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There’s Much More to ‘Sasquatch Sunset’ Than Piss and Poop

Sasquatch Sunset ’s reputation precedes it—perhaps for better and worse. Now in theaters nationwide, the unique film follows a family of Bigfoots...

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Allegra Frank

‘Beavis and Butt-Head’ Is One of the Best ‘SNL’ Sketches…Ever

Something I’ve learned about myself recently is that, when I’m alone—which is at least half of the time—I rarely laugh out loud. As someone...

16.04.2024 80

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‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ Finale: The Story Behind the ‘Seinfeld’ Twist

Curb Your Enthusiasm ended its 12-season, 24-year run this past Sunday in perhaps the most fitting way possible: with a do-over of Seinfeld’s...

09.04.2024 10

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From Weezer to Billie, the Moments That Shaped Music’s Best Podcast

Since its first episode premiered in January 2014, Song Exploder has stood above the ever-growing sea of podcasts with its delectable premise. Each...

08.04.2024 20

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‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ Revives Bruce Springsteen’s Acting Career

The final season of Curb Your Enthusiasm has been fairly low-key as far as big, flashy surprises—not that Larry David seems like the kind of guy...

01.04.2024 10

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A Famous Comedian Won’t Show His Face on ‘Jerrod Carmichael Reality Show’

In the first episode of Jerrod Carmichael Reality Show , Carmichael is trying to rationalize the concept of his intimate, revealing show. He’s only...

30.03.2024 7

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Why One of the Weirdest Adaptations Ever Is Actually Perfect

Susan Orlean may be best known to a large swath of cinephiles less for her work and more for the adaptations of it—namely Adaptation, Charlie...

26.03.2024 8

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‘Late Night With the Devil’ Filmmakers Confirm ‘Very Brief’ Use of AI

Late Night With the Devil , a new horror film from directors Cameron and Colin Cairnes that hits theaters March 22, is the latest project caught using...

21.03.2024 10

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The Story Behind the Best Episode of ‘Girls5eva’ Season 3

There’s a lot to like about Girls5eva , whose third season premiered March 14 on its new home, Netflix. But there is just as much to envy, should...

21.03.2024 10

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How an Entire Shakespeare Play Was Staged in ‘Grand Theft Auto’

One of SXSW’s most lovable films this year is also one of the most unique—both at the festival and, frankly, in the documentary genre. Grand Theft...

13.03.2024 7

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‘MoviePass, MovieCrash’ Is a Cautionary Tale About White Male Privilege

Of the many villains appearing at this year’s SXSW Film Festival—from Alex Jones and killer computers to gentrification and a psychopathic Conor...

12.03.2024 20

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Robert Downey, Jr. Thanks ‘Terrible Childhood’ for His Oscar Win

Robert Downey, Jr. took home Best Supporting Actor Sunday night, during the 96th Academy Awards. It’s a fitting capper to a stellar year for the...

11.03.2024 60

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Is 4chan Malicious or Misguided? ‘The Antisocial Network’ Sees Both Sides

Growing up in the mid-aughts, when posting and/or lurking on internet forums became a veritable hobby, I found that the forums I’d read—often...

11.03.2024 4

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‘My Dead Friend Zoe’ Will Make You Laugh at the Worst Things Imaginable

There are few surprises in My Dead Friend Zoe, co-writer and director Kyle Hausmann Stokes’ (and executive producer/football mega-star Travis...

10.03.2024 7

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Larry David and Richard Lewis’ Friendship Was the Heart of ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’

Richard Lewis, stand-up comedian and frequent scene-stealer on Curb Your Enthusiasm , died last week at the age of 76. But while Sunday’s episode...

04.03.2024 5

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‘Madame Web’ Is One Huge, Terrible Pepsi Commercial. Why?

I am an avowed Pepsi hater. It tastes gross. Coke is better. No, I will not be taking further questions. But somehow, this Pepsi hater saw Madame Web...

22.02.2024 4

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The SpongeBob Super Bowl Was More Fun Than the Real Game

I had very little interest in watching the Super Bowl, as someone who pays extra for ad-free streaming experiences, has a perpetually divided...

