‘Same Kind of Different as Me’ Review: Renee Zellweger Brings Grace to Faith-Based True Story
Greg Kinnear and Djimon Hounsou round out the cast of occasionally affecting homelessness drama
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‘Boo 2!’ Review: Tyler Perry Leaves a Flaming Bag of Poo on Your Doorstep
There are funny Madea movies, but this rushed sequel isn’t one of them
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‘Torch Song’ Theater Review: Harvey Fierstein Passes It to Michael Urie
In the original, Fierstein’s outrageousness got you through the play’s lumpy soap opera moments. Urie, in the revival, works the suds
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‘One of Us’ Review: Breaking up With G-d Is Hard to Do
Toronto: The directors of “Jesus Camp” focus, with empathy and understanding, on three people leaving Hasidic Judaism
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‘Wonderstruck’ Review: Todd Haynes Aims for Magic, But It’s Elusive
As a formal exercise in the look and feel of cinema, “Wonderstruck” is dazzing; as a piece of storytelling, it’s more problematic
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‘Killing of a Sacred Deer’ Review: Nicole Kidman, Colin Farrell Get Dark and Freaky
Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos has made a deranged-stalker flick with a thrilling, almost Kubrickian level of coldness and precision
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‘The Snowman’ Review: Michael Fassbender Thriller Melts in a Pool of Slushy Writing
Jo Nesbø’s best-selling serial-killer mystery becomes all coal and no carrot, despite a sterling cast and crew
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‘Only the Brave’ Review: Josh Brolin Firefighter Saga Digs Deep
True-life tale of heroism and sacrifices finds room for rich, complicated characters
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‘BPM’ Review: Powerful AIDS Drama Could Be Awards Bound
Robin Campillo’s film about the early days of ACT UP in Paris packs an emotional wallop and left the Cannes audience in tears
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‘1922’ Review: Thomas Jane Haunted by Guilt in Stephen King Adaptation
This Netflix feature takes 101 minutes to tell an hour-long story, but there are vivid performances and visuals
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‘Thor: Ragnarok’ Review: Cate Blanchett’s Campy Villainess Steals the Thunder
Excitement and silliness abound in this breathlessly action-packed and comic superhero tale
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‘Leatherface’ Review: Umpteenth ‘Texas Chainsaw’ Origin Story Is a Bloody Bore
Grimy and mean-spirited, this prequel brings nothing to the legendary cannibal’s table
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‘Wonder Wheel’ Review: Woody Allen Takes ‘Streetcar’ Again, to Diminished Effect
New York Film Festival: Kate Winslet gets to fill in for Blanche DuBois this time, but Allen’s 1950s drama is no “Blue Jasmine”
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‘The Meyerowitz Stories’ Review: Adam Sandler Nails Noah Baumbach’s Comedy of Dysfunction
Ben Stiller, Dustin Hoffman, Elizabeth Marvel also shine in this sad, hilarious tale of recrimination and redemption
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‘Human Flow’ Review: Ai Weiwei Turns a Compassionate Eye to Refugee Crisis
This documentary challenges viewers to be aware and empathetic about this global phenomenon
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‘Long Strange Trip’ Review: Grateful Dead Doc Is a Rightfully Epic Jam
At four hours, Amir Bar-Lev’s loving tribute to the highs and lows of a legendary band should satisfy the faithful and intrigue the uninitiated
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‘Goodbye Christopher Robin’ Review: True Pooh Story More Than a Run-of-the-Milne Biopic
PTSD and bad parenting balance out the Tiggers and crumpets in this look at the man (and boy) behind Winnie the Pooh
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‘Professor Marston and the Wonder Women’ Review: Diana’s Sexy Roots Are Steamrollered
This look at the triad who created the legendary superheroine blurs the line between biopic and fan-fiction
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‘Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold’ Review: Incisive Writer Gets Equally Perceptive Documentary
New York Film Festival: Didion’s nephew Griffin Dunne takes a lean and honest look at a legendary literary life
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‘Marshall’ Review: Chadwick Boseman Plays Young Thurgood Marshall in Punchy Thriller
Boseman brings another legendary African American to life in Reginald Hudlin’s zippy, focused courtroom drama
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‘The Foreigner’ Review: Jackie Chan Ill-Served by Choppy Drama
Chan disappears for a good chunk of the movie, leaving Pierce Brosnan’s clichéd Irishman to do the heavy lifting
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‘Tom of Finland’ Review: Legendary Gay Erotic Artist Gets Sanitized Biopic
Finland’s Oscar entry scrubs clean the talented illustrator behind those iconic sexy leathermen
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‘Happy Death Day’ Review: ‘Groundhog Day’ Meets ‘Friday the 13th’ in Repetitive Slasher Comedy
There’s a clever premise and charming cast, but this intentionally repetitive thriller doesn’t live up to its potential
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‘Measure for Measure’ Theater Review: Shakespeare With Teleprompters
The Elevator Repair Service’s revival misses the Bard’s poetry
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‘Time and the Conways’ Broadway Review: Elizabeth McGovern Slams the Door on “Downton Abbey”
Director Rebecca Taichman turns a forgotten play into a guilty pleasure worth watching
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‘Spielberg’ Review: Thoughtful Steven Spielberg Doc Doesn’t Capture Director’s Magic
“Spielberg” airs tonight on HBO
