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To convince Hannibal to cooperate, the FBI sends in Clarice Starling (Jodie Foster), an agent in training who finds a way to match wits and guts with the monster in the cage.—
Kevin Jacobsen,
Entertainment Weekly,
6 June 2026 -
Unlike Skeletor, Evil-Lyn is smarter and uses her intuitive wits to get her way.—
Lisa Stardust,
PEOPLE,
5 June 2026
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Many critics, political pundits, and wags asked, somewhat rhetorically, whether anyone in the administration recalls how handing the responsibility of nuclear weaponry over to machines turned out in the Terminator movies.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
2 Mar. 2026
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One hums with high-speed drills and anxiety; the other echoes with joyful barks and tail wags.—
Henry I. Miller,
STAT,
28 Jan. 2026
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Raman’s campaign also received contributions from writers and comedians who have made up the council member’s donation base in her previous elections.—
Noah Goldberg,
Los Angeles Times,
9 June 2026
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Gather five of the most relevant comedians working today and ask what scares them most, and the answers vary.—
Lacey Rose,
HollywoodReporter,
4 June 2026
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Director David Ellenstein has assembled a strong quartet of farceurs who easily slide in and out of a multitude of characters, accents, funny wigs, moustaches, costumes and prop glasses while running in and out of the 25 doors on scenic designer Marty Burnett’s simple but effective set.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Sep. 2025
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