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    The 12 Best Movies and TV Shows to Watch This WeekendA robot gorilla has entered the chat.
    By James Grebey and Savannah Salazar
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    10 Movies Impacted by Past Writers StrikesThe 1988 and 2007–8 WGA strikes wreaked havoc on the production of major movies. (Daniel Craig is not meant to be a star and a script doctor!)
    By Nick Allen
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    19 Essential Episodes of It’s Always Sunny in PhiladelphiaFeaturing rum ham, Chardee MacDennis, and, of course, the Nightman.
    By Rachel Simon
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    25 Essential Iranian Films You Can Stream Right NowStream hybrid documentaries that break the fourth wall, psychological dramas, and gory thrillers that attest to the terrifying reality of theocracy.
    By Tiara Ataii
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    Every Spider-Man Movie Villain, RankedMany excellent actors have tangled with Spidey, but which of these foes had you (almost) rooting for them?
    By Tim Grierson and Will Leitch
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    Every I Think You Should Leave Season 3 Sketch, RankedYou should be able to look at a little ITYSL ranking at work.
    By Jill Krajewski
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    The 8 Best Movies and TV Shows to Watch This WeekendThwip!
    By James Grebey and Savannah Salazar
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    12 Books to Fill the Succession-Size Hole in Your HeartStories with familial machinations, high-society satire, and juicy corporate power struggles — sound familiar?
    By Gina Chen
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    20 of Tim Robinson’s Best (Non-ITYSL) SketchesDon’t think of this as a list of sketches from SNL, the Second City, and elsewhere. It’s more of a “cosmic gumbo.â€
    By Hershal Pandya
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    All of Robert De Niro’s Comedic Roles, RankedAbout My Father is just the latest in a long line of comedies for the actor.
    By Will Leitch and Tim Grierson
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    The Best Winners of the Palm Dog, the Cannes Award for CaninesThe Palme d’Or is given to good films. The Palm Dog is given to good boys.
    By Luke Georgiades
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    12 Books to Read If You Already Miss YellowjacketsIf Shauna’s book club were real, these are the titles she’d be reading.
    By Jessica Gentile
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    The 10 Best Movies and TV Shows to Watch Memorial Day WeekendNot one but three (!) finales and a Little Mermaid, too.
    By James Grebey and Savannah Salazar
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    Every Live-Action Disney Remake, RankedWhich live-action redo is the worst and which is the least bad?
    By Josh Bell
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    The 17 Best SNL Sketches of Season 48Highlights from a rebuilding year for the show that was abruptly cut short.
    By Joe Berkowitz
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    18 New Beach Reads for Every Kind of Book LoverBooks so good you’ll forget to reapply sunscreen.
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    The 10 Best Mermaid MoviesMermaids are some of the most Hollywood-friendly mythical creatures, whether they’re “little†or of the “flesh-eating†variety.
    By Jon O'Brien
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    The 100 Hardest Video-Game Levels of All TimeDizzying shooters, agonizing puzzles, and water stages (ugh) that raise the question: Continue?
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    The 100 Hardest Video-Game Bosses, RankedFrom gods and zombies to a shark and a tree, the one trait they share is an ability to end your game swiftly.
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    Every Car Chase From the Fast & Furious Franchise, RankedPhysics are the greatest artistic liberty in the Fast & Furious franchise.
    By Nick Allen
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    Every Fast & Furious Movie, RankedThere have been 11 ultra-jacked films, but only one perfectly captures this franchise’s soul.
    By Jordan Crucchiola
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    Vulture’s 2023 Summer Pop-Culture Gift GuideGifts for vampire baseball players, Pokémon Masters, rebels on the Forest Moon of Endor, and more!
    By Vulture Staff
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    The 8 Best Movies and TV Shows to Watch This WeekendSalud, mi familia.
    By James Grebey and Savannah Salazar
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    Every Album Named ‘The Album,’ RankedWhen self-titled won’t suffice.
    By Zach Schonfeld
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    The 11 Best Movies and TV Shows to Watch This WeekendThe Glenn Howerton Oscar campaign starts now.
