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Where to Hop Aboard a Holiday Express Train Ride This Season

Ten terrific Mid-Atlantic rail rambles serving up steam engines, sessions with Santa, winter scenery, and more of the season's best.

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The Decline, Fall, and Unexpected Veneration of Luigi Mangione

The Department of Justice wants to execute the former Gilman valedictorian for the slaying of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Others call him a hero. But what drove the alleged killer?

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Festively Decorated Baltimore Holiday Bars You Need to Visit This Month

Look out for lights, tinsel, wreaths, and even faux snow showers at these winter pop-ups.

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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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My Favorite Films of 2018

This year, the movies pushed back.

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Fall Movie Preview

Five films we're looking forward to this fall.

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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: 12 Years a Slave

The best film about the tragedy of American slavery I’ve ever seen.

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Review: Django Unchained

He’s 49 years old, but in some ways, Quentin Tarantino is still that genius kid in the video store.