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Gorgo promotional imageImage: Courtesy Metro-Goldwyn-MayerWhy do we love kaiju movies so much? Is it the sight of an enormous creature stomping its way through a metropolis, tapping into our secret desires to see them leveled? Or the representation of nature’s wrath against humanity for its mistreatment of the planet? A punishment for our sins of avarice and hubris? Whatever the reason, giant monster movies are more popular than ever. The King of the Monsters now holds an Oscar statue in ...

With ‘Godzilla x Kong’ shining a light on the biggest movie monsters, we’re taking a look at their kaiju brethren worth knowing — and positing whether they’d stand a chance against the big guys.

A report from the World Bank this week urges nations to redirect the money from subsidy programs to fighting global heating.

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Dear White People creator Justin Simien comes up with a different kind of satire in Bad Hair, a period piece set in the world of cable TV in 1989. It’s a pitch-perfect recreation of an “urban” music video network, where the pressure to fit in drives young employee Anna (Elle Lorraine) to get hair extensions. Unfortunately, those hair extensions are demonically possessed and hungry for blood (but they look great). Crawl A hurricane provides the perfect conditions for alligators to swim in...

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