Latest from Jackson Weaver
How music fuelled, and was fuelled by, the No Kings protests
If you were online last week, you probably saw footage from the No Kings protests.The gigantic demonstration against U.S. President Donald Trump took place across the United States and portions of Canada — but was connected by one prevailing aspect: music.
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Elio is Pixar's best, most beautifully brilliant movie in a decade. Too bad it will probably bomb
This space-exploration flick that highlights Pixar's fluidly beautiful animation style is anything but conventional — it's a joyous, tragic, miracle of creativity. What's sad is how unlikely it is to be rewarded for that.
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Brad Pitt's F1 movie is formulaic. But after all, this is Formula 1
While a little clunky, there is little to nothing F1 actually does outrageously wrong. And given the heart-pounding race scenes, that's enough to make this dad movie stand out.
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The Life of Chuck — for better or worse — dances to the end of the world
The Life of Chuck is requisitely affirming and heartwarming. But what makes it so infuriatingly, outrageously, quintessentially Stephen King is how this so closely follows the paint-by-numbers framing of all his non-horror outings.
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How to Train Your Dragon: We can get one good live-action adaptation. As a treat
Live-action adaptations usually feel like soulless, board-room directed cash-grabs engineered for mass appeal. Which raises the question: Why is the new How to Train Your Dragon sort of … actually good?
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The Al Pacino-led exorcism thriller The Ritual is vile. Not just for its horror, but its message
Director David Middel's new film seems to suggest that spirits and demons are not only real, but they only continue to exist because egghead authorities don't believe hard enough.
Why people are so mad about that Lilo & Stitch ending
Disney's live-action remake of Lilo & Stitch has drawn significant criticism for what some say is a dumbed-down plot that lacks the original's more biting cultural commentary and a different ending that plays heavily into tropes about Native Hawaiians.
Trump biopic The Apprentice takes home top film prize at Canadian Screen Awards
The Donald Trump biopic The Apprentice won best motion picture at the final night of the Canadian Screen Awards.
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Bring Her Back proves even great horrors aren't horrifying anymore
Bring Her Back, the new supernatural outing by directors Michael and Danny Philippou, is as great as the advertising suggests. That doesn't make it spooky.
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Back up the money truck: Lilo & Stitch remake dumbs down a masterpiece
Regarded in a vacuum, 2025’s Lilo & Stitch is fine, and likely to entertain the littles. But compared to the stimulating, genre-defining, all-ages masterpiece from two decades ago, it’s nothing but demoralizing.