‘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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‘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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‘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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‘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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‘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
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’11/8/16’ Review: Doc Examines the Election Day Heard ‘Round the World
Hamptons International Film Festival: Sixteen filmmaking teams across the country captured reactions the day Trump faced Clinton at the ballot box
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‘Faces Places’ Review: Agnès Varda Takes a Joyful Artist’s Journey Into Rural France
The acclaimed 89-year-old French filmmaker devotes her latest documentary to portraits of ordinary people
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‘Una’ Review: Rooney Mara Confronts Her Childhood Predator, But It’s Complicated
Mara and Ben Mendelsohn are riveting, but do we really need another movie that excuses an older man’s sexual abuse?
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‘Mountain Between Us’ Review: Idris Elba and Kate Winslet Plane Crash Drama Falls Short
TIFF 2017: A love story cheapens the grand survival story in Palestinian director Hany Abu-Assad’s latest
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‘Walking Out’ Review: Matt Bomer Anchors Powerful Father-Son Drama
Sundance 2017: Despite some script deficiencies, this tale of bonding over a Montana hunting trip is both moving and thrilling
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‘Dina’ Review: Doc Explores Love, Marriage and Autism
Sundance 2017: The directors of “Mala Mala” follow their captivating heroine through wedding prep and love pains without condescension or coddling
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‘The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson’ Review: Trans Icon Celebrated in New Doc
David France (“How to Survive a Plague”) recalls Johnson’s activism and investigates the suspicious circumstances of her death
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‘My Little Pony: The Movie’ Review: Friendship Is Magic, and So Is This Equestrian Adventure
Everything that makes the show so beloved by kids (and their parents) survives the jump to the big screen, bringing unbridled joy to all
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‘Barracuda’ Review: Alison Tolman Unravels in Powerful Sibling Drama
Tolman and Sophie Reid play polar-opposite sisters who meet as adults and throw each other’s lives into turmoil
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‘Brawl in Cell Block 99’ Review: Vince Vaughn’s a Prison Crasher in Brutal Vengeance Flick
“Bone Tomahawk” filmmaker S. Craig Zahler turns in another viscous blend of low-key character study and violent low-art pulp
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‘The Florida Project’ Review: Neorealist Indie Strikingly Captures the Other Orlando
Willem Dafoe and talented newcomers capture Disney-adjacent homelessness in the latest from director Sean Baker (“Tangerine”)
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‘Better Watch Out’ Review: Holiday Horror Comedy Plays Like ‘Home Alone’ with a Body Count
A babysitter and her tween charge fend off home invaders on Christmas Eve in this darkly hilarious thriller
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‘Tiny Beautiful Things’ Theater Review: Nia Vardalos Provides Major Feels as Cheryl Strayed
“My Big Fat Greek Wedding” star co-adapts and stars as a famed advice columnist whose own life is a bit of a mess
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‘The Gifted’ Review: Drama Is One Mutant Origin Story Too Many
“The Gifted” airs tonight at 9/8c on Fox
