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Previously the June Squibb caper Thelma was Magnolia Pictures’ widest release with an opening of 1,290 theaters in June 2024.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
24 Oct. 2025 -
True to form, Reichardt doesn’t deliver a slick caper.—
Lisa Wong Macabasco,
Vogue,
20 Oct. 2025
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Their relationship, tentative, intimate, and defiant, lingers long after the satirical skewering of male buffoonery has faded.—
Leila Latif,
IndieWire,
5 Sep. 2025
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He’s been tinkering with this messaging on and off since damn near the start of the century, when his criticism of the genre shifted from the power-holding executives (both white and Black) of the music industry who were profiting off buffoonery, a la Bamboozled, to rap music itself.—
Alphonse Pierre,
Pitchfork,
15 Aug. 2025
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Anoka, Minnesota, began its Halloween celebrations in 1920 to curb destructive pranks by local youths.—
Chris Kenning,
USA Today,
24 Oct. 2025
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Instead, the suspects resold them both in Spain and abroad, including in Morocco and Romania, turning what might seem like a small-scale prank into a lucrative criminal enterprise.—
Moná Thomas,
PEOPLE,
22 Oct. 2025
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But even before that arrival, Mitchell was kicked out of the house by her roommates due to her drunken antics and unstable behavior.—
Breanne L. Heldman,
Entertainment Weekly,
21 Oct. 2025
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The Prince of Darkness died in Birmingham, England, on July 22 at 76 years old, leaving behind a legacy as a legendary heavy metal rock performer who, after years of various headline-worthy antics and struggles with addiction, made his foray into reality TV.—
KiMi Robinson,
USA Today,
20 Oct. 2025
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With over 300 episodes to shoot, there was time for some practical jokes.—
Jordan Hoffman,
Entertainment Weekly,
7 Sep. 2025
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This is all some practical joke that’s being played on me.—
Michael Nied,
People.com,
26 Aug. 2025
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Regretting You is a similarly ridiculous and overwrought slice of melodrama, leavened with strange moments of comedy that leave you wondering if the whole thing isn’t some kind of bizarre art project, an elaborate, camp parody of the very notion of romantic literature itself.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
22 Oct. 2025
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This semester's show is a musical parody of Love Island called Love on an Island.—
Hannah Sacks,
PEOPLE,
20 Oct. 2025
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Suddenly, amidst the riots, Ashley’s not just one of the girls.—
Nora Dahlia,
PEOPLE,
25 Oct. 2025
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Dozens of California Highway Patrol officers wearing riot gear tried to disperse the crowd in order to allow civilian employees to leave.—
Elizabeth Pritchett , Michael Dorgan,
FOXNews.com,
24 Oct. 2025
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Her newest venture into the genre is Hulu’s The Hand That Rocks the Cradle, a remake of the 1992 thriller of the same name, in which Winstead stars opposite fellow scream queen, Maika Monroe.—
Jason Pham,
StyleCaster,
22 Oct. 2025
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For the past decade, Monroe has established herself as a mainstay in the horror genre, not just a dependable player but a true modern scream queen who’s able to elevate predictable fare, stand toe-to-toe with monsters of all kinds, and, of course, lead modern classics to even greater heights.—
Matthew Jackson,
Vulture,
22 Oct. 2025
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“Leg-pull.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leg-pull. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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