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Nothing is rotten about ‘Hamnet’
“Tell me a story,” the earthy young woman asks the shy Latin tutor early in…
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‘Rental’ only a middling film
It sounds rather like a mixed compliment to say an actor’s persuasive at…
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Steamy ‘Seduction’ reimagines ‘Liaisons’ from a woman’s view
“Welcome to the delicious hell that is high society,” beckons the trailer for “…
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Boxing biopic pulls no punches
“Christy,” directed by David Michôd, begins as a solid sports biopic, the based…
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You may be ‘Regretting’ time spent on corny tale
Colleen Hoover’s “Regretting You,” a tragicomic intergenerational romance…
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Artful ‘Mastermind’ is close to a masterpiece
Not far into Kelly Reichardt’s “The Mastermind,” the title’s irony becomes…
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‘Legs’ has a real ‘Kick’
One senses Linda, the overburdened mom embodied by Rose Byrne in Mary Bronstein…
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Bleak ‘Anemone’ brings star back in from the cold
It is often said our greatest actors could compellingly recite the phone book.…
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Poll: Younger viewers use subtitles more
Taylor Heine, 35, is often multitasking when she watches TV shows or movies at…
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‘Downton Abbey’ gets a smashing send-off
Change comes slowly to the Downton Abbey universe and its Crawley family. Just…
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‘Murder’ will out, despite cutesy moments
In “The Thursday Murder Club,” an amiable, cozy, pleasantly entertaining…
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Thread often hard to follow in ‘Freakier Friday’
It’s a tale as old as time: Body-swapping. It’s magical. It’s comical. It…
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‘Dogs’ casting is nearly perfect
“Are we racists?” That’s the blunt question posed by Bobo, a White girl living…
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Count on thoughtful ‘Materialists’
The problem with so many rom-coms is how often we’re asked to conveniently…
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‘Ballerina’ demonstrates truly killer moves
Watch a bunch of John Wick movies all in a row, and you start to think everyone…
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Beautiful ‘Rust’ fair to middlin’ as a Western film
USA TODAY Being a Western drama, there’s plenty of gunfights, showdowns and old…
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The pulsating ‘Sinners’ absolutely sings
In the last few months, we’ve had Robert Pattinson, Theo James and the great…
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It’s difficult to relate to ‘Freaky Stories’
What’s never quite fleshed out is why this story should resonate with us — or…
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Even more De Niros can’t elevate ‘The Alto Knights’
“You’re the actor!” shouts Anna Genovese at her estranged spouse, gangster Vito…
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Inspiration eventually dies out in ‘Mickey 17’
However crummy you think your 9-5 job is, it’ll never be as bad as Robert…
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‘Monkey’ winds up scares, fumbles tone
It’s not a toy. Whatever you do, do NOT call it a toy. That’s the chilling…
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We’re still ‘Mad About’ our messy ‘Bridget Jones’
It is a truth universally acknowledged, as Bridget Jones herself might write in…
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Academy Museum display focuses on color
In the hit movie “Wicked,” those famous magical shoes are silver. But if you…
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Wildfires may spur interest in ‘21 documentary
When Lucy Walker debuted her harrowing documentary about California wildfires…
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‘Companion’ has humor, but lacks intelligence
“Iris, wake up!” Early in “Companion,” lovely Iris and her nerdy-nice boyfriend…
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‘Action’ far from a comedy coup
Former secret agent Matt (Jamie Foxx) explains he and wife Emily are living a…
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