Reviews
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‘Love is Strange’ Review: John Lithgow and Alfred Molina Play Homeless Husbands in a Classic New York Story
The veteran actors’ spot-on, heartbreaking portrayal of an older couple buffeted about by discrimination and Manhattan’s prohibitive rents highlights a moving film that doesn’t always live up to its promise
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‘If I Stay’ Review: Chloë Grace Moretz Livens Up This Terminal-Teen Tearjerker (Video)
The saga of a comatose girl at the border between life and death makes some missteps, but Moretz sells the character and her romance with Jamie Blackley’s young rocker
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‘Poor Behavior’ Theater Review: Theresa Rebeck Scores a Real Smash Off Broadway
Director Evan Cabnet keeps the plot line crackling nicely, even delivering a Grand Guignol touch right out of “Wait Until Dark”
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‘Let’s Be Cops’ Reviews: Buddy Comedy Finds Few Friends in Critics Clique
A total of three critics, so far, like this movie
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‘The One I Love’ Review: Elisabeth Moss, Mark Duplass Explore Unconventional Couples’ Therapy
This haunting Sundance hit is worth seeing before someone spoils its surprises
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‘The Trip to Italy’ Review: Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon Serve Up More Delicious Mid-Life Crises
The comedians reteam with writer-director Michael Winterbottom for another exploration of friendship, rivalry, regret, and really amazing seafood
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‘The November Man’ Review: Pierce Brosnan’s Aging Spy Can’t Save This Double-0 Dud
Too few engaging characters and one thoroughly negligible performance from Luke Bracey results in a thriller that trying too hard to thrill
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‘Life After Beth’ Review: Aubrey Plaza’s Monster More Appealing Than the Romance
There’s a distinct lack of humanity in this zombie-rom-com, resulting in not enough brains nor heart to chew on
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‘Let’s Be Cops’ Review: Jake Johnson and Damon Wayans, Jr. Have Too Few Good Jokes in Their Holsters (Video)
The leads are appealing, but the script is operating dangerously below the comedy speed limit
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‘The Giver’ Review: Jeff Bridges and Meryl Streep Can’t Teach This Predictable YA Thriller New Tricks
This adaptation of the Lois Lowry best-seller gets adolescence right and everything else wrong
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‘The Maids’ Theater Review: Cate Blanchett Enters the Camp Pantheon Wearing Alexander McQueen
When the distraught actress looks into the bathroom mirror to reapply her makeup, nobody smears lipstick with the panache of Blanchett
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Critics Shell ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ With Bad Reviews: 10 Takedowns to Consider
“If ever there was a movie that should not have been made, this is that movie,” Seattle Times critic Soren Anderson wrote
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‘The Dog’ Review: Portrait of a Bank Robber an Expertly Crafted Game of Revelations
Smart and provocative, this portrait of the true-life figure behind “Dog Day Afternoon” dazzlingly punctures its subject’s delusions
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‘Step Up All In’ Review: No, Seriously — Shut Up and Dance (Video)
This fifth entry feels like a mixed bag even by the standards of the series, but all is forgiven when the stars stop talking and their feet start flying
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‘Big Brother’ Live Double Eviction Exposes Masterminds as One Houseguest Explodes (Video)
Things are always crazy when “Big Brother” forces the Houseguests to get through a week of strategy and gameplay during a single one-hour live broadcast