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Reviews & Scores from The Best Critics in Film, Music, TV and Games at Metacritic.com


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Nymphomaniac: Volume 1 [64] is a $4 VOD: www.metacritic.com/movie/nympho... #11pmspecial
"Lars von Trier's Nymphomaniac bludgeons the body and tenderises the soul. It is perplexing, preposterous and utterly fascinating." - Xan Brooks, The Guardian

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George A. Romero's The Amusement Park [77] is on AMC+ & Shudder www.metacritic.com/movie/the-am... #11pmspecial
"I can’t remember the last time a film shook me like this." - Chris Evangelista, SlashFilm

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Twisters [73] hits theaters NEXT Thursday: www.metacritic.com/movie/twiste...
"With Edgar-Jones & Powell’s fizzing appeal at its epicentre, Twisters at once feels like a testament to a new generation of stars and a gripping old-school movie event. Fear it. Watch it." - Beth Webb, Empire

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The Responder: Season 2 [91] is on Britbox tomorrow: www.metacritic.com/tv/the-respo...
"It’s another matchless piece, in other words. A triumph for all involved." - Lucy Mangan, The Guardian

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Twisters reviews are coming now (opens NEXT Thursday): www.metacritic.com/movie/twiste...
"You’ll emerge bruised and buffeted, and likely hoping it’s not another 28 years until we twist again." - Total Film

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Every Eddie Murphy Movie, Ranked Worst to Best: www.metacritic.com/pictures/eve...
#5 - Bowfinger [73]

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One of Our Aircraft Is Missing [74] is on Tubi/Kanopy www.metacritic.com/movie/one-of... #11pmspecial
"One of Our Aircraft Is Missing is a tremendously exciting melodrama. Its motors never miss a beat." - The New York Times

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Sausage Party: Foodtopia [48] reviews are coming in (Prime Video Thursday) www.metacritic.com/tv/sausage-p...
"If Sausage Party was your type of humor, you'll love Foodtopia just as much if not more." - Collider
"Very, very stupid, and knowingly, winkingly so..." - Clint Worthington

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Cassandra Jenkins - My Light, My Destroyer [91] drops Friday: www.metacritic.com/music/my-lig...
"Jewel-sparkly and gently devastating." - Mojo

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Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail [PC - 81; PS5 - 80] www.metacritic.com/game/final-f...
"If Dawntrail represents the future of FFXIV, then it’s a promising future." - Josh Broadwell, GLHF

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America's Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders [65] is now on Netflix: www.metacritic.com/tv/americas-...
"Stripped of its branding obligations, Sweethearts is a compelling portrait of talented young people devoting themselves wholly to their craft." - Richard Lawson, Vanity Fair

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Looper [84] is a Metacritic Must-See (now on Netflix) www.metacritic.com/movie/looper/ #11pmspecial #connorspick
"It's a lean, mean, smart, violent picture with a bit of Stanley Kubrick edge, fueled by the terrific Gordon-Levitt." - Andrew O'Hehir, Salon

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Gone Girl [79] is a $4 VOD: www.metacritic.com/movie/gone-g... #11pmspecial #connorspick
"David Fincher's shockingly good film version of Gone Girl is the date-night movie of the decade for couples who dream of destroying one another." - Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

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Michael Mann's Thief [78] is on Prime Video/PlutoTV/Criterion Channel: www.metacritic.com/movie/thief/ #11pmspecial
"Debut features are rarely this confident & accomplished, much less such a perfect blueprint of what to expect from a filmmaker down the line." Scott Tobias, The AV Club

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The Best Movies of 2024 So Far (at Midyear) www.metacritic.com/pictures/bes...
#11: I Saw the TV Glow [84] is a $19 VOD

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Double Dragon [40] is on Prime Video www.metacritic.com/movie/double... #11pmspecial
"What 12-year-old could resist? " - Michael Sauter, Entertainment Weekly

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Fly Me to The Moon opens Thursday, and the first couple of reviews are in: www.metacritic.com/movie/fly-me...
"A smarter-than-it-sounds, space-age sparring match of the Rock Hudson/Doris Day variety.” - Peter Debruge, Variety

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DVD/Blu-ray Releases (New & Upcoming) www.metacritic.com/news/dvd-blu...
Out tomorrow: The Boy and the Heron [91]

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Molly's Game [71] is on Netflix: www.metacritic.com/movie/mollys... #11pmspecial
"Molly’s Game is a cool, crackling, confident film that appeals to your intelligence instead of insulting it. At the movies, it may be the closest we’ll get to a Christmas miracle." - EW

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The 20 Best New TV Shows of 2024 So Far (at Midyear): www.metacritic.com/pictures/bes...
Baby Reindeer [88] is on Netflix - "An early contender for show of 2024." —Jon O'Brien, Radio Times

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Longlegs [83] opens Thursday: www.metacritic.com/movie/longle...
"Succeeds as a deeply disconcerting experience, one that burrows into the brain as insidiously as the innocuous means its villain employs to disseminate his evil." - Total Film

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Weekend Box Office (Domestic Estimates):
(1) Despicable Me 4 $75.0 mil
(2) Inside Out 2 $30.0
(3) A Quiet Place: Day One $21.0
(4) MaXXXine $6.7
(5) Bad Boys: Ride or Die $6.6
(6) Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1 $5.5
www.metacritic.com/news/upcomin...

