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Spinal Tap II: The End Continues review: None more bleak

Spinal Tap II: The End Continues review: None more bleak

It’s been more than 40 years since Rob Reiner’s mockumentary classic This Is Spinal Tap introduced pop culture to its most enduring fictional rockers, the eminently quotable long-haired bozos of the English metal band Spinal Tap (or Spın̈al Tap, if we’re being technical). The on-stage mishaps and backstage pretensions of Nigel Tufnel (Christopher Guest), David St. Hubbins (Michael McKean), Derek …

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‘The Long Walk’ review: A bleak televised contest brings men to the edge

‘The Long Walk’ review: A bleak televised contest brings men to the edge

Things are grim in “The Long Walk,” the adaptation of Stephen King’s 1979 novel (published under the pseudonym Richard Bachman) that’s essentially “The Hunger Games” for teenage boys or “They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?” for Gen Z — texts that traffic in the extreme outcomes of American capitalism, a force that rots from within. “The Long Walk” is the first …

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The Bleak Fantasy Of Donald Trump’s Death

The Bleak Fantasy Of Donald Trump’s Death

There was a strange shimmer of hope in the air this past weekend. The weather in the Northeast was perfect: sunny, warm enough, big blue skies. The sun dawdled along the fading of summer. People were out smiling, shopping and bopping, having a beer in the sun with their friends. It was a holiday weekend, too, which meant three gorgeous …

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Weapons Is a Hit. Movie Theaters Now Brace for Bleak Box Office

Weapons Is a Hit. Movie Theaters Now Brace for Bleak Box Office

Every August, Alamo Drafthouse prepares for a late-summer slowdown. “We joke that weekday business gets soft because parents have to think about buying their kids a new backpack,” says the theater chain’s chief revenue officer, Mike Sherrill. Studios must have the same thought because the calendar from August through early October is always sparse, at least compared with the glut …

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John Oliver on ‘Make America healthy again’: ‘A bleak time to be involved in public health’ | John Oliver

John Oliver on ‘Make America healthy again’: ‘A bleak time to be involved in public health’ | John Oliver

On the latest episode of Last Week Tonight, John Oliver delved into the “Make America healthy again” (Maha) movement, a “big tent” group that’s “not just Republicans”. Many within the loose Maha movement are parents interested in feeding their children healthy food. “People have found themselves in Maha for all sorts of reasons, and there are areas where it has …

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Mafia: The Old Country review: bleak, brilliant history

Mafia: The Old Country review: bleak, brilliant history

Growing up, my father and I never saw eye to eye. We were always engaged in an ideological war, as my passion for creativity clashed with his cold focus on making money and putting food on the table above all else. There was a cultural divide between us that took me nearly two decades to understand. While I was born …

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