Reviews
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‘Ebenezer’ Review: Johnny Depp’s Schtick Is Stale in Tired Adaptation
Filmmaker Ti West brings nothing new to the umpteenth take on “A Christmas Carol”
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‘The Good Daughter’ Review: Meghann Fahy and Rose Byrne Are Feuding Sisters With Endless Baggage in Gripping Peacock Mystery
An excellent Brendan Gleeson anchors the twisted six-episode limited series about trauma, secrets and injustice
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‘The Body’ Review: Netflix Mixes Dance and the Devil for Wickedly Addicting YA Drama
Creator Quinn Shephard devises a delicious psychodrama around a Catholic high school dance troupe that’s prime for binging
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‘How to Rob a Bank’ Review: How Not to Make an Antiestablishment Film
You can’t make an anti-capitalist film if the profits go to Jeff Bezos, but even if you could, it would have to be better than this hackery
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‘The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power’ Season 3 Review: Show Hits Its Stride in Darkest Season Yet
Amazon’s big-budget fantasy series returns with a more focused story that finally puts a ring on Sauron’s finger
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‘Here There Are Blueberries’ Broadway Review: No Actor Can Upstage These Nazi Photos
A few images speak much louder than many words in Moisés Kaufman and Amanda Gronich’s play about the Holocaust
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‘Steps’ Review: Netflix Animation’s Revisionist Fairy Tale Has Its Charms
Ali Wong, Stephanie Hsu and Amanda Seyfried star in an amusing kids movie about Cinderella’s misunderstood, not evil, stepsisters
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‘Wanted’ Broadway Review: These 2 Bandits Are No Bonnie and Clyde
The real-life, gun-slinging Mary and Martha Clarke are too nice to be believed in this new musical
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‘Ramayana: Rise of a Legend’ Review: Nitesh Tiwari’s Bright, Bracing Saga Will Stun You
The year’s second adaptation of an ancient, magic epic is a welcome, wonderful contrast to Christopher Nolan’s grim, harrowing “The Odyssey”
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‘Jimmy’ Review: A Blunder-ful Biopic About James Stewart’s Wonderful Life
KJ Apa plays the ‘Mr. Smith Goes to Washington’ star in a fawning melodrama that mimics Stewart’s persona, but struggles to find his soul
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‘Black Doves’ Season 2 Review: Keira Knightley and Ben Whishaw’s Netflix Spy Drama Gets Even Better
Miscastings and some unbelievable twists aside, this British series is a well-acted and dark delight
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‘A Dog’s Perfect Christmas’ Review: The Dog Lives This Time! We Repeat, the Dog Lives!
The third “A Dog’s [Blank]” movie ditches the reincarnation angle and replaces it with familiar “Netflix Original Christmas” vibes
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‘The Cat in the Hat’ Review: Warner Bros. Waters Down Dr. Seuss’ Ode to Anarchy
Bill Hader stars in an animated film that transforms the classic, anarchic picture book into a forgettable and safe endorsement of the status quo
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‘The Last Temptation of Becky’ Review: This Badass Antifa Franchise Deserves a Bigger Budget
Lulu Wilson has Regina George’s snark and Jason Voorhees’ homicidal mania in the latest wildly entertaining, absurdly violent “Becky” sequel