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Kasabian - Happenings [66] dropped today: www.metacritic.com/music/happen...
"This is Kasabian’s second album with Pizzorno on the microphone, so tightly honed that if it had been a young band’s debut, I think we’d be clambering over ourselves proclaiming Kasabian rock’s saviours." - The Telegraph

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The Best Movies of 2024 So Far (at Midyear): www.metacritic.com/pictures/bes...
#17 - Hit Man [82]

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MaXXXine [67] opens tomorrow: www.metacritic.com/movie/maxxxi...
"A glorious paean to the lurid sensuality and gory excess of 1980s sexploitation and horror..." - David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter

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Every Tom Cruise Movie, Ranked Worst to Best: metacritic.com/pictures/eve...
#9 - Born on the Fourth of July [75]

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The 20 Best New TV Shows of 2024 So Far (at Midyear): www.metacritic.com/pictures/bes...
#3: Shōgun [85] -> "Majestic... I never wanted to leave this world." - Matt Roush, TV Guide

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Zenless Zone Zero reviews are coming in now: www.metacritic.com/game/zenless...
"A successful fusion of ultracool action with slice-of-life goofiness." - Eurogamer

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Crimes of Passion is on Kanopy/PlutoTV/Criterion Channel www.metacritic.com/movie/crimes... #11pmspecial
"It is a gripping adult drama, as erotically violent as it is intellectually satisfying." - Rita Kempley, Washington Post

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The Last Seduction [85] is on Peacock/Criterion Channel: www.metacritic.com/movie/the-la... #11pmspecial
"A devilishly entertaining crime story with a heroine who must be seen to be believed, is as satisfying an ensemble piece as Red Rock West." - Janet Maslin, The New York Times

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The Man With 1000 Kids [74] is on Netflix now: www.metacritic.com/tv/the-man-w...
"This is a gripping, disturbing documentary." - Neil Armstrong, i

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July Movie Preview: www.metacritic.com/pictures/jul...
July 4 - Kill [79]

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The Best Movies of 2024 So Far (at Midyear): www.metacritic.com/pictures/bes...
#18 - Challengers [82] - "It is horny, it is hungry, it is phenomenally exciting filmmaking." - Alex Godfrey, Empire

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Murder by Decree [68] is on Fubo/Crackle www.metacritic.com/movie/murder... #11pmspecial
"This is lots of fun and the actors definitely look like they're having a good time." - Kim Newman, Empire

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The 20 Best New TV Shows of 2024 So Far www.metacritic.com/pictures/bes...
#20- Mr. & Mrs. Smith [75] is on Prime Video - "A delightful, darkly funny couple to fall head over heels for." - The Daily Beast

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Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F (Netflix) reviews will be coming in over the next several minutes: www.metacritic.com/movie/beverl...
"It’s a film of familiar pleasures, but like Harold Faltermeyer’s still infectiously enjoyable synth-pop theme, they do remain highly pleasurable." - Slant Magazine

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Longlegs opens July 11 and early reviews are in: www.metacritic.com/movie/longle...
"After it's over, you won't soon forget what you've seen and heard. Even if you try, it'll come back — whether in your fantasies, your nightmares, or both." - Slashfilm

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Megan Thee Stallion - Megan [65] reviews are coming in: www.metacritic.com/music/megan/...
"It’s exciting when she enters new territory." - NME

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Despicable Me 4 [58] opens tomorrow: www.metacritic.com/movie/despic...
"It isn’t a masterpiece, and no one needs Despicable Me 5, but being unassumingly enjoyable isn’t easy." - Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian

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Recent Best Picture Oscar Winners, Ranked From Worst to Best: www.metacritic.com/pictures/rec...
#2 - Parasite [*97*] - "The triumph of the movie is that it fully lives and breathes at every moment, even when you might find yourself struggling to exhale." - Justin Chang, LA Times

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The 20 Best New TV Shows of 2024 So Far: www.metacritic.com/pictures/bes...

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July 2024 Movie Preview: www.metacritic.com/pictures/jul...
July 12 - Longlegs

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John Woo's Last Hurrah for Chivalry [66] is a $4 VOD: www.metacritic.com/movie/last-h... #11pmspecial
"With Chivalry, John Woo scored an early hit that’s too often overlooked and under-appreciated. It’s a film of tremendous skill and promise, & a masterpiece in its own right." - Collider

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New & Upcoming DVD/Blu-ray Releases: www.metacritic.com/news/dvd-blu...
Out tomorrow: Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy [4K] [63]

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July Movie Preview: www.metacritic.com/pictures/jul...

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.... hopefully an improvement on Beverly Hills Cop III [*16*] www.metacritic.com/movie/beverl...
"Whatever juice is left in the 'Cop' franchise or in the once unstoppable career of Eddie Murphy peters out ignominiously in this poor excuse for a sequel." - Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

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2024 Movie Release Calendar: www.metacritic.com/news/upcomin...
Wed - Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F (Netflix) - check back for reviews late in the day tomorrow. Any Metascores predictions?

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MaXXXine [71] hits theaters Friday: www.metacritic.com/movie/maxxxi...
"An erotic cataclysm of gnarly kills, an aesthetic to die for, and another powerhouse performance from Mia Goth." - BJ Colangelo, SlashFilm

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The Best-Reviewed PS4 Games of All Time: www.metacritic.com/browse/game/...
#5 - God of War [94] - "One of the best games of this generation. A masterpiece." - God is a Geek

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