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Decoding Everything is a newsletter by David Chen. I’ve been a commentator on movies, TV, tech, and the media for over 15 years. You can support my work by subscribing to this newsletter, sharing about it on social media, or becoming a Patron. Thanks! The 98th Academy Awards were
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‘The LEGO Movie’ and ‘21 Jump Street’ directors have crafted a warm, inspiring tale based on Andy Weir’s novel.
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Even at their worst, the Scream films have always at least tried to inject interesting ideas about fandom and horror culture into their storylines. That trend comes to an end with Scream 7.
It is, once again, joever. A viral 15-second clip of an AI generated fight between Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt has “spooked Hollywood”, spurred Disney to legal action and had Deadpool screenwriter Rhett Reese warning “it’s likely over for us.” Creator Ruairi Robinson claims to have generated it with
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By bringing every emotion straight to the surface, the new movie leaves little worth considering.
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David Chen shares a few observations from this year's Super Bowl broadcast.
David Chen and Stephen David Miller share some highlights from the online portion of the Sundance Film Festival
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Matt Goldberg finishes up his remote Sundance viewing with American Doctor, Public Access, Extra Geography, Hanging by a Wire, and LADY
For a director whose films leaned into raw humanity and stressed an environmental message, his latest effort is a crushing disappointment.
Matt Goldberg shares his thoughts on Josephine, The Musical, Run Amok, Seized, and The Incomer.
The two terrific actors relish the film’s gnarly thrills.
Stephen David Miller explores the year via twenty interconnected films.
The 98th annual Academy Award nominations were announced this morning at the Academy’s headquarters in Beverly Hills, CA. Overall, a great list of films was recognized, with shockingly few baffling decisions or outrages. Below are some of my reactions to the nominations, followed by the full list. Feel free
I wasn't a huge fan of 28 Years Later, Danny Boyle and Alec Garland's 2025 follow-up to their 2002 horror classic 28 Days Later. But I've now seen 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple, and I'm pleased to say, this film rips.
There's a moment at the beginning of Jay Kelly in which George Clooney's titular character wistfully says, "I got to see the end before it ended." Clooney isn't talking about the movie industry specifically in that moment but I can't
Josh Safdie takes the urgency of his 2019 movie and refashions it into an American sports drama for the ages.
John M. Chu’s conclusion suffers from weaker songs and poor pacing.
Never has director Edgar Wright made a film that felt so anonymous and ill-suited to his gifts.
Today, a few thoughts on Yorgos Lanthimos' Bugonia (in theaters now) and Kathryn Bigelow's House of Dynamite (on Netflix). In Bugonia, Jesse Plemons plays Teddy, a down-on-his-luck warehouse worker who becomes convinced that he's uncovered an intergalactic conspiracy against planet Earth. Teddy believes that an