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Scott Lang isn't just trying to become a superhero. He's trying to become a better father.

Ant-Man finds its heart in redemption, family and the responsibility that comes with power.

Our review: https://t.co/Rj1INSMuBU

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Three musical identities. One songwriter.

Andrew McMahon traded the piano-driven sound of Something Corporate and Jack’s Mannequin for synth-pop, electronics and a new perspective shaped by fatherhood and starting over.

Our review:
https://t.co/yQh38TBxly

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Before Maylene and the Sons of Disaster, Dallas Taylor was best known as the original vocalist of Underoath.

Then he left and reinvented himself.

The result was a Southern-fried metalcore debut that sounded like nothing else in the scene.

Our review:
https://t.co/zY1q6YHXFD

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Brendan O'Brien had worked with Pearl Jam, Rage Against the Machine and Bruce Springsteen.

For The Gaslight Anthem, having him produce Handwritten meant bringing those influences into their biggest, most ambitious record.

Our review:
https://t.co/lt2Q2ySFSo

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Atlantic Records offered INXS $1 million to make another album.

They said no.

Kick went on to become the band's biggest success, spawning four U.S. Top 10 singles and proving the band knew exactly what it had created.

Our review:
https://t.co/AqPV0Hogx1

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Looper takes a familiar time-travel premise and turns it into something surprisingly fresh.

Beneath the inventive rules and brutal action is a story about fate, free will, sacrifice and whether we can break the cycle of violence.

Our review:
https://t.co/oiguY9K3Ru

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I bought my first record at a Get Up Kids show in 2015. Ten years and nearly 500 albums later, here's everything I wish I knew before I started collecting vinyl 🧵🎧 https://t.co/y9cd1NgAFA

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Black Panther is more than a superhero movie.

It's a story about isolationism, tradition, responsibility and what those with power owe to the world around them.

Why Ryan Coogler's MCU landmark still resonates:

https://t.co/rgKnAevOjY

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Introduce one of the MCU's most powerful heroes, expand Nick Fury's backstory and connect the past to the future.

The result is ambitious, nostalgic and surprisingly uneven.

Our review:
https://t.co/swscEbNzuP

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Six years after Punisher, Phoebe Bridgers finally returns to solo music.

Lost Weekend had enormous expectations to meet, but its unconventional rollout hinted that she wasn't interested in playing by the usual rules.

Our review:
https://t.co/K0NGao3TYA

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Daryl Palumbo could've made another Glassjaw record.

Instead, he chased hip-hop, Britpop, electronic music and dance-rock.

Decadence is the wildly ambitious result, proving Palumbo was never interested in staying in one lane.

Our review:
https://t.co/xeETQstkMX

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Thor had all the ingredients for an MCU classic.

Chris Hemsworth. Tom Hiddleston. Norse mythology.

But beneath the star power is a superhero movie that feels like Marvel was still figuring out what to do with its characters.

Our review:
https://t.co/Mafxv8dKK4

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Nine months after Get Rich or Die Tryin', 50 Cent could've focused on himself.

Instead, he put G-Unit in the spotlight.

Beg for Mercy captures the moment a crew became a force of its own.

Our review:
https://t.co/JuylrptCP3

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The Devil Wears Prada 2 has the fashion, the stars and the nostalgia.

What it doesn't have is a compelling reason to exist.

Our review:
https://t.co/wodxOAoF7k

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Sometimes the raunchiest comedies have the biggest hearts.

This one looks like another crude comedy on the surface, but underneath the jokes is a surprisingly sincere story about friendship, growing up and finding your people.

Our review:
https://t.co/4UzxovVDgL

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What makes Escape from Alcatraz so effective isn't the action.

It's the patience.

Clint Eastwood gives one of his most restrained performances in a tense prison thriller that understands every small detail matters.

Our review:
https://t.co/zmaVM5QKZj

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Everyone in Wild Things is lying.

The problem is the movie eventually gets so tangled in its own twists that the deception becomes more exhausting than thrilling.

Our review:
https://t.co/mxsigplNPG

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Everyone remembers "Butterfly."

That's the problem.

Crazy Town's The Gift of Game is a fascinating snapshot of late-'90s rap-rock, but its biggest hit only highlights how little the rest of the album has to offer.

Our review:
https://t.co/aR9vIKwa9W

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The Juliana Theory made an album about love that feels anything but simple.

Love captures the excitement, uncertainty and vulnerability of falling for someone, wrapped in the band's unmistakable emo and pop-rock sound.

Our review:
https://t.co/v7TeHiXTah

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The multiverse should've been bigger.

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness gives Sam Raimi room to bring real horror to the MCU, but its ambitious premise never reaches its full potential.

Our review:
https://t.co/GQVAGZ2WO9