Reviews
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‘The Babadook’ Stuns Critics: Nearly Every Review Suggests This Is a Horror Classic
There’s a new boogeyman in town, and he’s apparently worth seeing
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‘Horrible Bosses 2’ Gets Horrible Reviews: 11 Critics Who Wish They Called in Sick
“It’s a virtually laugh-free cavern, a black hole of humor, the type of place where good moods go to die,” one critic wrote
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‘The Babadook’ Review: Year’s Best Horror Film Is a Powerful Exploration of Ambivalent Motherhood
Essie Davis and Noah Wiseman play a mother and young son on the verge of destroying each other in writer-director Jennifer Kent’s masterful debut
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‘A Particle of Dread’ Theater Review: Sam Shepard and Stephen Rea Eyeball Oedipus
Rea may be the first Oedipus to play the role in blood-spattered overalls, and he deftly handles Shepard’s freewheeling segues from tragedy to slapstick and back
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‘A Delicate Balance’ Theater Review: Glenn Close Revisits More Than One Diva
Close’s strong, unyielding matriarch is sister to Norma Desmond from “Sunset Boulevard,” the actress’ last role on Broadway twenty years ago
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‘The Captive’ Review: Director Atom Egoyan Trapped in His Own Past
Starring Ryan Reynolds and Mireille Enos, this kidnapped-child drama feels like a lesser rehash of the director’s earlier, stronger films like “Exotica” and “The Sweet Hereafter”
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‘The Imitation Game’ Review: Benedict Cumberbatch Leads Nerds Against Nazis in a Formulaic Biopic
World War II comes alive but computing legend Alan Turing doesn’t in this derivative but handsome drama co-starring Keira Knightley and Hugh Alexander
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‘The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1’ Reviews: Best or Worst Installment Yet?
The answer to that question depends on who you ask
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‘By the Water’ Theater Review: Superstorm Sandy Returns, This Time with Glimpses of Arthur Miller
Sharyn Rothstein’s new play recalls Miller’s “All My Sons,” and to her credit, the absorbing story deserves more than its current one act
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‘The Circle’ Review: Switzerland’s Oscar Entry Finds Drama in Truth and Vice Versa
Docudrama follows a real-life Swiss octogenarian gay couple as two fine actors portray their love story in the repressive 1950s
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‘Punk Rock’ Theater Review: Simon Stephens’ New Play Is Much More Than a ‘Curious Incident’
Some of the British slang doesn’t translate, but Stephens’ grasp of those young hormones that can create a “Lord of the Flies” situation does cross the pond
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‘Side Show’ Theater Review: Bill Condon Gives Twin Dreamgirls Another Shot at Stardom
In this smashing new revival, the Hilton sisters are treated as “freaks,” but Condon quickly ups the glam quotient to create a novel Cinderella story
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‘Stretch’ Is a Netflix Gem: Patrick Wilson, Chris Pine Team Up in Flawed, But Fun Action Comedy
It’s understandable why Universal did not want to distribute writer and director Joe Carnahan’s latest in theaters, but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t watch it for free
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‘State of Affairs’ Review: Katherine Heigl Doesn’t Pass the Spy Test on NBC’s Espionage Drama
The former “Grey’s Anatomy” star is way out of her element as a CIA analyst
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‘The River’ Theater Review: Hugh Jackman Gives a Lesson in Fly-Fishing
There’s much talk about reflection and recycling in Jez Butterworth’s play about a devoted fisherman-womanizer. But where’s the sexual heat?