Joanna Robinson, a cultural critic at The Ringer, examines what made this year's most talked about flops so bad.

Joanna Robinson, a cultural critic at The Ringer, examines what made this year's most talked about flops so bad.

A firebrand fundamentalist is stabbed to death at church in Rian Johnson's new film, Wake Up Dead Man. This over-the-top whodunit uses mystery conventions to open up a spiritual inquiry.

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A firebrand fundamentalist is stabbed to death at church in Rian Johnson's new film, Wake Up Dead Man. This over-the-top whodunit uses mystery conventions to open up a spiritual inquiry.

(Image credit: John Wilson)

It's a whole new world for Mickey, Simba, Stitch and more as Disney brings hundreds of its characters to Sora, the short-form video platform from OpenAI, as part of a three-year licensing agreement.

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In a matter of a few years in the 1960s, Dick Van Dyke became a star on Broadway, television and the silver screen. 

In a matter of a few years in the 1960s, Dick Van Dyke became a star on Broadway, television and the silver screen.