Nick Schager
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Entertainment Critic for The Daily Beast / Beast Obsessed Endlessly opinionated
"The Shards" is a perfect marriage of Ryan Murphy and Bret Easton Ellis' creative sensibilities. Which is to say, it's bad.
‘90210’ Meets ‘Silence of the Lambs’ in Trashy Teen Soap
“The Shards” is a campy tale of ’80s romance, desire, fame, friendship, and murder.
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"Ted Lasso" is, pointlessly, the same as it ever was in its unwanted fourth season. It should have stayed retired.
‘Ted Lasso’ Should Have Stayed Retired
Apple TV’s cloying comedy returns for a fourth season after saying goodbye. It should have quit while it was ahead.
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"The Shards" is a perfect marriage of Ryan Murphy and Bret Easton Ellis' creative sensibilities. Which is to say, it's bad.
‘90210’ Meets ‘Silence of the Lambs’ in Trashy Teen Soap
“The Shards” is a campy tale of ’80s romance, desire, fame, friendship, and murder.
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"Ted Lasso" is, pointlessly, the same as it ever was in its unwanted fourth season. It should have stayed retired.
‘Ted Lasso’ Should Have Stayed Retired
Apple TV’s cloying comedy returns for a fourth season after saying goodbye. It should have quit while it was ahead.
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"Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma" is an autobiographical critical essay with plenty of throwback style but minimal insight and even less suspense.
‘Teenage Sex and Death’ Kills Summer’s Horror Hot Streak
“Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma” is a fatally self-conscious meta-slasher.
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"Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma" is an autobiographical critical essay with plenty of throwback style but minimal insight and even less suspense.
‘Teenage Sex and Death’ Kills Summer’s Horror Hot Streak
“Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma” is a fatally self-conscious meta-slasher.
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"The Samurai and the Prisoner" is the best new film you can see this weekend - if not this summer.
This Samurai Whodunit Is a Must-See Masterpiece
“The Samurai and the Prisoner” is not to be missed.
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"The Samurai and the Prisoner" is the best new film you can see this weekend - if not this summer.
This Samurai Whodunit Is a Must-See Masterpiece
“The Samurai and the Prisoner” is not to be missed.
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"Tony" has a rough-around-the-edges charm that's amplified by Dominic Sessa's excellent performance as the young Anthony Bourdain.
The Anthony Bourdain Origin Story Is a Tasty Revelation
Energized by Dominic Sessa’s lead performance, “Tony” is a charming coming-of-age tale.
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"Tony" has a rough-around-the-edges charm that's amplified by Dominic Sessa's excellent performance as the young Anthony Bourdain.
The Anthony Bourdain Origin Story Is a Tasty Revelation
Energized by Dominic Sessa’s lead performance, “Tony” is a charming coming-of-age tale.
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“Spider-Man: Brand New Day” is the web-slinger’s best film since Sam Raimi’s “Spider-Man 2.”
‘Brand New Day’ Is Marvel’s Best ‘Spider-Man’ Movie
“Spider-Man: Brand New Day” is a terrific comic-book-y spectacular.
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“Spider-Man: Brand New Day” is the web-slinger’s best film since Sam Raimi’s “Spider-Man 2.”
‘Brand New Day’ Is Marvel’s Best ‘Spider-Man’ Movie
“Spider-Man: Brand New Day” is a terrific comic-book-y spectacular.
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"72 Hours" is not your typical Kevin Hart train wreck. It's worse.
Kevin Hart’s New Movie Is So Bad It Makes His Roast Look Good
If you thought Kevin Hart’s Netflix roast was a trainwreck, wait until you see his latest embarrassment.
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"72 Hours" is not your typical Kevin Hart train wreck. It's worse.
Kevin Hart’s New Movie Is So Bad It Makes His Roast Look Good
If you thought Kevin Hart’s Netflix roast was a trainwreck, wait until you see his latest embarrassment.
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"The Dink" is an amiable comedy fit for a casual Friday night on the couch.
This Is the Perfect Movie to Watch on Your Couch
If “The Odyssey” is meant for IMAX, “The Dink” is just fine at home.
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"The Dink" is an amiable comedy fit for a casual Friday night on the couch.
