Reviews
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‘Ouija’ Fails to Summons Critics: 10 Takedowns That May Scare Off Audiences
Don’t fear the reaper, but be very afraid of a sequel
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‘Disgraced’ Theater Review: Josh Radnor, Gretchen Mol Join Hari Dhillon for a Broadway Brawl
It’s time for the theater world to ‘fess up to the fact that many TV and movie stars are famous in other media for good reason
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‘Citizenfour’ Review: Edward Snowden Doc Is One of the Year’s Most Unsettling Thrillers (Video)
You know Snowden’s story, but the secrecy involved in telling it is as suspenseful as the ramifications of his revelations are terrifying
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‘The Tale of Princess Kaguya’ Review: Chloë Grace Moretz Voices Exquisite Animated Tour de Force
Hand-drawn animation from legendary director Isao Takahata and a voice cast that also includes James Caan make this a formidable Oscar contender
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‘Force Majeure’ Review: Sweden’s Oscar Entry Offers a Family Ski Trip Rocked by Emotional Avalanche
Bleakly funny and emotionally gutting, this import might make an even more prickly date-night movie than “Gone Girl”
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‘White Bird in a Blizzard’ Review: Shailene Woodley, Eva Green Drama Loses Its Way
Stellar cast that includes Gabourey Sidibe, Thomas Jane, and Christopher Meloni makes for a thoughtful dud that takes too long to take flight
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‘Ouija’ Review: As Entertainingly Silly and Juvenile as a Slumber-Party Séance
There’s no taking this witchboard business seriously for a second, but as PG-13 fright flicks for tweens go, signs point to a few decent scares and at least one good idea
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‘Big Hero 6’ Review: Disney’s Superhero Epic is Smart Translation of Japanese Anime
Yes, it’s a super-team origin story, but one told with wit, style and human feeling
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‘The Fortress of Solitude’ Theater Review: Jonathan Lethem’s Brooklyn Via ‘Avenue Q’
Some of Michael Friedman’s tunes are real keepers, but missing in Itamar Moses’ book and Daniel Aukin’s direction is the meanness as well as the creative energy of 1970’s Brooklyn
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‘John Wick’ Review: Keanu Reeves Thriller Burns with Brisk, Bloody, Bruising Action
This violent, stylish B-movie takes an old-school approach to action that makes it a standout
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‘Eternity: The Movie’ Review: Musical 80s Sendup Falls Prey to the Earnestness It Parodies
Earnestness creeps into, and ultimately sinks, this goofy comedy, though not before the film gets in some very shrewd jokes and wonderfully delirious flights of fancy
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‘Laggies’ Review: Keira Knightley and Chloe Grace Moretz Star in an Exceptional Comedy
Sam Rockwell and Gretchen Mol co-star in what may be Lynn Shelton’s best film yet: a man-child comedy about women
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‘The Best of Me’ Gets ‘Worst’ Reviews: 11 Critics Who Love to Hate the New Nicholas Sparks Movie
“The teenage girls sitting around me at the screening, who had sighed wistfully at the lovers’ first kiss, eventually lost patience and began to giggle,” the New York Times’ Stephen Holden writes
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‘Birdman’ Reviews: Michael Keaton Soars, But Does the Rest of the Film?
Despite some naysayers, “Babel” director Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s first foray into dark, satirical comedy appears to be a successful one
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‘On the Town’ Theater Review: Sailors on Leave, Broads on the Make
In John Rando’s fun, new Broadway revival, everyone dances like there’s no tomorrow in wartime New York