Reviews
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Johnny Depp’s ‘Mortdecai’ Mortifies Critics: 8 Terrible Reviews That Will Make You Understand Why
“There’s now a Johnny Depp film on the books that makes ‘Transcendence’ look like an infinitely better night at the movies,” one critic wrote
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‘Mommy’ Review: Xavier Dolan’s Latest Wavers Between Powerful and Exasperating
It’s hard not to empathize with this troubled teen and his equally mercurial mother, but the writer-director undercuts his characters by wallowing in classist squalor
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‘Red Army’ Review: In Soviet Russia, Hockey Plays You — With Bittersweet Consequences
Turns out hockey was right up there with nukes and the space race as a key factor in the Cold War
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‘Cake’ Review: Jennifer Aniston Endures Chronic Pain in This Poignant Tale
Anna Kendrick, Sam Worthington, Adriana Barraza co-star in this inexplicably panned drama (not a comedy!) that merits serious attention
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Jennifer Lopez Declares There Are Worse Movies Than ‘Gigli,’ Critics Think ‘Boy Next Door’ Might Be One of Them (Video)
“Nobody bats 1,000,” Lopez told Seth Meyers on Wednesday night as critics were preparing to pan her new thriller
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‘Mortdecai’ Review: Johnny Depp’s Schtick Wears Thin in This Caper Comedy
Desperately seeking a “pretty movie stars chase art treasures in world capitals” vibe, this goofy soufflé ultimately falls flat
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‘The Boy Next Door’ Review: Jennifer Lopez Smolders, But the Film Fails to Seduce
The film mostly focuses on Lopez herself — a decision that robs it of the symbiosis of fear and attraction that makes an erotic thriller such escapist fun
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‘Strange Magic’ Review: George Lucas’ Off-Key Kiddie Dud Will Make You Miss Jar Jar Binks (Video)
Rubber-faced characters and a seemingly ceaseless parade of repurposed pop ditties combine to make what might be the worst animated feature Disney has ever released
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‘I’m Gonna Pray for You So Hard’ Theater Review: Halley Feiffer Writes Her Daddy Dearest Play
The drama can be described as “Whiplash” meets “The Heiress,” as the writer goes straight for the jugular through the heart
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‘Whitney’ Review: Angela Bassett’s Directorial Debut Glosses Over the Big Ugly
Lifetime’s original movie, which stars Yaya DaCosta as the troubled late singer, feels half-baked
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‘Blackhat,’ ‘Wedding Ringer’ Bomb With Critics: Here Are the Worst Reviews
It appears this weekend could be a perfect time to buy tickets for Oscar-nominated films you haven’t seen yet
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‘Honeymoon in Vegas’ Theater Review: Jason Robert Brown Gambles on Andrew Bergman’s Movie
In this age of gross-out humor, the fiancée-as-payment plot is relatively mild. But smarm stills needs charm to work on stage
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‘Black Sea’ Review: Jude Law’s Submarine Salvage Thriller Rises to the Occasion
Director Kevin MacDonald delivers a nail-biting global economy riff on “The Treasure of the Sierra Madre”
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‘The Wedding Ringer’ Review: Kevin Hart’s Phony Best Man Elevates This Wildly Uneven Comedy
If this buddy farce offered as many surprising smarts as it does lazy contrivances, it would be more deserving of our engagement
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‘Paddington’ Review: A Charming Bear Overcomes the Odds, and So Does His Movie (Video)
This sweetly funny adaptation of the popular children’s book series avoids one misstep after another, resulting in a film that will delight kids and parents equally