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‘Raya and the Last Dragon’ Film Review: Disney Animated Epic Offers a Dynamic, Complex Saga
By Alonso Duralde | March 1, 2021 @ 9:00 AMFrom dazzling visuals to grand-scale world-building to an extraordinary voice cast, this sweeping feature has it all
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‘Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell’ Film Review: Intimate Doc Recalls Both the Life and the Art of a Hip-Hop Legend
By Alonso Duralde | March 1, 2021 @ 7:00 AMEmmett Malloy’s documentary cares about the musical craft of Notorious B.I.G. as much as it does the controversies
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‘The United States vs Billie Holiday’ Review: Lee Daniels’ History Lesson Mixes Anger and Gloss
By Alonso Duralde | February 26, 2021 @ 12:05 PMIt’s another look at J. Edgar Hoover’s war on Black America, told with old-movie sheen — and a definite lack of subtlety
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‘Tom & Jerry’ Film Review: Grating Cat-and-Mouse Comedy Puts the ‘Ow’ in ‘Meow’
By Alonso Duralde | February 26, 2021 @ 12:01 AMHow do you turn a nine-minute cartoon into a hybrid live action-animation feature film? Not like this.
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‘Cherry’ Film Review: Tom Holland Addiction Drama Unfolds in an All-Too-Familiar Way
By Alonso Duralde | February 25, 2021 @ 9:00 AMThe Russo brothers provide their Spider-Man a great acting opportunity, but their film feels familiar and facile
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‘The Mauritanian’ Film Review: Jodie Foster Fights for Justice in Sluggish Gitmo Drama
By Alonso Duralde | February 18, 2021 @ 8:45 AMEven with an impressive line-up on both sides of the camera, post-9/11 abuses remain difficult to dramatize
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What’s New on DVD in February: ‘Tesla,’ ‘Collective,’ ‘Freaky’ and More
By Alonso Duralde | February 17, 2021 @ 8:17 AMCold weather and/or the pandemic have you staying in? Alonso Duralde’s monthly column spotlights the best new DVDs and Blu-rays
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‘Barb & Star’ Film Review: Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo Go to Cloud Cuckoo Land
By Alonso Duralde | February 11, 2021 @ 6:00 PM”…Go to Vista Del Mar“ plays by its own rules of absurdism and rides that wave all the way to shore
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‘The Map of Tiny Perfect Things’ Film Review: Stuck-in-Time Teen Romance Is Déjà Vu All Over Again
By Alonso Duralde | February 9, 2021 @ 12:00 PMThe leads are charismatic, but after ”Groundhog Day,“ ”Palm Springs,“ ”Russian Doll,“ there’s nothing new here
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Christopher Plummer Appreciation: From King Lear to Klingon, Stage and Screen Legend Did It All
By Alonso Duralde | February 5, 2021 @ 5:24 PMThe Oscar-winning star brought grace and gravitas to several decades’ worth of unforgettable characters
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‘Malcolm & Marie’ Film Review: Zendaya and John David Washington Tackle Relationship Drama With No Holds Barred
By Alonso Duralde | February 5, 2021 @ 7:00 AMWriter-director Sam Levinson’s script doesn’t quite make it to the final bell, but his talented actors go the distance
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‘Amy Tan: Unintended Memoir’ Film Review: Portrait of the Artist as a Daughter of Immigrants
By Alonso Duralde | February 2, 2021 @ 5:51 PMSundance 2021: ”American Masters“ documentary catalogs the extraordinary life of a modern literary master
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‘Together Together’ Film Review: Patti Harrison Delivers Star-Making Performance in Surrogacy Comedy
By Alonso Duralde | January 31, 2021 @ 2:52 PMSundance 2021: The ”Shrill“ co-star and Ed Helms make a perfect platonic pair in witty relationship tale
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‘Supernova’ Film Review: Colin Firth and Stanley Tucci Elevate Shallow Disease Drama
By Alonso Duralde | January 28, 2021 @ 10:32 AMWriter-director Harry Macqueen summons big issues around death and love but never digs too deeply
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Cloris Leachman Appreciation: Versatile Actress Had a Gift, and Kept on Giving
By Alonso Duralde | January 27, 2021 @ 4:02 PMFrom ”Kiss Me Deadly“ to ”The Croods,“ Phyllis Lindstrom to Frau Blücher, her paintbox ranneth over