Reviews
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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
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‘Lion’ Review: Dev Patel Stars in Well-Intentioned Awards Bait
Even Nicole Kidman’s lovely performance can’t obscure this film’s odd ideas about well-meaning white parents and their obliviousness to their adoptive children’s background
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‘The Comedian’ Review: Robert De Niro Skims Surface as Washed-Up Stand-Up
The movie aims to be “The Wrestler” for the comedy-club set, but it too often settles for cheap gags and even cheaper sentiment
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‘Paris 05:59 Théo & Hugo’ Review: Two Frenchmen Thunderstruck by Love at an Orgy
This gay romance pivots from an opening scene of explicit sexuality to a sweet courtship in the City of Lights
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‘I Am Michael’ Review: James Franco Plays ‘Ex-Gay’ in Provocative Biopic
Franco stars as a real-life journalist who embraced fundamentalist Christianity after feeling torn between gayness and God
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‘Resident Evil: The Final Chapter’ Review: Milla Jovovich Franchise Saves Its Best for Last
This alleged conclusion to the apocalyptic series may be predictable, but it’s surprisingly satisfying
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Michael Nordine -
‘The Liar’ Theater Review: David Ives Channels Trump Through Corneille
Death is easy, comedy is hard, and French farce is nearly impossible to perform
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‘The Salesman’ Review: Iran’s Oscar Entry Unfurls Tense Domestic Drama
Asghar Farhadi (“A Separation”) offers up another unsettling morality play about married actors traumatized by a violent attack
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‘Gold’ Review: Matthew McConaughey Digs Up the Unexpected
Every time you think you know where this rags-to-riches saga is going, it takes an unpredictable turn
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‘A Dog’s Purpose’ Review: Canine Tear-Jerker Fails the Sniff Test
Sentimentality overwhelms in this salute to puppy love (and the power of dog death to milk audience tears)
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‘The New Radical’ Sundance Review: Provocative Doc Examines Charismatic Anarchist
Sundance 2017: Cody Wilson believes in a well-armed society that keeps its money secret from the government, and while the film may not agree, it will get you thinking
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Sam Fragoso