Reviews
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‘Leave One Day’ Review: Slight Musical Is the Most Forgettable Thing About Cannes Film Festival’s Opening Night
Cannes 2025: The food-themed film is a little appetizer, not a main course
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‘Duster’ Review: Josh Holloway Is Effortlessly Cool in Max’s Savvy Crime Drama
J.J. Abrams and LaToya Morgan craft a series that blends fun twists and guest stars with a strong emotional core
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‘Summer of 69’ Review: Ecstatically Funny Teen Sex Comedy Deserves Better Than Hulu Streaming
Jillian Bell’s directorial debut is a drop-dead funny “Risky Business” riff that would have killed in theaters
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‘Fight or Flight’ Review: Josh Hartnett Is So Committed It Hurts in Bonkers (and Awesome) ‘John Wick’ Send-Up
Hartnett re-solidifies his kooky star power in this madcap action-comedy, where he fights dozens of killers on an airplane
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‘Absolute Dominion’ Review: You Gotta Fight! For the Right! Theoooo-logy!
Lexi Alexander’s latest is an ambitious sci-fi martial arts tournament movie where the winner picks which religion rules the world
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‘Juliet & Romeo’ Review: Tryhard Attempt to Make Shakespeare ‘Cool’ Achieves the Opposite
The umpteenth adaptation of the bard’s most famous play exchanges the original, classic dialogue for forgettable pop songs
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‘Forever’ Review: Netflix’s Reimagining of Judy Blume Classic Makes for a Cozy Streaming Favorite
“Girlfriends” creator Mara Brock Akil transforms the novel into a modern tale of young Black love
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‘Friendship’ Review: Tim Robinson and Paul Rudd Are a Riot in the Year’s Best Comedy
The “I Think You Should Leave” star cements his status as a modern comedy genius with writer/director Andrew DeYoung
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‘Lavender Men’ Review: This Quasi-Historical, Fabulously Theatrical Film Smashes Expectations
Lovell Holder and Roger Q. Mason’s stage play adaptation wrestles with history, examines modern love and imagines a queer, powerful Abraham Lincoln
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‘Poker Face’ Season 2 Review: Natasha Lyonne Keeps Murder Fun in Peacock Series’ Return
New showrunner Tony Tost balances huge guest stars and Charlie’s inner conflict, building on the foundation laid by Rian Johnson
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‘The Four Seasons’ Review: Tina Fey Turns Midlife Crises Into Breezy TV With Netflix Remake
Steve Carrell, Will Forte, Colman Domingo and more shine in this keen-eyed examination of love and friendship
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‘Rust’ Review: The Specter of a Real-Life Death Haunts This Tragic Western
Alec Baldwin stars as an aging gunslinger in a melancholy saga, filled with inescapable reminders of the on-set tragedy
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‘Thunderbolts*’ Review: Marvel’s B-Team Gets an A for Effort
Florence Pugh headlines a super team full of has-beens — and it’s the first MCU movie in years that doesn’t feel like a hack job
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‘Real Women Have Curves’ Broadway Review: Latinas Take Cover to Break Free
A timely, feel-good musical brings the 2024-25 theater season to a rousing finish
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‘Dead Outlaw’ Broadway Review: Never Before Has a Musical Been So Strangely Alive
The star of this show is a mummy that goes on a most twisted, tune-filled journey