Are we back to normal?
Not yet, and maybe never.
(Because aren’t they the real reason for the season?)

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They will laser you in space!
thatShang-Chicuts right through with one early kinetic showdown.
House of Pain,Dune
The phrase “What’s in the box?”

Simu Liu and Awkwafina in ‘Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings.'.Marvel Studios
hasn’t hung this heavy since Brad Pitt got gifted Gwyneth’s head inSeven.
Are they connected psychically, spiritually, physically?
Twinsies,Malignant
If you haven’t seenJames Wan’s truly bananas horror hit, stop reading.

Paul Atreides (Timothée Chalamet) gets tested in the ways of the Bene Gesserit by Reverend Mother Gaius Helen Mohiam (Charlotte Rampling) in ‘Dune.'.Warner Bros. Pictures
A version of this story appears inEntertainment Weekly’s January issue, on newsstands Friday andavailable to order here.

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Anya Taylor-Joy and Thomasin McKenzie mirror each other in ‘Last Night in Soho’.Parisa Taghizadeh/Focus Features

Daniel Craig and Ana de Armas in ‘No Time to Die’.Nicola Dove/MGM

Nina Simone in ‘Summer of Soul’.Searchlight Pictures

Agathe Rousselle in ‘Titane’.NEON

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