12.02.2024 4

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Super-Producer Christine Vachon Might Be the Year’s Most Overdue Oscar Nominee

When actors Zazie Beetz and Jack Quaid read the nominations for this year’s Academy Awards live in January, thousands of cinephiles and creators...

11.02.2024 3

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How ‘Mr. and Mrs. Smith’ Surpassed the Brangelina Legend

There’s nothing about Mr. and Mrs. Smith, the Doug Liman film from 2005, that screams “remake me!” The action-romance isn’t particularly good...

06.02.2024 9

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‘Celebrity Jeopardy!’ Winner Lisa Ann Walter Dishes on Her Surprising Win

After a stellar first outing, the second season of Celebrity Jeopardy! arrived with a lot to live up to. Season 1’s 13-episode run was an exciting...

25.01.2024 6

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The ‘Godzilla Minus One’ Team Had the Best Reaction to Their Oscar Nod

Today, the Academy revealed this year’s Oscar nominations—a crop of a lot of snubs, a lot of surprises, and a lot of people who worked on ...

23.01.2024 5

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Hayao Miyazaki’s Greatest Collaborator Never Expected Awards Recognition

For a certain type of person, the most coveted concert ticket of the last two years isn’t to the Eras or Renaissance Tours. It’s to see Joe...

23.01.2024 7

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Was Jacob Elordi on ‘SNL’ Great or Garbage? Depends Who You Ask.

Depending on who you talk to, last week’s episode of Saturday Night Live was either one of the show’s greatest installments in recent memory,...

23.01.2024 5

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‘Hazbin Hotel’ Is the Most Frustrating Kind of Raunchy ‘Adult’ TV

There are two kinds of “adult” television: the kind that uses mature themes like violence and nudity to titillate, and the kind that uses them to...

11.01.2024 10

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Nathan Fielder’s ‘The Curse’ Freakout Was Unlike Anything on TV

I think Nathan Fielder will forgive me for never thinking much of him as an actor. This isn’t to say that I don’t think he is an impressive...

08.01.2024 10

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‘Pokémon Concierge’ Shows Off My Favorite Part of the Series

I’d hazard a guess that when most people think of Pokémon, they think of collecting and battling with cutesy monsters, in either video game or...

03.01.2024 2

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Allegra Frank

Michael Cera’s Hollywood Takeover Was the Best Part of 2023

I don’t care what Time magazine says: 2023 was the year of Michael Cera. Despite Person of the Year Taylor Swift’s chokehold over our every waking...

29.12.2023 10

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‘The Iron Claw’ Never Should Have Omitted a Brother’s Death

Even before The Iron Claw ’s Dec. 22 release, wrestling fans and filmgoers raised their eyebrows: The drama film, about the many real-life...

22.12.2023 30

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One New Take on ‘I’m Just Ken’ Was Not Kenough

It’s awards campaigning season, and much of the Barbie crew is already out in full-swing. Greta Gerwig has appeared on the cover of every...

20.12.2023 9

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The Reason Anime Always Misses Out at Awards Shows

If there’s any awards show categories to find disappointing, if not outright frustrating, it’s Best Animated Feature. Historically speaking,...

17.12.2023 30

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The Most Exciting Part of This Year’s Golden Globes Nominations

The Golden Globes has more enemies than fans, thanks to the ceremony’s historically white, cis, Eurocentric focus and unethical behavior, among...

11.12.2023 2

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Donald Glover’s ‘Mr. and Mrs. Smith’ Looks Sexy as Hell

It has been literally forever (read: two years and 10 months) since we first learned that Donald Glover would be remaking Mr. and Mrs. Smith as a...

07.12.2023 6

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The Hunger Games’ Greatest Legacy: Its Soundtrack

When asked to name the best movie soundtrack of their teen years, twentysomethings often pick something from the Twilight franchise—which, fair!...

21.11.2023 9

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Why the Heck Did Timothée Chalamet and Paddington Bear Visit Hideo Kojima?

If there’s anyone I’m a fan of, it’s Paddington Bear. Aren’t we all? Paddington 2 isn’t one of the most critically acclaimed films of our...

