Reviews
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‘Amazing Grace’ Broadway Review: Famous Hymn’s Backstory Doesn’t Sing in New Musical
The show postpones Barack Obama’s favorite tune to the finale, offering a long and dull history lesson with a score heavy on bombastic anthems
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‘Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll’ Review: Denis Leary and FX Get the Band Back Together
Former Nickelodeon star Elizabeth Gillies helps drama overcome music-industry cliches
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‘Irrational Man’ Review: Woody Allen’s Moral Fable is Confused – Even For a Humanities Professor
Joaquin Phoenix stars in a clumsily crafted romance-turned-mystery that doesn’t seem to know what story it’s supposed to be telling
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‘Lila and Eve’ Review: Viola Davis and Jennifer Lopez Tackle Loss in Powerful Vigilante Thriller
Actresses play grieving moms out for revenge in a film that makes up for its familiar beats with moments of deep insight
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‘Impastor’ Review: Long-Con Comedy Comes Up Short
TV Land’s single-camera comedy about a straight man masquerading as a gay pastor relies too much on easy, obvious jokes
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‘The Jim Gaffigan Show’ Review: Comic Falls Flat With Tired Dad Cliches
Single-camera comedy shows promise, but is inconsistent and occasionally lazy
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‘Trainwreck’ Review: Amy Schumer Makes Brash, Bawdy Leap to Big Screen
This smart, savvy film puts an interesting spin on rom-com gender tropes — plus, it’s hilarious
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‘The Stanford Prison Experiment’ Review: Real-Life Study Gone Wrong Makes for Gripping Drama
Armed with an extraordinary ensemble, director Kyle Patrick Alvarez isn’t afraid to expand truth into drama with an unexpected dose of comedy
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‘Mr. Holmes’ Review: Ian McKellen Plays an Aged Sherlock in Performance-Showcase Drama
No pipe, no magnifying glass, no Dr. Watson: Older, retired detective tries to untangle his own past at the dimming of the day
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‘Jenny’s Wedding’ Review: Katherine Heigl Comes Out, Gets Hitched in Standard-Issue Lesbian Drama
Moments of vivid characterization poke through the blandness of this slow piece about a suburban couple’s reaction to their daughter marrying a woman
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‘Masters of Sex’ Review: Lizzy Caplan, Michael Sheen Do the Time Jump
Showtime drama leaps into the mid-’60s
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‘Ray Donovan’ Review: Liev Schreiber’s Fixer Roars Back to Life in Season 3
Broken hero of Showtime’s Hollywood-set series is in tragic, terrifying top form again
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‘The Gallows’ Review: Kathie Lee Gifford’s Daughter Cassidy Shines in Otherwise Dim Horror Flick
Blumhouse’s new found-footage horror film about teens in peril loses its way in the dark
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‘Tangerine’ Review: Transgender Comedy Takes Chances, and Not Just by Filming on an iPhone
Two appealing newcomers star in this ebullient comedy about a pair of prostitute pals in search of a pimp who did one of them wrong
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‘Ant-Man’ Review: Paul Rudd’s Charisma Gets Stepped On in Marvel’s Latest Offering
The jokes don’t land and the thrills don’t thrill in this shrinky-dink superhero saga