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What’s New on DVD in October: ‘Halloween,’ ‘The Night Stalker,’ ‘Misery,’ and More
By Alonso Duralde | October 6, 2021 @ 7:56 AMAlonso Duralde highlights spooky favorites and all of the best new physical-media releases
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‘I’m Your Man’ Film Review: Dan Stevens’ Love Robot Helps Tweak Rom-Com Conventions
By Alonso Duralde | September 24, 2021 @ 4:22 PMDirector and co-writer Maria Schrader takes an unsparing look at algorithm-driven relationships — and we’re all in one
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‘Prisoners of the Ghostland’ Film Review: Nicolas Cage Grimaces and Bears It Through Baffling Genre Mishmash
By Alonso Duralde | September 16, 2021 @ 7:50 AMWorking in English for the first time, Japanese auteur Sion Sono’s greatness gets lost in the translation
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What’s New on DVD in September: ‘Zola,’ ‘Mare of Easttown,’ Richard Pryor, and More
By Alonso Duralde | September 14, 2021 @ 8:18 AMAlonso Duralde spotlights the best new physical-media releases
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‘The Mad Women’s Ball’ Film Review: Mélanie Laurent Explores Asylum Life Through a Feminist Lens
By Alonso Duralde | September 12, 2021 @ 8:00 PMToronto 2021: Lou de Laâge sees dead people in a film that examines madhouses as a tool of the patriarchy
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‘Come From Away’ Film Review: 9/11 Musical Finds Hope for Humanity Amid Horror and Heartbreak
By Alonso Duralde | September 8, 2021 @ 1:18 PMThis recording of the Broadway hit is stirring, moving and funny, without ever resorting to mawkishness
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What’s New on DVD in August: David Oyelowo, Mads Mikkelsen, John Travolta and Lily Tomlin, and More
By Alonso Duralde | August 6, 2021 @ 4:36 PMAlonso Duralde spotlights the best new physical-media releases
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‘The Suicide Squad’ Film Review: Margot Robbie and New Villains Face Certain Death With Quips
By Alonso Duralde | August 5, 2021 @ 3:25 PMIncoming writer-director James Gunn mostly nails the balance between hard-R violence and outrageous laughs
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‘Enemies of the State’ Film Review: Powerful Documentary Cuts to the Heart of Internet-Era Persecution and Paranoia
By Alonso Duralde | July 28, 2021 @ 12:45 PMDirector Sonia Kennebeck’s look at one family in the government’s crosshairs offers twists and unpredictability at every step
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‘Playing With Sharks’ Film Review: Valerie Taylor Champions the Ocean’s Most Misunderstood Denizens
By Alonso Duralde | July 23, 2021 @ 6:55 AMOnce a consultant and photographer on ”Jaws,“ conservationist Taylor champions sharks after decades of bad P.R.
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‘Space Jam 2’ Review: LeBron James Nets Nothing in Overstuffed Sequel
By Alonso Duralde | July 14, 2021 @ 12:00 PM”A New Legacy“ barely has jokes for the Looney Tunes, let alone the entire Warner Bros. cast of characters, who spend the film mostly just standing around
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‘Black Widow’ Film Review: Scarlett Johansson Adds a Dash of 007 to the MCU
By Alonso Duralde | July 8, 2021 @ 11:00 AMHer presumed exit from the series allows her to tap out as Florence Pugh taps in
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What’s New on DVD in July: ‘Shiva Baby,’ Cannon Films, ‘Working Girls,’ and More
By Alonso Duralde | July 8, 2021 @ 10:53 AMAlonso Duralde spotlights the best new physical-media releases
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Richard Donner Appreciation: An Old-School Hit-Maker Who Emerged From New Hollywood
By Alonso Duralde | July 5, 2021 @ 3:29 PMDonner’s steering of hits like “Superman” and “Lethal Weapon” recalled the studio days when directors were directors and not auteurs
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‘The Ice Road’ Film Review: Liam Neeson Hauls a Load of Action Clichés
By Alonso Duralde | June 25, 2021 @ 12:01 AMThe downright laughable VFX are just part of the problem with this chilly thriller