21.11.2023 3

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‘Scott Pilgrim Takes Off’ Answers a Burning Question: Does Scott Suck?

Nearly 20 years ago, Bryan Lee O’Malley unwittingly started a revolution. Scott Pilgrim’s Precious Little Life, the first volume in what would...

20.11.2023 7

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The Return of ‘Scott Pilgrim’ Is the Greatest Thing to Happen in 2023

For a certain group of people, life can be divided into two eras: before Scott Pilgrim and after. Whether their entry point was cartoonist Bryan...

17.11.2023 10

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'The Marvels’ Credits Scene Is the Best One in Years—and Has a Huge Surprise

The Marvels is one of the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s fluffier movies of late. Lacking the emotional stakes of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 ...

10.11.2023 8

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‘Rick and Morty’ Writers Promise a Game-Changing Season 7

The latest episode of Rick and Morty ’s seventh season, “That’s Amorte,” exemplified what the show does at its best: take a premise that is,...

08.11.2023 9

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‘The Sweet East’ Promises to Be a Helluva Weird Time

When The Sweet East premiered at the Cannes Film Festival this past May, our reviewer at The Daily Beast’s Obsessed used one key word to describe...

02.11.2023 5

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Why Did Netflix Bury ‘Pluto,’ Its Best New Show?

Despite Pluto being the first major adaptation of a widely acclaimed manga, you’d be forgiven for having no idea that the anime had premiered. The...

02.11.2023 6

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Allegra Frank

'Super Mario Wonder' Is Hellbent on Tearing Friends Apart

Does Nintendo actually want us to have friends? I’ve long had my doubts. As much as I loved playing Pokémon Stadium and Mario Tennis with my sister...

31.10.2023 5

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Allegra Frank

The ‘Five Nights at Freddy’s’ Fandom Is Unlike Any Other

In August 2014, when independent developer Scott Cawthon released Five Nights at Freddy’s, the video game seemed almost ingeniously simple. Set in...

29.10.2023 2

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Allegra Frank

We All Wanted to Go to Taylor Swift’s Fourth of July Parties

To honor Taylor Swift’s latest rerecording, we’re celebrating 1989 (Taylor’s Version) Week at The Daily Beast’s Obsessed. That...

25.10.2023 20

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‘Anatomy of a Fall’: What Crime Movies Should Learn From the Year’s Best Film

Our craven desire for crime stories is nothing new—even Taylor Swift cites Law and Order: Special Victims Unit as one of her favorite shows....

24.10.2023 8

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‘Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour’ Is Perfect for Ticketmaster Victims

I’m the only person who did not get to attend the Eras Tour. Factually, this is untrue: I was but one of hundreds of thousands of people who vied...

17.10.2023 7

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Allegra Frank

The ‘Love Is Blind’ Season 5 Reunion Was a Massive Flop

After watching all 11 episodes of Love Is Blind ’s fifth season, we’re confident in saying that this was the biggest flop the Netflix series has...

16.10.2023 6

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Allegra Frank

No Show Can Top This ‘Rick and Morty’ Cameo

Rick and Morty is no stranger to celebrity guest stars: Stephen Colbert, Susan Sarandon, and Werner Herzog have all stopped by. Jemaine Clement...

16.10.2023 7

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Allegra Frank

TikTok Is a Terrible Way to Watch ‘Mean Girls’

In 2004, I was 11 years old, and Mean Girls was everywhere—including in my middle school. Which is why, on principle, I boycotted my classmates’...

03.10.2023 2

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‘The Boy and the Heron’ Should Earn Composer Joe Hisaishi His Oscar

The Boy and the Heron has been heavily touted as director and Studio Ghibli co-founder Hayao Miyazaki’s final film, which, at age 82, would make...

02.10.2023 10

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‘Stop Making Sense’: Inside the Film’s Must-Watch Talking Heads Performance

In the conversation of best concert films, there’s a clear winner: Stop Making Sense. Jonathan Demme’s 1984 film, a gorgeous capture of one of...

01.10.2023 3

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