Reviews
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‘Love Letters’ Theater Review: Mia Farrow and Brian Dennehy Perform Postcards from Their Hedge Fund
There are no OMGs or WTFs in these missives, but Mia Farrow does elicit a few laughs with some well-placed expletives and a heartfelt performance
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‘Big Brother’ Final Four Eviction: Victoria Fights to Stay in a Game She’s Barely Playing
Caleb and Victoria sit on the block as the house battles for the Power of Veto to either change the nominations or leave them the same
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‘Red Band Society’ Review: Prognosis Is Good, Though It Could Take More Risks
The Fox hospital series needs more surprises, but it’s worthy of an examination
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‘Big Brother’ Final Four Vote Puts Detonators Loyalty to the Test
The packed episode features a Power of Veto competition and live eviction, with a second eviction set for Wednesday night
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Jessica Biel Helps ‘New Girl’ Embrace Single Life While ‘Mindy Project’ Couples Up
Fox comedy premieres push central characters in opposite directions, refreshing both shows for their new seasons
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‘A Walk Among the Tombstones’ Review: Liam Neeson Grimly Satisfies in this Grisly Crime Saga
As the last good man in a pre-apocalyptic NYC, Neeson evinces just enough hauntedness to make this game of cat and evil mice feel like it matters; Dan Stevens and Brian “Astro” Bradley co-star
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‘Tusk’ Review: Kevin Smith’s Walrus Monster Horror Comedy a Baffling Mishmash (Video)
The comedy bits aren’t funny and the horror moments aren’t scary, but no one can accuse this oddball movie starring Justin Long, Michael Parks, and Haley Joel Osment of phoning it in
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‘Space Station 76’ Review: Liv Tyler and Matt Bomer Find Lust in Space in This Parody-Melodrama
Soap opera meets space opera in this cockeyed tribute to Bicentennial-era special effects and futurism; it’s a memorable trek, even when the visuals outpace the screenplay
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‘Atlas Shrugged III’ Review: Ayn Rand Trilogy Chugs Listlessly to Its Climax
When a franchise’s acting, directing, writing, cinematography, effects and music are this terrible, utter lack of competence trumps political ideology
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‘No Good Deed’ Review: Idris Elba and Taraji P. Henson Don’t Embarrass Themselves or Their Studio in a Perfectly Serviceable Thriller
Henson makes for a sexy and tragic protagonist in this women-empowerment thriller about domestic violence, but Elba plays a troubling stereotype in this film that Screen Gems decided at the last minute not to screen for critics
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‘This Is Our Youth’ Theater Review: Michael Cera, Kieran Culkin Get Serious in Broadway Debuts
Daring casting of the young actors pays off as Culkin delivers a performance with the surreal ferocity of Robert Downey Jr
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‘The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them’ Review: Jessica Chastain and James McAvoy Fall Ploddingly Out of Love
Chastain has much better chemistry with co-stars Viola Davis and Isabelle Huppert than with her on-screen husband (played by McAvoy), while the thrown-together love story veers between life-affirming artificiality and self-serious melodrama
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Critics Love Kristen Wiig and Bill Hader in ‘The Skeleton Twins’
The actors’ chemistry is no surprise, as they were “Saturday Night Live” co-stars for years
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‘My Old Lady’ Review: Maggie Smith, Kevin Kline Dazzle as Light Comedy Gives Way to Drama
Kristin Scott Thomas co-stars in this surprising tale that takes dark and unexpected twists from the frothy spree you might expect
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‘Dolphin Tale 2’ Review: Harry Connick Swims Into Family-Friendly, Post-‘Blackfish’ Waters
Co-starring Ashley Judd and Morgan Freeman, this conscientious sequel nears the Platonic ideal of edutainment