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’80 for Brady’ Review: Female Friendship Comedy Bolsters Shiny NFL Propaganda Piece
By Fran Hoepfner | January 31, 2023 @ 9:14 AMThe quartet of stars deliver as a pack of real-life football-obsessed friends — and even Tom Brady comes off with some star quality
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‘Maybe I Do’ Review: All-Star Rom-Com Makes You Wish They Hadn’t
By Fran Hoepfner | January 24, 2023 @ 12:00 PMThe offspring of two failed marriages consider tying the knot, but among all six characters there’s not a single recognizable human being
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‘Victim/Suspect’ Review: Exploitative Doc Celebrates Journalists Instead of Talking About Justice
By Fran Hoepfner | January 23, 2023 @ 12:05 PMSundance 2023: That these stories are worth being told is inarguable, but is this the proper lens to go about it?
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‘Judy Blume Forever’ Review: Doc Proves an Writer’s Output Can Be More Memorable Than Their Biography
By Fran Hoepfner | January 21, 2023 @ 12:30 PMSundance 2023: If only this celebratory film serviced its subject with the nuance that novelist Blume has brought to her work
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‘Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields’ Review: Conventional Doc Takes an Immersive Look at an Enduring Star
By Fran Hoepfner | January 20, 2023 @ 4:10 PMSundance 2023: The latest from Lana Wilson (”Miss Americana,“ ”After Tiller“) demonstrates there’s more than beauty behind her subject’s cultural staying power
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‘The Seven Faces of Jane’ Review: Anthology Film Reveals Many Faces of Gillian Jacobs, to Little Avail
By Fran Hoepfner | January 15, 2023 @ 3:04 PMThe Roman Coppola–produced project lacks the variation and surprise that the exquisite-corpse format so often offers
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‘Wildcat’ Film Review: Young Veteran and Baby Ocelot Heal Each Other in Moving Nature Doc
By Fran Hoepfner | December 19, 2022 @ 2:14 PMFirst-time filmmakers go deep into the Peruvian jungle for tale of redemption
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‘Nanny’ Review: Chilling Drama Weaves Haunting Character Study of a Caregiver
By Fran Hoepfner | December 15, 2022 @ 4:25 PMAnna Diop’s turn as an overqualified and beleaguered au pair stands out in Nikyatu Jusu’s ambitious but flawed debut feature
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‘Mindcage’ Review: Martin Lawrence Thriller Gets Stuck in Its Own Logic Trap
By Fran Hoepfner | December 14, 2022 @ 9:00 AMClichéd serial-killer tale aspires to follow in the footsteps of ”Silence of the Lambs“ and TV’s ”Hannibal“ but goes nowhere
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‘Something From Tiffany’s’ Review: The Sparkle Is Missing From This Holiday Rom-Com
By Fran Hoepfner | December 8, 2022 @ 9:00 AMEven the charm of Zoey Deutch and Kendrick Sampson can’t elevate this run-of-the-mill, but beautifully mounted, Christmas love story
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‘Mickey: The Story of a Mouse’ Review: Disney Doc Explores Character, Icon, Ubiquitous Mascot
By Fran Hoepfner | November 17, 2022 @ 3:55 PMInteresting exploration of a global phenomenon goes out of its way to let Disney (the man and the company) off the hook
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‘She Said’ Review: Weinstein Scandal Makes for Stirring, Sometimes Hokey, Journalism Drama
By Fran Hoepfner | November 17, 2022 @ 9:55 AMScreen adaptation of the best-selling book mostly succeeds at recreating the investigation that helped kickstart #MeToo
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‘In Her Hands’ Review: Doc Takes a Tense But Shallow Look at Afghanistan’s Youngest Female Mayor
By Fran Hoepfner | November 16, 2022 @ 12:20 PMThis portrait of Zarifa Ghafari from executive producers Hillary and Chelsea Clinton tells more than it shows – and it doesn’t do enough of either
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‘Bad Axe’ Review: Michigan Documentary Paints a Portrait of Life During COVID
By Fran Hoepfner | November 16, 2022 @ 8:49 AMA family restaurant pushes back against racism and a pandemic to survive
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‘Peaceful’ Review: Mortality Movie Gets Mired in Messaging
By Fran Hoepfner | November 4, 2022 @ 8:50 AMA strong cast — including Catherine Deneuve and oncologist-turned-thespian Gabriel Sara — can do only so much with yet another cancer tale