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Michael Nordine is a Los Angeles-based film critic. His writing has been featured in Variety, the Los Angeles Times, Vice, LA Weekly, the Village Voice, and the Washington Post, among others, and his reviews can be found on both Metacritic and Rotten Tomatoes. Michael served as Weekend Editor at IndieWire prior to joining Britannica, a position that saw him filing articles live from the Oscars and Golden Globes.
He is a member of both LAFCA (the Los Angeles Film Critics Association) and FIPRESCI (the International Federation of Film Critics).
It’s hard not to think of Royal Tenenbaum the first time you meet Zsa-zsa Korda.
A chalk barrier encircles the secluded home, though it’s unclear whether it’s meant to keep something in or out.
Tom Cruise needs us to trust him one last time.
