Reviews
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‘Man From Nebraska’ Theater Review: Tracy Letts Before His Trip to ‘August: Osage County’
A minor play from a major playwright finally makes its New York stage debut
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‘A Cure for Wellness’ Review: Sludgy Horror Film Mistakes Art Direction for Suspense
There’s a terrible secret in this chic Alpine spa, but by the time it’s revealed, you’ll either have guessed it or you won’t care
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‘The Lego Batman Movie’ Review: Animated Superhero Saga Clicks Spoof to Sincerity
DC Comics’ satire/thrill ride understands its characters better than Zack Snyder ever did
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‘Land of Mine’ Review: Danish Oscar Entry Recounts a Dark WWII Story
Denmark’s use of teenage German POWs to clear land mines makes for searing, timely drama
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‘Sunset Boulevard’ Broadway Review: Glenn Close Leads an Awkward Comeback
Close gives a bravura performance — funny, over-the-top, ridiculous — but her silent film star is never vulnerable except when she attempts to sing
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‘Fifty Shades Darker’ Whipped By Critics As ‘Pulse-Poundingly Bad’
“It plays like an un-asked-for collaboration between the Hallmark and Playboy Channels,” writes TheWrap’s Alonso Duralde
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‘Fifty Shades Darker’ Review: At Least They Look Like They’re Enjoying Themselves This Time
Anastasia and Christian are back in a movie that resembles an un-asked-for collaboration between the Hallmark and Playboy Channels
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‘A United Kingdom’ Review: David Oyelowo Drama Is a Ho-Hum Crowd-Pleaser
Toronto 2016: Amma Asante’s real-life story of an interracial marriage can be stirring, but it’s also very old-fashioned
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‘John Wick: Chapter 2’ Review: Keanu Reeves Kills Again in Action-Packed Sequel
There’s no lack of expertly choreographed kung fu and gun-fu here, as the canine-loving, sartorially splendid liquidator returns
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‘Freaky Friday’ Theater Review: Stage Musical Adaptation Finds Pop Highs – and No Lohan
La Jolla Playhouse production is a curse-free, family-friendly production that embraces its old-fashionedness
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‘Oklahoma City’ Review: Powerful Doc Only Scratches Story’s Surface
Sundance 2017: Barak Goodman tries to connect 1995 bombing with earlier incidents in Ruby Ridge and Waco, but bites off more than his audience can digest
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‘I Am Not Your Negro’ Review: Oscar-Nominated Doc Lets James Baldwin’s Words Echo Through 2017
Director Raoul Peck lets the great writer do all the talking, and his observations about race in America remain all too relevant today
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‘Rings’: ‘Entirely Useless’ and 6 More Vicious Reviews
The threequel to “The Ring” has yet to receive a single positive review on Rotten Tomatoes
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‘Rings’ Review: Watch It, and Seven Days Later You’ll Have Forgotten It
A death-cult idea briefly animates this belated sequel to the Japanese-inspired horror franchise, before horror mundanity sets in
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‘The Space Between Us’ Review: Martian Teen Saga Earthbound by Inanity
Ludicrous sci-fi romance will engage neither the space between your ears nor the space between your ribs