Polygon: All Posts by Brad Sandershttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/42931/favicon.ico2023-04-23T12:01:00-04:00https://www.polygon.com/authors/brad-sanders/rss2023-04-23T12:01:00-04:002023-04-23T12:01:00-04:00A new wave of basketball movies is aimed at expert-level fandom
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<p>Ben Affleck’s Air, Adam Sandler’s Hustle, and a courtful of new sports dramas focus on a bigger picture</p>
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https://www.polygon.com/23686486/new-basketball-movies-air-hustle-high-flying-birdBrad Sanders2022-07-24T14:00:00-04:002022-07-24T14:00:00-04:00These classic creature features prove you don’t need a shark for a great Jaws movie
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<figcaption>Graphic: Pete Volk/Polygon | Source images: Scream Factory, Shout! Factory</figcaption>
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<p>Jaws swam so these three knockoffs could float</p>
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https://www.polygon.com/what-to-watch/23272697/piranha-orca-alligator-movies-like-jawsBrad Sanders2022-05-02T10:05:00-04:002022-05-02T10:05:00-04:00Barry is whatever show Bill Hader decides it should be
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<figcaption>Photo: Merrick Morton/HBO</figcaption>
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<p>Gallows humor, anti-war cinema, and NoHo Hank — Hader and his HBO show have it all</p>
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https://www.polygon.com/23049143/bill-hader-barry-performance-episodeBrad Sanders2022-04-08T16:01:00-04:002022-04-08T16:01:00-04:00With Netflix’s teen music movie Metal Lords, Game of Thrones’ D.B. Weiss gets personal
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<figcaption>Photo: Scott Patrick Green/Netflix</figcaption>
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<p>The story about three high-school metalheads was inspired by his own teenage bands</p>
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https://www.polygon.com/23015794/metal-lords-review-netflix-movie-db-weiss-game-of-thronesBrad Sanders2022-03-04T18:21:00-05:002022-03-04T18:21:00-05:00The Long Walk defines a whole new wave of horror
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<p>Her genre mashup — serial-killer story, time-travel movie, and arthouse drama — starts quiet, then goes for broke</p>
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https://www.polygon.com/reviews/22962239/the-long-walk-review-mattie-doBrad Sanders2022-02-03T11:50:00-05:002022-02-03T11:50:00-05:00The Scorpion King predicted everything about modern blockbusters
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<p>From Dwayne Johnson’s ascendancy to the franchise-spinoff model to getting owned by Spider-Man</p>
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