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Marvel’s 'Eternals' Wouldn’t Exist Without A Half-Forgotten, Nonsense-Filled Bestseller From an Alien-Obsessed Swiss Hotel Manager

Marvel’s 'Eternals' Wouldn’t Exist Without A Half-Forgotten, Nonsense-Filled Bestseller From an Alien-Obsessed Swiss Hotel Manager ✦

Keith Phipps

1968's 'Chariots of the Gods?' won over millions of readers, influenced comics great Jack Kirby and, eventually, inspired a film in which Angelina Jolie and others play ancient, godlike aliens.

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'The Nasty Girl': When history is written by the losers

'The Nasty Girl': When history is written by the losers

Scott Tobias

Buried on Paramount +, this long-unavailable Miramax acquisition from 1990 speaks uncannily to the simmering evils of the present day.

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In Review: 'Last Night in Soho,' 'Antlers,' 'The Souvenir Part II'

In Review: 'Last Night in Soho,' 'Antlers,' 'The Souvenir Part II'

Scott Tobias Keith Phipps

In this week's reviews, Edgar Wright enters an evocative, giallo-inspired portal to '60s London, horror gets elevated, and Joanna Hogg continues her semi-autobiographical journey.

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A Conversation with John Hodgman about 'Dune,' Pt. 2

A Conversation with John Hodgman about 'Dune,' Pt. 2

Scott Tobias

In which the author and humorist gets the 'Dune' of his dreams, but wonders if the era that made it "filmable" is also an era in which it's unnecessary.

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A Conversation with John Hodgman about 'Dune,' Pt. 1

A Conversation with John Hodgman about 'Dune,' Pt. 1

Scott Tobias

In the first of our two-part discussion on all things 'Dune,' Hodgman talks about his emotionally charged first encounter with the David Lynch film and a Peter Berg version that never happened.

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Minding the Gaps: 'Walking Tall Part 2' (1975): "My children are motherless because of the man at the top"

Minding the Gaps: 'Walking Tall Part 2' (1975): "My children are motherless because of the man at the top"

Keith Phipps

A sequel to an unexpected hit doubles as a window into how legends get formed and a past decade's hunger for tales of backwoods justice.

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