Winston Cook-Wilson

Winston Cook-Wilson is a writer living in Brooklyn. His work has appeared in Pitchfork, Grantland, Wondering Sound and The Village Voice.

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Baz Luhrmann's 'The Get Down' Could Be Worth $120 Million After All 

It creates a comprehensive view of its time and place, offering an inventive picture of hip-hop's beginnings.

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From 'Room' to 'Pete's Dragon,' 2016 is the Year of the Feral Child

With 'The Jungle Book,' 'Pete's Dragon,' and 'Room,' especially, it's hard not to think it's a trend.

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With 'The Crow' Reboot, Jason Momoa May Play Role of Brandon Lee

Momoa is going to be a sight to see if he assumes Lee’s old garish get-up.

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Die Antwoord Says 'Suicide Squad' Ripped Off its Style

Zef life, Killer Croc. David Ayer = "fake fuck."

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Can Bon Iver, Indie's Most Hated Man, Ever Shush the Haters?

Justin Vernon's new album, premiering this weekend, will take him one step further from the stigma surrounding him.

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In ‘UnREAL’ Season 2, A Once-Brilliant Show Became What It Mocks

How the second season of the once-beloved Lifetime show did itself in while struggling toward higher drama.

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This 'Arrival' Teaser Shows Denis Villeneuve's Heady Alien Invasion

The 'Sicario' director's new movie, ahead of 'Blade Runner 2,' will rope in fans of 'Close Encounters' or 'Contact.'

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The Formative Action Film of the Millennium Has Come to Netflix

It is the action franchise's finest hour, and greatest anomaly.

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'Nine Lives' is Way More Twisted Than 'Suicide Squad'

Barry Sonnenfeld's cat fable is one of the darkest, most nihilistic "children's" "films" I've ever seen.

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Will PARTYNEXTDOOR's New OVO Album Help Him Escape Drake?

The initial signs point to an another mild, ineffectual full-length from Drake's first protégé.

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The Trailer for Dan Brown's 'Inferno' is the Best Comedy of 2016

They skipped 'The Lost Symbol' movie just to give us these riotous two-and-a-half minutes.

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How Did 'Sausage Party,' The First R-Rated CG Movie, Get Made? 

It wasn't easy, to be sure. They really had to grind it out.

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Ariana Grande Casually Tosses Out Two New Songs and a Video

She looked in her rearview mirror and it seems to make a lot more sense... to start a Soundcloud!

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Jorah Mormont Is the Only 'Game of Thrones' Character I Care About

Why do I care? 

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Awful 'UnREAL' Season 2 Has Officially Jumped the Shark

 We didn't want to believe it. But 'UnREAL,' post-police-shooting-plot, has truly proved its misguidedness.

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Can John Turturro Get Any Sadder in 'The Night Of'?            

The Passion of John Stone continues as Naz suffers, but learns to make his way, at Rikers. 

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Moving 'Gleason' Is The Documentary of the Summer

Hours of candid footage allow this film to be much more than a document of a terminal illness setting in.

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Frank Ocean is Bad at Arty Album Rollouts, Which Are Stupid

Apple Music and TIDAL, among others, have provoked major artist to engage in this kind of pomposity.

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Sci-Fi's 6 Best Sensory Deprivation Scenes

Did you love Eleven's interdimensional travels? Maybe an 'Altered States' viewing is in order.

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Why Not Watch Tywin Lannister Wind Up His Robot Dick?

Seriously. Just watch 1996's Dennis Hopper sci-fi star feature 'Space Truckers' and you'll get this and more.

ByWinston Cook-Wilson