Reviews
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‘The Audience’ Theater Review: Helen Mirren, Peter Morgan Dust Off Their Queen
Morgan’s new play about Queen Elizabeth II makes the best case ever for ridding the United Kingdom of the royal family
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‘Home’ Review: Jim Parsons and Rihanna Team Up for Small Fry Sci-Fi
With space travel, hijinks and bonding between unlikely pals, ‘Home’ boasts a great voice cast
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‘The Gunman’ Review: Sean Penn Would Like to Be Your New Middle-Aged Action Star
Oscar winner aims at both social commentary and post-“Taken” viability in this predictable thriller
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‘Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt’ Review: Ellie Kemper Can Turn the World on With Her Smile
“The Office” alumna’s charm is infectious as the titular lead on Netflix’s new comedy from Tina Fey and Robert Carlock
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‘Fish in the Dark’ Theater Review: Larry David Goes for Vintage Laughs in Broadway Debut
Devotees of the “Seinfeld” co-creator will not be disappointed, even though his madcap story harks back to Broadway’s golden age
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‘Chappie’ Reviews: Do Critics Think This Robocop Tops Neill Blomkamp’s ‘District 9’?
Consensus is building on filmmaker’s latest vision of the future starring Hugh Jackman, Dev Patel, Sigourney Weaver and Sharlto Copley
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‘Dig’ Review: USA’s Da Vinci Raiders of the Lost Heroes of Homeland Is an Absolute Mess
Ambitious 10-part event series tries to be too many things at once and fails to succeed at any of them completely
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‘American Crime’ Review: Bold ABC Drama Dissects Race, Class and the Justice System
Provocative John Ridley series is a conversation-starter
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‘Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel’ Review: Richard Gere Checks In, Plot and Wit Check Out (Video)
Maggie Smith and Judi Dench can do only so much with the sitcom-level complications on display in this sequel
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‘Chappie’ Review: Hugh Jackman and Dev Patel Caught in Robotics vs. Ethics Battle
Neill Blomkamp’s robot is the prize in a tug-of-war between scientists, corporate scions and criminals, but special effects can’t make up for the lack of story and auto-recycling
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‘Unfinished Business’ Review: Vince Vaughn and Company Find Some Laughs But Never Close the Deal
It’s not impossible to mix sentimentality, raunch, corporate gamesmanship and the G-8 Summit in a comedy, but this one doesn’t pull it off
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‘CSI: Cyber’ Review: Patricia Arquette Sells CBS’s Latest Franchise Extension
Show’s lead leans not on ghosts of “CSI” past, but on her own brand of charm and award-winning talents
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‘The Mystery of Love & Sex’ Theater Review: Diane Lane, Tony Shalhoub Hook Up With ‘Masters of Sex’ Writer
Bathsheba Doran gives us not one but two coming-out-of-the-closet storylines
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‘Secrets and Lies’ Review: ABC Drama Uncovers Suburban Suspicion, Deception and Ryan Phillippe’s Abs
Juliette Lewis, KaDee Strickland and Dan Fogler also star on the series based on an Australian program
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‘House of Cards’ Season 3 Review: It’s the White House Not the Fun House
Netflix drama forces Frank and Claire Underwood to grow up on upcoming season