‘Brand: A Second Coming’ Review: Russell Brand Captured in Warts-and-All Documentary
From an addict to an activist, Ondi Timoner’s film captures the British comedian’s metamorphosis, to striking effect
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‘The Intern’ Review: Anne Hathaway, Robert De Niro Boost This Bland Generation-Gap Comedy
Workplace comedy from Nancy Meyers barely works, but the stars earn overtime by putting their charm in overdrive
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‘Captive’ Review: Kate Mara and David Oleweyo Thriller Fails to Thrill
Well-intentioned but badly-made, this crime-and-religion true story lands on-screen with a thud
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‘The Perfect Guy’ Review: Michael Ealy and Morris Chestnut Can’t Redeem Slapdash Thriller
This love-triangle thriller, also starring Sanaa Lathan, never comes to a sharp point
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‘The Visit’ Review: M. Night Shyamalan Finds a Smaller Canvas for His Mistakes in Blumhouse B-Movie
Director’s latest thriller is smaller-scale, spooky-ish and more of the same …
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‘Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials’ Review: Dylan O’Brien Returns in Dull, Cobbled-Together YA Apocalypse
Director Wes Ball’s sequel continues the series’ broken, bargain-basement construction, like a Russian nesting doll made of layer upon layer of sci-fi cliches and meaningless revelations
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‘The Transporter Refueled’ Review: Rebooted B-Action Series Is No Match for Jason Statham Original
With its sunny locales, sleek cars and fisticuffs, film is a charmless follow-up to a franchise nobody missed that
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‘Tom at the Farm’ Review: Xavier Dolan’s Stunning Romantic Thriller Explores Big Love in a Small Town
French-Canadian prodigy’s dangerously hypnotic 2013 drama, just now released Stateside, mixes rural mystery and secret romance
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‘Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet’ Review: Liam Neeson and Salma Hayek Attempt to Put Poetry in Motion
Shabbily animated and altered from the original texts, this confusion of styles is a needless ”improvement“ on a classic
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‘Straight Outta Compton’ Review: Ice Cube, Dr. Dre and N.W.A. Get a Rich, Rousing Origin Story
The story of one of rap’s most controversial groups, this musical biopic is both rousingly radical and comfortingly conventional — and, perhaps, a little too ambitious in its sprawling scope
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‘The Gift’ Review: Jason Bateman and Rebecca Hall Make a New Enemy in Chilling Thriller
A familiar face as a character actor, Joel Edgerton’s feature-length directing debut delivers a serious set of scares
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‘Naomi and Ely’s No Kiss List’ Outfest Review: Victoria Justice & Pierson Fode Flounder in Gay-Straight Love Triangle
Two leads both have a weakness for men, which causes a rift among all parties involved
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‘The Stanford Prison Experiment’ Review: Real-Life Study Gone Wrong Makes for Gripping Drama
Armed with an extraordinary ensemble, director Kyle Patrick Alvarez isn’t afraid to expand truth into drama with an unexpected dose of comedy
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‘Mr. Holmes’ Review: Ian McKellen Plays an Aged Sherlock in Performance-Showcase Drama
No pipe, no magnifying glass, no Dr. Watson: Older, retired detective tries to untangle his own past at the dimming of the day
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‘Jenny’s Wedding’ Review: Katherine Heigl Comes Out, Gets Hitched in Standard-Issue Lesbian Drama
Moments of vivid characterization poke through the blandness of this slow piece about a suburban couple’s reaction to their daughter marrying a woman