This Is the Perfect Movie to Watch on Your Couch
If “The Odyssey” is meant for IMAX, “The Dink” is just fine at home.
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"Her Private Hell" is pure, undiluted Nicolas Winding Refn, and will dazzle and drive you mad in equal measure.
The Year’s Craziest Film Will Either Delight or Disgust You
“Her Private Hell,” the latest from “Drive” director Nicolas Winding Refn, is stylized madness.
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"Her Private Hell" is pure, undiluted Nicolas Winding Refn, and will dazzle and drive you mad in equal measure.
The Year’s Craziest Film Will Either Delight or Disgust You
“Her Private Hell,” the latest from “Drive” director Nicolas Winding Refn, is stylized madness.
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On the misguided and moronic MAGA uproar over Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey.”
‘The Odyssey’ Lays Bare the Stupidity of MAGA’s Uproar
Believe it or not, right-wingers have gotten “The Odyssey” all wrong.
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"The Hawk" might have worked as a 90-minute movie. As a 10-episode TV series, though, Will Ferrell's golf comedy is a swing and a miss.
Will Ferrell’s Netflix Golf Comedy Is a Swing and a Miss
“The Hawk” is three hours too long and fifty good jokes short.
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On the misguided and moronic MAGA uproar over Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey.”
‘The Odyssey’ Lays Bare the Stupidity of MAGA’s Uproar
Believe it or not, right-wingers have gotten “The Odyssey” all wrong.
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"The Hawk" might have worked as a 90-minute movie. As a 10-episode TV series, though, Will Ferrell's golf comedy is a swing and a miss.
Will Ferrell’s Netflix Golf Comedy Is a Swing and a Miss
“The Hawk” is three hours too long and fifty good jokes short.
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"The Odyssey" is an epic reimagining of Homer's classic adventure tale, made with peerless IMAX-grade artistry. It may not be Christopher Nolan's best, but it's certainly one of the year's finest.
Yes, Christopher Nolan’s ‘Odyssey’ Really Is That Spectacular
“The Odyssey” makes the director’s Oscar-winning “Oppenheimer” look like an intimate chamber piece.
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"The Odyssey" is an epic reimagining of Homer's classic adventure tale, made with peerless IMAX-grade artistry. It may not be Christopher Nolan's best, but it's certainly one of the year's finest.
Yes, Christopher Nolan’s ‘Odyssey’ Really Is That Spectacular
“The Odyssey” makes the director’s Oscar-winning “Oppenheimer” look like an intimate chamber piece.
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“Lucky,” a high-octane thriller starring Anya Taylor-Joy as a thief on the run, is one of the year’s best.
‘Queen’s Gambit’ Star’s New Show Is One of the Year’s Best
Co-starring Timothy Olyphant and Annette Bening, ‘Lucky’ is a non-stop thrill.
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“Lucky,” a high-octane thriller starring Anya Taylor-Joy as a thief on the run, is one of the year’s best.
‘Queen’s Gambit’ Star’s New Show Is One of the Year’s Best
Co-starring Timothy Olyphant and Annette Bening, ‘Lucky’ is a non-stop thrill.
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"Little House on the Prairie" presents an unconvincingly glossy, progressive, and affected vision of 19th-century life on the American frontier.
Netflix’s ‘Little House on the Prairie’ Will Infuriate MAGA
The attempt to modernize Laura Ingalls Wilder’s beloved books may not sit well with certain viewers.
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"Little House on the Prairie" presents an unconvincingly glossy, progressive, and affected vision of 19th-century life on the American frontier.
Netflix’s ‘Little House on the Prairie’ Will Infuriate MAGA
The attempt to modernize Laura Ingalls Wilder’s beloved books may not sit well with certain viewers.
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"Evil Dead Burn" finds the funny in the fantastically nasty - and winds up being the franchise's finest contemporary entry.
This Bats**t New Movie Will Have You Laughing in Horror
“Evil Dead Burn” is an accomplished return to the franchise’s gory-and-funny roots.
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"Moana" is exactly the same as its animated predecessor, except worse in every respect. It's as creatively empty as any film in the modern Disney canon.
The Rock’s God-Awful Wig Is Least of Disney’s ‘Moana’ Disaster
“Moana” is such a lethargic photocopy of its source material that it may as well not exist.
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