A. A. Dowd

Freelance Writer

A.A. Dowd is a writer and editor based in Chicago. His work has appeared in such publications as The A.V. Club, Vulture, and Rolling Stone. He is a member of the National Society of Film Critics.

A photo illustration of stills from 2014’s ‘Godzilla’

SCALE MATTERS

There’s Only Been One Great American Godzilla Movie

With another King Kong crossover on the way, let’s revisit the divisive Godzilla movie that launched a new franchise.

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Photo illustration of Margot Robbie in Barbie, Cillian Murphy in Oppenheimer, Jeffrey Wright in American Fiction with Oscar statues

Everyone’s a Winner

This Year Gave Us the Perfect Oscars Best Picture Lineup

Everyone will have a gripe about snubs, but this is the first time that Best Picture is the ideal of what expanding the category was meant to do.

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Ariana DeBose as Asha and a star in Wish.

DREAM ON

‘Wish’ Will Have You Wishing for a Better Disney Movie

The team behind “Frozen” reunites for a new Disney fairy tale that could have used a few more drafts.

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Change the Channel

Tying the MCU’s Future to Its TV Shows Was a Huge Mistake

The box-office failure of “The Marvels” suggests that Marvel’s strategy of tying its movies and TV shows together is actually channel surfing its audiences away.

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