Reviews
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‘Breakable You’ Palm Springs Review: Bright Ensemble Elevates Neurotic Comedy
Tony Shalhoub, Holly Hunter and Alfred Molina co-star in a roundelay that’s like a more sexually forthright Woody Allen piece
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‘Claire in Motion’ Review: Betsy Brandt Gets Caught in Elliptical Mystery
The “Breaking Bad” co-star plays an academic whose husband disappears in a film that’s heavy on atmosphere but light on plotting
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‘Sleepless’ Review: Jamie Foxx Goes Undercover in Underwritten Cop Drama
So trite as to teeter on parody, this Vegas-set ticking-clock thriller is a shouty bore
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‘Reset’ Review: Ballet’s Benjamin Millepied Just Wants to Have Fun
The choreographer of the Paris Opera Ballet explores the radical notion that dancers should have enjoy dancing
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‘Live by Night’ Review: Ben Affleck Presents the Boring Twenties
The actor-writer-director’s homage to vintage gangster movies isn’t a complete failure but it’s an offer you can refuse
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‘The Bye Bye Man’ Review: Fear Takes a Hike In Overwrought Teen Flick
Clichés, cheap shocks, and talkiness mar this Freddy Krueger-ish yarn about a summoned spirit who foments delusions
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‘The Present’ Review: Cate Blanchett Makes Her Broadway Debut in Great Company
Thanks to Blanchett and the brilliant Richard Roxburgh, you can’t take your eyes off these infantile Chekhovian characters
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‘Underworld: Blood Wars’ Review: Kate Beckinsale Slinks Through Another Silly Sequel
What’s the point of a vampire-werewolf war if they’re going to fight it with machine guns?
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‘The Autopsy of Jane Doe’ Review: Emile Hirsch Slices Into Slow-Burn Horror
Hirsch and Brian Cox co-star as father-and-son morticians with a horrifying mystery to solve
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‘Underworld: Blood Wars’ Underwhelms Critics Around the Globe: 7 Worst International Reviews, So Far
Most American critics have not yet had the opportunity to weigh in on action sequel that hits theaters this weekend
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’20th Century Women’ Review: Annette Bening Anchors Strong Ensemble Piece
Mike Mills (“Beginners”) makes another film about one of his parents, and this one goes even deeper
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‘Paterson’ Review: Jim Jarmusch, Adam Driver Deliver Ode to Small Pleasures
The director has made a wonderful film about the practical, the intuitive, the homespun
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‘Toni Erdmann’ Review: Cannes Hit Sees Prankster Father Mortify Uptight Daughter, Out of Love
Marin Ade’s brilliant comedy explores family connections and generational divides
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‘Passengers’ Review: Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt Are Lost in Space
A morally dubious set-up to this glittering starship romance makes for queasy viewing and empty action thrills
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‘Patriots Day’ Review: Mark Wahlberg Pursues the Boston Marathon Bombers
Whatever this latest true story from Peter Berg (“Deepwater Horizon”) lacks in narrative depth, it’s got plenty of humanity and suspense