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Cannes Critic’s Forecast: Tom Cruise, a Cronenberg Gorefest and a Polish Donkey Hit the Croisette
By Alonso Duralde | May 16, 2022 @ 3:45 PMFrom ”Top Gun: Maverick“ to Jerzy Skolimowski’s film told from a donkey’s POV, there’s something for everyone at this year’s fest
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‘On the Count of Three’ Review: Jerrod Carmichael’s Directorial Debut Is a Matter of Life and Death
By Alonso Duralde | May 13, 2022 @ 5:25 PMThe comedian gets to the heart of troubled characters while always finding the uncomfortable laughs
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‘Pleasure’ Film Review: Feminist Workplace Parable Just Happens to Be Set in Porn
By Alonso Duralde | May 13, 2022 @ 2:50 PMNinja Thyberg’s gutting look at an adult film star’s rise speaks to universal issues
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‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Film Review: Tom Cruise Flies the Familiar Skies
By Alonso Duralde | May 12, 2022 @ 6:00 AMCannes 2022: This Gen X fantasy revives everything great and terrible about the 1986 original
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What’s New on DVD/Blu-ray in May: ‘Turning Red,’ ‘X,’ ‘Mississippi Masala’ and More
By Alonso Duralde | May 6, 2022 @ 8:16 AMAlonso Duralde spotlights the month’s best new physical-media releases — because streaming isn’t forever
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Every ‘Star Wars’ Movie Ranked, From Worst to Best
By Alonso Duralde | May 4, 2022 @ 9:09 AMIncluding the best and worst part of each film.
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‘Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness’ Film Review: Sam Raimi Brings Visual Pop to a Less-than-Magical Adventure
By Alonso Duralde | May 3, 2022 @ 6:00 AMThis mystical realm is so crowded with plot and incident and magical doodads that there’s no room for the characters
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‘Memory’ Film Review: Liam Neeson Has a New Worst Movie
By Alonso Duralde | April 27, 2022 @ 7:00 AMWhat starts as clichéd and inept takes a hard turn into morally reprehensible
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‘The Northman’ Film Review: Viking Revenge Saga Conquers With Bloody, Trippy Thrills
By Alonso Duralde | April 21, 2022 @ 5:41 PMAlexander Skarsgård and Nicole Kidman lead an intense (and often freezing) ensemble in this epic from the director of “The Lighthouse” and “The Witch”
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50 Great Romantic Comedies Made Before 1980 (Photos)
By Alonso Duralde | April 18, 2022 @ 4:42 PMDespite the increase in pop-culture amnesia, there are actually a lot of great rom-coms that predate the Reagan era
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‘Aline’ Film Review: Celine Dion Kinda-Sorta Biopic Is Bananas, and Hooray for That
By Alonso Duralde | April 6, 2022 @ 10:02 AMValérie Lemercier’s fan-fic cosplay might have been César-bait, but it’s not like any behind-the-music movie you’ve ever seen
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What’s New on DVD/Blu-ray in April: ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home,’ ‘Parallel Mothers,’ ‘The Girl Can’t Help It,’ and More
By Alonso Duralde | April 5, 2022 @ 1:59 PMAlonso Duralde spotlights the month’s best new physical-media releases — because streaming isn’t forever
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‘Apollo 10 1/2’ Film Review: Richard Linklater’s Nostalgic Reverie Is Less ‘First Man,’ More ‘Crooklyn’
By Alonso Duralde | April 1, 2022 @ 12:05 PMThe ”Boyhood“ director looks back at his ”Space Age Childhood“ when everything seemed new, shiny and possible
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‘Morbius’ Film Review: Jared Leto’s a Vegan Vampire in Underwhelming Marvel Horror
By Alonso Duralde | March 30, 2022 @ 5:00 PMWhat starts as a fun mad-scientist saga ends up in the usual big battle, and the journey drags along the way
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‘Deep Water’ Film Review: Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas’ Marital Passion Goes to Dark Places
By Alonso Duralde | March 16, 2022 @ 9:00 AMDirector Adrian Lyne returns for his first film in decades with all his trashy, entertaining erotic-thriller impulses in effect