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Nick Schager is an Entertainment Critic for The Daily Beast, covering everything great (and not-so-great) in the worlds of film, TV, music, and pop culture. A graduate of Johns Hopkins University and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, his work has also appeared in Variety, Esquire, Entertainment Weekly, Rolling Stone, Vulture and dozens of other entertainment publications.Send him tips: tips@thedailybeast.com. You can also use our anonymous document submission system, SecureDrop. Click here to find out how.
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‘The Woman in the Yard’: Get Off My Lawn, Ghost Lady!
LET DOWNThe new thriller is less fun than mowing the lawn.

Tom Hardy’s New Mob Drama Should Sleep with the Fishes
SNUFFED OUTTry to find a cliché that “MobLand” doesn’t exploit.

Michelle Williams Is Horny and Kinky—and Dying of Cancer
BUCKET LISTMichelle Williams should clear her trophy shelf for an Emmy for the spectacular “Dying for Sex.”

Paul Rudd Kills a Unicorn and Should Be Tried for His Crime
NO-TRICK PONYIn exasperating “Death of a Unicorn,” the magical horn increasingly comes to feel like a middle finger to the audience.

Jason Statham Is a Perfect Murderous Vigilante in New Movie
NO-NONSENSENobody does blue-collar bada**ery quite like Jason Statham.

Prepare to Weep at This Movie Starring Naomi Watts and a Dog
KLEENEX ALERTLet’s just say, don’t watch “The Friend” on an airplane.

Seth Rogen Viciously Mocks Hollywood in Hilarious New Series
LA LA LAND“The Studio” is one of the most satisfying and wall-to-wall funny showbiz satires in a very, very long time.

The Sci-Fi Horror Film Moviegoers Have Been Waiting For
TRIPPYThe new movie “Ash” is a sci-fi horrorshow of hallucinatory evil. Heck yeah.

‘Snow White’ Is Disney’s Biggest Live-Action Catastrophe Yet
BAD APPLEMirror, mirror on the wall, what’s the most disappointing remake of them all?

Ellen Pompeo Breaks Bad in Wackadoo Natalia Grace TV Show
NO SCRUBSThe star’s first major role since stepping back from “Grey’s Anatomy” duties is this true-crime saga of the adopted girl with dwarfism who was really an adult posing as a child.
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