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Killers of the Flower Moon (Apple/Paramount) is three-and-a-half hours long. By all logic of the ADHD generation, it should fail. Instead, it is dominating the box office. Why? Because Martin Scorsese treats adults like adults. It’s a video game adaptation about a haunted pizzeria
October 26, 2023 Category: Pop Culture / Streaming
Music journalism is dead. Long live the TikTok detective. Five years ago, we relied on magazine covers and late-night hosts to tell us what to like. Today, the algorithm shows you a clip of a 2018 sitcom, you laugh, and suddenly you are binge-watching a show that was cancelled four years ago.