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The irony is that many of these leaders are well advised.—
Melissa Houston,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026 -
The Fall of Sir Douglas Weatherford, the fiction feature debut of writer-director Seán Dunn (short films British by the Grace of God, Kingdom Come), explores those questions with a gusto for costumes and cosplay and healthy helpings of irony and black humor.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
26 Jan. 2026
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She’s built a career on candid takes about relationships, work and the absurdities of everyday life, delivered with her trademark mix of bluntness and charm.—
Travis Pinson,
Dallas Morning News,
29 Jan. 2026
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The extended version gives the characters room to deepen their over-the-top backstory while leaning further into spectacle and absurdity.—
Moná Thomas,
PEOPLE,
28 Jan. 2026
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Well, the Premier League table is definitely worth looking at, if only to marvel at its ludicrousness.—
Tim Spiers,
New York Times,
3 Nov. 2025
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Mike begins to struggle with the idea of doing something that might finally give his life (and his death) meaning, and although the film goes in absurd directions, Gavras sells it by pitching everything at the level of epic satire, his grandiose images working in tandem with moments of broad humor.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
5 Feb. 2026
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Directed by Cathy Yan, The Gallerist is an art world satire with a morbid twist.—
Elizabeth Logan,
Glamour,
31 Jan. 2026
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At the same time, there’s enough nonsense, edging into ridiculousness, that the series might best be approached as a black action-comedy — at the end of the opening scene, the gendarmes are splattered with pieces of supermodel — or a very fancy B (maybe C) picture.—
Television Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Jan. 2026
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Being able to commit to the ridiculousness requires this deep well of belief.—
Lily Ford,
HollywoodReporter,
15 Jan. 2026
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