"Michael" and the Potterverse are booming. Apparently, we're done feeling bad about what that means.
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"Michael" and the Potterverse are booming. Apparently, we're done feeling bad about what that means
Senior Culture Critic
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May 14, 2026 12:00PM (EDT)
It’s not just the money-making studio execs – fans, too, are often happy for the darker parts of a subject’s life to be ignored,…
Swerving the child abuse allegations, the new Michael Jackson film is yet another revisionist music movie in a long line. We know…
That 'Michael' only focuses on Michael Jackson's legend has angered some. But others are just fine with deifying him.
Antoine Fuqua's biopic sidesteps any controversy by focusing on the singer's early career, but stands out for the way it…
The hit success of the critically reviled Michael Jackson movie shows that his fans only want to see the good – not the truth
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