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Noun
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Hacks takes no backseat in its send-up of show biz inanity, but with more heart along the way.—
Howard Homonoff,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2025 -
Whether to get some space from his inanity, be able to spend more time with her ex-boyfriend, or simply encourage him to be a person, Tammy urges Craig to make friends with Austin (Paul Rudd), the affable evening news weatherman who moves in down the street.—
Paul A. Thompson,
Pitchfork,
22 May 2025
Noun
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Mika Rottenberg’s work explores the pure absurdities of our current world.—
Nargess Banks,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2025
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These over-the-top moments and the absurdity of its title may be the elements that made Zombi 2 famous, but beneath them is a movie with an eerie, uncanny vibe that's shockingly easy to get lost in.—
James Grebey,
Time,
20 June 2025
Noun
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Hart would throw one more strike in four more pitches, and his day was finished, as the lunacy was just getting started.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 Apr. 2025
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There’s a mixture of artful lunacy that smacks like experimental IDM (Insane Dance Music)—especially by people with a background in electronic sound design like selasi—and irredeemable blather.—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
4 June 2025
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