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Thomas, Scheffler, DeChambeau, McIlroy and Koepka are seen throughout the movie, participating in Gilmore’s ridiculous training sessions and eventually battling an antagonistic group of golfers from the fictional Maxi professional golf league.—
Stephanie Stremplewski,
Louisville Courier Journal,
26 July 2025 -
These bizarre allegations are ridiculous and a weak attempt at distraction.—
Domenico Montanaro,
NPR,
25 July 2025
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The Euro 2025 quarter-finals had late drama, with Italy squeezing past Norway, a comeback out of nowhere from England, and a farcical penalty shootout win over Sweden.—
Michael Cox,
New York Times,
20 July 2025
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At the heart of her tale lies an early-twentieth-century initiative that was undertaken with absolute earnestness at the time but seems almost farcical today: a multicountry effort to redirect America’s enormous influx of Jewish immigrants from Ellis Island to Galveston, Texas.—
Kathryn Schulz,
New Yorker,
28 Apr. 2025
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The fallout was immediate, surreal, and more than a little revealing.—
Jesse Edwards,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 July 2025
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Naomi Watts broke out with a surreal leading turn in David Lynch's Mulholland Drive (2001).—
EW.com,
EW.com,
11 July 2025
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To be fair, dealing with any healthcare bureaucracy in America is sure to be frustrating and annoying, and will most likely turn into a Kafkaesque nightmare.—
Emily Cegielski,
Flow Space,
27 June 2025
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Among its recent publications is Kheir’s Kafkaesque novel about an Egyptian man released from prison after serving a seven-year sentence who tries to get his old job as a translator back.—
Michael Schaub,
Oc Register,
25 June 2025
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Yes, studio horror often requires a certain level of playfulness — how else to sell all those poor character decisions, all that unnecessary gore, all those ludicrous twists — but the ones that work still have something true at their core, something that sticks in your mind.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
16 July 2025
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Gunn has loaded this flick with tons of action, some quite ludicrous, and takes his cues from any number of inspirations including the past movies, TV shows and particularly Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely’s All Star Superman book that has informed much of his script.—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
8 July 2025
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Their ground ball defensive multiplier is a laughable 124.2, with 1B Nathaniel Lowe the primary offender.—
Tony Blengino,
Forbes.com,
22 July 2025
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And the idea that Anaheim might be a tourist destination was laughable.—
Michael Slaten,
Oc Register,
13 July 2025
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“Alice-in-Wonderland.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Alice-in-Wonderland. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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