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Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far on Foot review: The Hard Work of Recovery

July 20, 2025 by thestakemag Leave a Comment

Van Sant’s take on recovery is moving and bold.

Filed Under: Featured, Movies, Reviews Tagged With: Gus Van Sant, Joaquin Phoenix, Joey Armstrong, Jonah Hill

Eighth Grade review: Wonderfully Awkward and Awkwardly Wonderful

July 20, 2025 by thestakemag Leave a Comment

Bo Burnham’s first foray to the big screen is a terrific success.

Filed Under: Featured, Movies, Reviews Tagged With: Bo Burnham, Eighth Grade

Good News Report for Today: Timothee Chalamet in talks for Dune

July 18, 2025 by thestakemag Leave a Comment

Dune gets a bit more beautiful.

Filed Under: Featured, Movies Tagged With: Denis Villeneuve, Dune, Timothee Chalamet

DC Announces Joaquin Phoenix to play the Joker in a new Joker Origin Story

July 11, 2025 by thestakemag Leave a Comment

What you don’t know you don’t want can’t hurt you?

Filed Under: Featured, Movies Tagged With: DC Universe, Jared Leto, Joaquin Phoenix, Joker

Michelle Wolf gives a patriotic Salute to Abortions

July 9, 2025 by thestakemag Leave a Comment

And we’re here for it.

Filed Under: Featured, TV

Westwood: Punk, Icon, Activist review: A visionary reflects on her vision

July 5, 2025 by thestakemag Leave a Comment

The punk tastemaker on takes on punk, and her self in the new documentary

Filed Under: Featured, Movies, Reviews Tagged With: Lee Pietruszewski, Vivienne Westwood, Westwood: Punk Icon Activist

The First Purge review: the first purge is the deepest

July 3, 2025 by Christopher ZF Leave a Comment

A social horror movie for the moment.

Filed Under: Featured, Movies, Reviews Tagged With: Exploitation Films, Gerard McMurray, James DeMonaco, The First Purge, The Purge

A Kid Like Jake review: Well Intentioned, Ultimately Flawed

July 3, 2025 by thestakemag Leave a Comment

Elite parents looking for elite schools does not a great movie make.

Filed Under: Featured, Movies, Reviews Tagged With: A Kid Like Jake, Claire Danes, Geoff Swanson, Jim Parsons, LGBTQ, Non-binary, Queer Cinema, transgender

Assassination Nation trailer: Pure Anarchy

June 29, 2025 by Christopher ZF Leave a Comment

This teaser trailer for Assassination Nation, a thriller from Sam Levinson, writer/director of HBO’s Wizard of Lies, is genius. The film features a line-up of important young artists, 2 of which are Hari Nef, one of the best parts of Transparent Season 2, and Suki Waterhous the kickass star of the gloriously bizarre postapocalyptic feminist film The Bad Batch. Levinson’s film appears […]

Filed Under: Featured, Movies, Trailers Tagged With: Assassination Nation, Joey Armstrong

Uncle Drew review: A movie worthy of dunking on

June 29, 2025 by thestakemag Leave a Comment

As a rule, sports movies almost never surprise their audiences. Much like rom-coms or big-budget action flicks, there are certain expected beats. The small team challenges the goliath. A character cracks wise. The underdog becomes proficient. And somewhere between the training montage and some sort of unexpected setback, you have the moment where the protagonist […]

Filed Under: Featured, Movies, Reviews Tagged With: Basketball Movies, Bryan Bliss, Kyrie Irving, Uncle Drew

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