    By James Grebey and Savannah Salazar
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    All 37 of This Year’s Eurovision Song Entries, RankedForget King Charles’s coronation. The most important event across the pond this week is undeniably the 67th Eurovision Song Contest.
    By Jon O'Brien
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    The 18 Most Outrageous Eurovision PerformancesFeather boas, sexy Roman soldiers, and yellow spandex.
    By Nick Allen
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    A Taxonomy of Semi-autobiographical Comedian SitcomsPete Davidson’s Bupkis is the latest in a long, long line of comedians inserting themselves into TV shows.
    By Bethy Squires
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    The 9 Best Movies and TV Shows to Watch This WeekendThe raccoons are coming.
    By James Grebey and Savannah Salazar
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    Are You There God? It’s Margarets, RankedWe rounded up all the Margarets (and Maggies, Megs, and Peggys).
    By Rachel Simon
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    The 11 Best Movies and TV Shows to Watch This WeekendIncluding an axe murder and friendly amphibians.
    By James Grebey and Savannah Salazar
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    The 50 Best Music Documentaries of All TimeFrom Woodstock to Summer of Soul, these films are as essential to understanding the artists as any of their records are.
    By Noel Murray
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    The Mandalorian’s Most Fantastical Creatures, RankedAt the very least, season three did bring out the space critters.
    By Savannah Salazar
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    Every Evil Dead, Ranked From Least to Most GroovyWhere does Evil Read Rise sit in our own Book of the Dead?
    By Nathan Smith
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    The 10 Best Movies and TV Shows to Watch This WeekendIncluding a new show with Rachel Weisz (twice).
    By James Grebey and Savannah Salazar
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    A Guide to the Many Yellowjackets Easter Eggs in Van’s Video StoreThe VHS tapes in Van’s store are not random.
    By Matthew Jackson
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    The Funniest Mobster Comedies Ever ShotLeave the gun, take the jokes.
    By Bethy Squires
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    Seeing Double: 16 Essential Identical-Twin MoviesFor a group that makes up just 0.4 percent of the world’s population, identical twins have enthralled moviegoers.
    By Barry Levitt
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    Renfields, RankedDracula’s bug-eating henchman rarely gets a win, but one Renfield has to be at the top of our list.
    By Josh Bell
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    The 10 Best Movies and TV Shows to Watch This WeekendWith bloodsuckers, an extra-dramatic reunion, and 100-foot waves, man.
    By James Grebey and Savannah Salazar
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    The 9 Best Movies and TV Shows to Watch This WeekendDoubling down on pipelines and the Damon-Affleck dynamic.
    By James Grebey and Savannah Salazar
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    How Dungeons & Dragons Went From Punch Line to Blockbuster in 17 TurnsThe ways D&D has been depicted in movies and on TV illustrates how the game’s reputation has leveled up.
    By Rory Doherty
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    The 6 Best Movies and TV Shows to Watch This WeekendThe games are coming for the movies.
    By James Grebey and Savannah Salazar
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    Every Keanu Reeves Movie Performance, RankedFrom Ted to John Wick and everything in between.
    By Tim Grierson and Will Leitch
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    The Succession Characters Most Likely to Survive Yellowjackets, RankedSure, the Succession characters are cutthroat, but would they cut literal throats, like a bunch of ‘90s teen soccer players?
    By Emma Soren
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    8 Books With All the Band Drama of Daisy Jones & the SixThe ’70s music scene has enough tumultuous romances and drug-fueled antics to stock a library shelf.
    By Jessica Gentile
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    The 22 Best Movies, Shows, and Videos to Watch This WeekendIncluding the return of the prodigal Succession.
    By James Grebey and Savannah Salazar
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    Top Chef Celebrity Guest Judges, RankedJennifer Coolidge, Patti LaBelle, Joe Jonas, and — of course — Anthony Bourdain.
    By Jihane Bousfiha
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    Charon, Lieutenant Daniels, and Zavala: Lance Reddick’s Essential RolesWhether it was an assassin hotel concierge, a dragon, or the chief of police in any number of U.S. cities, Reddick elevated every character.
    By Emma Stefansky
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    15 Movies We Loved at SXSWThese are the ones you’ll want to see later this year.
    By Matthew Jacobs
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