Reviews
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‘The Wall’ Review: Aaron Taylor-Johnson Pinned Down by a Sniper and a Minimalist Script
Doug Liman’s pared-down, Iraq-set war movie never fully expresses what it has to say about human conflict
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‘Arlington’ Theater Review: Enda Walsh Revisits a Few Dystopian Classics
The playwright conjures up ideas and images from “1984,” “Mara and Dann,” and “Blade Runner”
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‘Snatched’ Review: Amy Schumer and Goldie Hawn Make an Uneven Duo in Comic Misadventure
There are sporadic laughs in this haphazard mother-daughter vacation gone wrong, but with this dream comedy pairing — it should be funnier
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Robert Abele -
Brutal ‘King Arthur: Legend of the Sword’ Reviews: Critics Fart in Film’s General Direction
Guy Ritchie’s manic take on the once and future king gets mercilessly panned
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‘King Arthur: Legend of the Sword’ Review: Guy Ritchie’s Excesses Put the ‘A Lot’ in Camelot
How much you enjoy the extreme-ification of the legend will depend on your tolerance for Ritchie’s mad garble of images
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‘Ernest Shackleton Loves Me’ Theater Review: A New Musical That’s More Twee Than Treat
The one-act show doesn’t just embrace its offbeat, time-traveling premise, but fairly wallows in it
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‘Burden’ Review: Pioneering, Provocative Artist Chris Burden Gently Explained in New Doc
The late bad boy of death-defying performance and life-affirming sculpture (including those famous L.A. streetlights) remembered warmly and with respect
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Dave White -
‘Pacific Overtures’ Theater Review: Stephen Sondheim Survives the Scissors
John Doyle’s staging has humor, thanks to the inspired casting of Ann Harada. But why trim Sondheim’s score?
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‘The Dinner’ Review: Laura Linney, Steve Coogan Cram Too Much on Their Plate
Oren Moverman (“The Messenger”) overserves the ideas in this topical thriller-satire
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Ben Croll -
‘3 Generations’ Review: Elle Fanning Tries Hard in Timid Trans Tale
A teen’s transition takes a backseat to the family members (played by Naomi Watts and Susan Sarandon) who must learn how to cope
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‘Chuck’ Review: Liev Schreiber Transforms Himself into the Boxer Who Would Inspire ‘Rocky’
Bittersweet saga of also-ran boxer Chuck Wepner, like its subject, goes the distance without quite becoming a champion
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‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2’ Review: Second Album Is All Hooks, No Deep Cuts
Chris Pratt and company keep the banter and breeziness coming, but this sequel comes off more as fun filler than a movie unto itself
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‘Risk’ Review: Julian Assange Doc Only Scratches Surface of Controversy
Oscar-winning documentarian Laura Poitras got plenty of access to the WikiLeaks founder, but a full portrait remains maddeningly elusive
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Robert Abele -
‘How to Be a Latin Lover’ Review: Gigo-Lowbrow Comedy Disappoints
Mexican star Eugenio Derbez leads a talented cast doing their best to elevate this broad farce
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Claudia Puig -
‘Slack Bay’ Review: Merchant Ivory Meets Monty Python in Period Farce
Juliette Binoche leads a cast having a great time — and that enjoyment is infectious in Bruno Dumont’s latest
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Sam Fragoso