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Ann’s Dari-Creme is a Total Slice of Americana

The Glen Burnie hot dog joint—famous for its footlongs topped with house-made chili—is still going strong after 75 years.

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The Best Ways to Celebrate Juneteenth Around Baltimore This Week

From food and film screenings to block parties and Black-owned vendor markets—plus the city’s annual AFRAM festival—here's how to commemorate the holiday.

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Movie Review: Materialists

A matchmaker finds the perfect man—for herself.

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Arts & Culture

Four Films You Can’t Miss at The New/Next Film Fest This Weekend

In advance of the fest’s return to The Charles Theatre Oct. 3-6, we review a few of the standout selections.

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Valley of the Dolls: My Favorite Films of 2023

We’re all just living in a Barbie world.

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Maleficent

Reimagined Sleeping Beauty never quite lives up to Angelina Jolie's cheekbones.

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Transcendence

Man vs. machine sci fi is both derivative and ridiculous.

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Captain America: The Winter Soldier

Another great addition to the Avengers franchise

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Divergent

The Breakfast Club goes dystopian

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Bad Words

Jason Bateman's directorial debut is both funny and offensive. (But mostly offensive).

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The Grand Budapest Hotel

Wes Anderson delights (again) in this witty tale of a genteel action hero.

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Pompeii

It's like Gladiator. . . with volcanoes! It's Gladcanoes!

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Winter’s Tale

The cinematic equivalent of a greeting card from a second-rate New Age bookstore.

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The Lego Movie

Surprise! It's really good!

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The Monuments Men

Film about a mission to recover art stolen by the Nazis fails to quicken pulse.

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That Awkward Moment

Too much bathroom humor in this ill-conceived bromantic comedy

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Labor Day

Not even the talented leads can save this ridiculous romance.

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Lone Survivor

A bloody battle in Afghanistan brought vividly (too vividly?) to life.

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Her

On falling in love (with an Operating System)

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The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

For a film about taking risks and embracing adventure, it feels awfully safe.

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Blue is the Warmest Color

An emotional repertoire of adolescence

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Review: Frances Ha

Frances Ha is basically all about the adorableness of Gerwig. Seriously.

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Review: Olympus Has Fallen

This movie has one of the higher body counts of a film that doesn’t take place on the beaches of Normandy that I’ve ever seen.

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Premium Rush

Joseph Gordon-Levitt as America's first hipster-approved action hero.