of all time
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: that has ever lived or existed
In my opinion, he is still the greatest basketball player of all time.
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Lee Sang-il’s Kokuho — a nearly three-hour period drama about the cloistered world of traditional kabuki theater — has defied all reasonable expectations to become Japan’s top-grossing domestic live-action film of all time.
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Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 26 Nov. 2025
Here's our ranking of the best sci-fi action movies of all time.
—Ian Stokes, Space.com, 26 Nov. 2025
Linehan has been behind some of the biggest British comedies of all time but in recent years has mostly devoted his time to anti-trans activism.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 25 Nov. 2025
Erivo's reprisal of the role — originated on Broadway in 2003 by Idina Menzel — showed the nuanced backstory of how Elphaba became one of the most iconic villains of all time.
—Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 25 Nov. 2025
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Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 26 Nov. 2025
Here's our ranking of the best sci-fi action movies of all time.
—Ian Stokes, Space.com, 26 Nov. 2025
Linehan has been behind some of the biggest British comedies of all time but in recent years has mostly devoted his time to anti-trans activism.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 25 Nov. 2025
Erivo's reprisal of the role — originated on Broadway in 2003 by Idina Menzel — showed the nuanced backstory of how Elphaba became one of the most iconic villains of all time.
—Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 25 Nov. 2025
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