury Mexican Hotel Room
The pair, reportedly named as John Heathco, 41, and Abby Lutz, 22, were staying at a Baja California resort.
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The Ugly Insider Battle Ends With a New Union Deal
The strike was the first at any U.S. publication owned by Axel Springer.
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Only Cormac McCarthy Could Make Mainstream Movies This Cruel
The power of the iconic author’s work was so undeniable that it gave birth to perhaps the darkest Best Picture winner of all time.
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Holocaust Survivor: I Fled Ukraine from the Nazis—Now I’m Fleeing Again
Germany will continue to pay an additional $1.4 billion to survivors like Larisa Dzuenko.
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Google Making Millions From Ads for Fake Abortion Clinics
“Google is betraying the trust of hundreds of thousands of Americans seeking reproductive healthcare and services,” the Center for Countering Digital Hate said in a report.
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