Reviews
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‘Easter Sunday’ Film Review: Jo Koy’s Fractured Family Comedy Is All Cracks
Koy’s onstage charm doesn’t quite make the leap to the big screen, in a movie that forfeits cultural specificity for a wacky crime subplot
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‘Prey’ Film Review: Suspenseful ‘Predator’ Prequel Revitalizes Monster-Alien Franchise
Set among indigenous North American peoples in the 18th century, this latest entry thrillingly goes back to basics
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‘Luck’ Film Review: Animated Tale Delivers More Horseshoes Than Broken Mirrors
It’s another film that turns everything mystical and unknowable into a corporate environment – but its better flourishes kick it up a notch
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Beyoncé, ‘Renaissance’ Review Roundup: Critics Hail the New Album ‘Unmitigated Ecstasy’
Critics love the whole “yoncé groove,” but can’t agree on “Thique”
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‘They/Them’ Film Review: Sharp Script Gives Bite to Gay-Conversion Camp Horror Story
Kevin Bacon delivers cult-leader charisma and clearly relishes the subtleties of writer-director John Logan’s dialogue
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‘Reservation Dogs’ Season 2 Review: FX Series Is Weightier, Lovelier and Even Funnier
Sterlin Harjo and Taika Waititi’s wonderful dramedy continues its poignant exploration of home
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What’s New on DVD/Blu-ray in August: ‘Crimes of the Future,’ ‘Heavy Metal Parking Lot,’ ‘Pam & Tommy’ and More
Alonso Duralde spotlights the month’s best new physical-media releases, because you never really own a film or TV show if it’s on digital
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‘Bullet Train’ Film Review: Brad Pitt Caper Comedy Suffers From Terminal Self-Satisfaction
A talented cast and high-speed setting are wasted on a glib, bloody comedy of the post-Tarantino school
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‘Not Okay’ Film Review: Quinn Shephard’s Tangy Influencer Satire Misses the Mark
The talented writer-director’s sophomore effort awkwardly critiques internet fame as a coping mechanism
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‘Alone Together’ Film Review: Katie Holmes Finds Love During Lockdown in COVID-19 Romance
Holmes has sharp instincts as a writer-director but too often takes the path of Lifetime schmaltz
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‘From Where They Stood’ Film Review: Solemn Doc Spotlights Concentration Camp Photos
Rare snapshots taken by prisoners provide another angle for bearing witness to the Holocaust
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‘Uncoupled’ Review: Neil Patrick Harris Takes Manhattan in Netflix’s Fizzy New Rom-Com
Harris is reluctantly single and ready to mingle in a show that evokes “Sex and the City”… in a good way
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‘Paper Girls’ Review: Amazon’s Answer to ‘Stranger Things’ Nails the Drama, Skimps on the Spectacle
Prime Video’s adaptation of the Brian K. Vaughn comic has compelling characters, but suffers from B-movie-level sci-fi
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‘Surface’ Review: Apple TV+ Series Is a Jumble of Shallow Thrills
Gugu Mbatha-Raw leads the psychological thriller as a woman attempting to regain her memories
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‘Vengeance’ Film Review: B.J. Novak’s Capable Directorial Debut Suffers From B.J. Novak’s Script
Starring as a Brooklyn podcaster investigating a Texas murder, Novak wants to challenge both-sides narratives while also indulging in one