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Review

Don’t Look Up

by Hannah Strong

Leonar­do DiCaprio and Jen­nifer Lawrence tack­le a cli­mate emer­gency in Adam McKay’s uneven, star-stud­ded dramedy.

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Watch Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence in the Don’t Look Up trailer

by Charles Bramesco

They’re part of an ensem­ble cast includ­ing Meryl Streep and Tim­o­th­ée Cha­la­met in Adam McKay’s cli­mate change satire.
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In Praise Of

“There were times when I was sore from laughing” – Adam McKay on The Other Guys at 10

by Simon Bland

The direc­tor reflects on the mak­ing of his 2010 bud­dy cop com­e­dy, and the seri­ous mes­sage at its heart.
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Jennifer Lawrence and Adam McKay are plotting the end of the world

by Charles Bramesco

But no need to wor­ry – it’s just for their new movie Don’t Look Up.
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#Irrelevant: Is Hollywood losing the fight against social media?

by Tom Duggins

Film is no longer the most cul­tur­al­ly impor­tant medi­um for young peo­ple, but some direc­tors are strik­ing back.
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Review

Vice

by Hannah Strong

Adam McKay’s played-for-laughs por­trait of for­mer VP Dick Cheney strays into Bond vil­lain parody.

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In Retrospect
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In Praise Of

Boats, hoes and dinosaurs – The childish brilliance of Step Brothers

by Rebecca Speare-Cole

Let us count the ways we love Adam McKay’s 2008 com­ic masterwork.
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LWLies Presents

The Big Short video review

by Clarisse Loughrey

Watch to see how Clarisse Loughrey scores Adam McKay’s zany finan­cial cri­sis comedy-drama.
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Review

The Big Short

by David Jenkins

The direc­tor of Anchor­man 2 dials back the screw­ball in this frisky tale of the sub-prime mort­gage melt­down of 2007.

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Review

Get Hard

by David Jenkins

The dodgy pol­i­tics of this would-be com­e­dy might have been more hard-hit­ting had Will Fer­rell and and Kevin Hard giv­en us some­thing to laugh about.

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