Reviews
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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
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‘F Is for Family’ Review: Netflix Animated Comedy Is Full of Laughs, Heart, Curse Words
Star and creator Bill Burr is finally getting the show he deserves
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TheWrap Picks 10 Best and Worst in Theater 2015
TheWrap Rewind 2015: From “Hamilton” to “The King and I,” critic Robert Hofler looks backs at the highlights and lowlights of theater on and off Broadway
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‘Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip’ Review: Sequel Runs Out of Steam Before Its Destination
Unfunny, unaffecting, unnecessary live-action film will nibble away at audiences’ patience quite quickly
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TheWrap Critics Pick 10 Worst Movies of 2015
TheWrap Rewind 2015: From “Stonewall” to “Pixels,” reviewers Alonso Duralde and Inkoo Kang recall the most cringe-worthy releases of the year
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Here Are the Only Critics Who Didn’t Like ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ (Updated)
“They barely even pretend to advance the story of the initial trilogy; they rewind it and repeat it,” one unimpressed critic writes
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‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Review: J.J. Abrams Makes Everything Old ‘A New Hope’ Again
Fans will be most relieved to know that there are no Ewoks, no Jar Jar Binks, no midi-chlorians, no “Yippee!”
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‘These Paper Bullets!’ Theater Review: Billie Joe Armstrong Combines the Beatles and the Bard
There isn’t enough of Armstrong’s music and there’s way too much of Rolin Jones’ book, which achieves the uneasy feat of being both amateur and frenetic
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‘The Hateful Eight’ Review: Quentin Tarantino Western Is More Agatha Christie Than Sergio Leone
Don’t let the Ultra Panavision 70 fool you: This locked-room mystery takes place almost entirely in stagecoaches and cabins, but it’s fun if you like QT at his talkiest
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TheWrap Critics Pick 10 Best Movies of 2015
TheWrap Rewind 2015: From “Spotlight” to “Son of Saul” to “Mad Max: Fury Road,” Alonso Duralde and Inkoo Kang select the year’s finest new releases
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‘The Christians’ Theater Review: A Mega-Church Tries to Expel the Devil
In Lucas Hnath’s provocative new play at L.A.’s Mark Taper Forum, a pastor runs afoul of his congregation by denying hell’s existence
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‘Christmas, Again’ Review: Spirit Award Nominee Mixes Holiday Melancholy With Comfort and Joy
Kentucker Audley’s riveting, wounded performance adds emotional heft to this delicate debut from writer-director Charles Poekel
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‘Sisters’ Review: Tina Fey and Amy Poehler Throw One Last Bash in Heartfelt Farce
Both outrageous and humane, new comedy from the director of “Pitch Perfect” shows what happens when you take the time to finesse funny scenes
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‘The Color Purple’ Broadway Review: Jennifer Hudson, Cynthia Erivo Lead Sexy Revival
Under John Doyle’s inspired direction, sex emerges as a major ingredient in this very adult musical, whether it’s sex to make love, to abuse someone, or just to have fun
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‘Lazarus’ Theater Review: David Bowie Revisits ‘The Man Who Fell to Earth’
“Dexter” star Michael C. Hall plays the alien who wants to travel back to outer space, but this time it’s more a trip to our common inner space