Reviews
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‘The Benefactor’ Review: Richard Gere Shines in Dull Study of Moneyed Arrogance
Gere’s magnetic portrayal of a wealthy, drug-addicted philanthropist overwhelms this faulty indie drama
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‘Ride Along 2’ Review: Kevin Hart and Ice Cube Are Mugging in Miami in This Listless Sequel
Two accomplished comedians are reduced to a shrill Lucy and Ricky Ricardo (with guns) in this plodding follow-up
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‘Second Chance’ Review: Hunky Lead Can’t Save Show From Excess Banality
Drama series is a procedural dressed up in sci-fi trappings
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‘The Masked Saint’ Review: Preaching Replaces Pageantry in Christian Wrestling Biopic
Truth feels phonier than fiction in a film more interested in platitudes than storytelling
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‘The Forest’ Review: Natalie Dormer’s Wonder-Twin Act Can’t Spark Wooden Fright Flick
There’s barely a scare to be found in this tale of a woman searching for her sister in an infamous Japanese suicide locale
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‘American Crime’ Review: John Ridley Anthology Is Just as Unsettling in Season 2
ABC drama is dark, but well crafted
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‘Hidden Figures’ Review: Taraji P Henson Runs the Numbers in Entertaining Civil Rights Space Saga
If Hollywood is going to turn all history into audience-pleasing schmaltz, then bring on the equal-opportunity schmaltz
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‘A Monster Calls’ Review: Scary Story Has a Touch of Magic
J.A. Bayona’s fable aims for “Pan’s Labyrinth” territory, and leaves viewers in tears
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‘Point Break’ Review: Remake of Campy Action Classic Is All Stunts, No Story
The caper can barely bother to make the surfing and sky-diving part of a coherent plot, resulting in an extreme sports highlight reel burdened with too many dead spots
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’45 Years’ Review: Charlotte Rampling Gives a Shattering Performance in Understated Marital Drama
Tom Courtenay co-stars as a husband haunted by the past in this standout two-hander from writer-director Andrew Haigh
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‘Daddy’s Home’ Review: Mark Wahlberg, Will Ferrell Comedy Trapped Between PG Saccharine and R-Rated Raunch
There are a handful of comic standout moments, but this broad dad-versus-stepdad farce never quite lands a consistently funny tone
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‘Where to Invade Next’ Review: Michael Moore Discredits Himself in Rambling New Doc
Moore’s international search for solutions to America’s problems are undone by an overly simplistic conceit
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‘Fiddler on the Roof’ Broadway Review: A Classic Tweaked but Not Transformed
Danny Burstein stars as Tevye in director Bartlett Sher’s moving but occasionally muddled new revival
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‘Son of Saul’ Review: Hungary’s Oscar Entry Is a Tense, Immersive Masterpiece
Holocaust drama is as harrowing as it is brilliant
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TheWrap Critics Pick the 10 Worst TV Shows of 2015
TheWrap Rewind 2015: From “Truth Be Told” to “The Bastard Executioner,” Mark Peikert and Amber Dowling weed through the year’s worst television offerings