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The welcome vulnerability of John Cena
He's a musclebound action star who really doesn't mind being the butt of the joke.
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Cowboy Bebop: "Jamming With Edward" and "Ganymede Elegy"
In which I get why everybody told me that this show had "some gender stuff"
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The surprisingly enduring appeal of Stephen Sondheim's Company
Two major productions have revealed new facets in a musical long thought to be hopelessly dated.
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The Worst Person in the World is about dissociation
This Norwegian dramedy kinda sorta captures what it's like to be totally adrift from your own self
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Cowboy Bebop: "Heavy Metal Queen" and "Waltz for Venus"
In which the show is trying things, and I appreciate it (even if it doesn't always work)
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Kirsten and Natalie #3: Jumanji (1995) and Mars Attacks! (1996)
In which Kirsten Dunst gets lost amid some special effects and Natalie Portman learns to love being weird
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Cowboy Bebop: "Ballad of Fallen Angels" and "Sympathy for the Devil"
In which I have no idea what's going on, but I love that for me
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Cowboy Bebop: "Honky Tonk Woman" and "Gateway Shuffle"
In which I think about what it means for TV to be "cinematic"
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How to make roast chicken
The cis version of myself from an alternate universe tells us how she met Hubby David
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The Matrix Resurrections resonates with trans stories told across generations
The fourth film in the venerable sci-fi franchise locks in to the ways trans people see themselves in each other.
The X-Files
My neighbor Fox Mulder
The truth is out there, and it's a cat shaped like a bus
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The unexpected brilliance of Livia Soprano's final onscreen appearance
A much-mocked visual effects sequence uses the odd and uncanny to incredible effect.