Ross Johnson
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30 of the Gayest Straight Movies Ever Made
Gay marriage was legalized in Massachusetts nearly two decades ago and across the U.S. back in 2015, yet somehow, queer movies are still mostly a trickle at the box office (unless you count Barbie…which you can). Bros, which came out in 2022, was marketed as the first mainstream gay romantic comedy ever released by a…
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30 of the Most Depressing Movies Ever Made
In the same way that cranking up blues music can serve as a balm to a troubled soul, sinking into a deeply sad movie can be just the thing to give you a sense of catharsis. After all, everyone loves a good wallow once in a while—and in an era of highly calculated blockbusters designed…
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30 of the Horniest Erotic Thrillers Ever Made
Whatever happened to the erotic thriller? There’s something of a bell curve to the distribution of the sexy programmer, rising with the relaxing of the production code in the late 1960s, topping out in the ‘80s with prestige fare like Fatal Attraction, and tailing off by the mid-2000s, and the dominance of franchise culture. Today’s…
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50 Movies That Are Basically Perfect
Some of the very best movies of all time have flaws that aren’t terminal, but that are nevertheless prominent: a questionable performance, a problematic element, an ending that doesn’t quite land. That’s fine—a film that takes risks and doesn’t quite stick the landing is generally preferable to one that’s technically proficient but dull, and a…