Reviews
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‘Serena’ Review: Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence Star in a (Maybe Too) Old-Fashioned Tragedy
It’s nowhere near as polished as “Silver Linings Playbook,” but “Serena” teams up Cooper and Lawrence in another romance with vision and sympathy for damaged souls
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‘Get Hard’ Review: Will Ferrell and Kevin Hart Charm and Offend in Blundering Bromance
The two make for a great comedy duo, but director Etan Cohen keeps pushing his film to the edge without finding its balance
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‘Late Late Show With James Corden’ Premiere Review: Impressive First Outing Will Make You Smile
CBS’s new late-night host rejiggers the set and typical run of show to fit his unique talents
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‘The Barber’ Review: Scott Glenn Is Razor-Sharp in Well-Groomed Thriller
With a slow-burn sensibility and the veteran actor used to strong effect, this modest thriller will make the hairs on the back of your neck stand up
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‘Do You Believe?’ Review: Better Cast in This Faith Film, But the Same Old Sermonizing
Competent actors than usual can only accomplish so much with more tin-eared proselytizing from the “God’s Not Dead” writers
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‘Insurgent’ Reviews: Does ‘Divergent’ Sequel Impress or Distress Critics?
The majority weren’t fans of the first movie starring Shailene Woodley, and even more dislike the second
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‘Danny Collins’ Review: Al Pacino Plays an Over-the-Hill Rocker Who Can’t Handle the Deep Cuts (Video)
This schmaltzy tale of redemption merits a look if only to see Pacino play off talented co-stars like Christopher Plummer, Annette Bening, Bobby Cannavale and Jennifer Garner
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‘Bloodline’ Review: Netflix’s Dysfunctional Family Drama Draws You In
The team that created “Damages” returns with a series that unfolds methodically and makes you want more at each episode’s conclusion
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‘The Heidi Chronicles’ Theater Review: Elisabeth Moss Brings a Slightly Mad Woman Back to Broadway
“Mad Men” actress and co-star Jason Biggs effectively anchor a revival that finds others in the cast auditioning for “Fashion Police”
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‘One Big Happy’ Review: Ellen DeGeneres’ NBC Sitcom Is Full of Funny Moments
Star Elisha Cuthbert plays a believable pregnant lesbian on the new comedy from the daytime host and “2 Broke Girls” creator Liz Feldman
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‘iZombie’ Review: CW’s Fun Police Procedural Has the Right Mix of Sleuthing and Snogging
Network gleefully slurps up every last sloppy morsel remaining of the zombie genre with creator Rob Thomas’ latest series
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‘Community’ Review: Creator Dan Harmon Finds Better Balance Between Character and Crazy
First two episodes of Season 6 on Yahoo! Screen introduce new cast members Paget Brewster (“Criminal Minds”) and Keith David (“Enlisted”)
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‘Spy’ SXSW Review: Melissa McCarthy Saves the World in a Bawdy, Bloody Espionage Comedy
Reteaming with her director from “Bridesmaids” and “The Heat,” McCarthy scores again as a CIA agent who blossoms with her first field assignment
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‘Posterity’ Theater Review: ‘I Am My Own Wife’ Author Wrestles With the Legacy of Another Playwright
Art rarely survives when it is delivered with a capital A. Make that several capital A’s in the case of Doug Wright’s new play about Henrik Ibsen
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‘On the Twentieth Century’ Theater Review: Kristin Chenoweth Is Back on the Fast Track
Actress retires her pipsqueak Dietrich, and the show’s four porters impersonate a train so well you can almost get high on their smoke