Reviews
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‘They Came Together’ Review: Paul Rudd and Amy Poehler Flattened by Ponderous Parody
“Wet Hot American Summer” director David Wain sends up rom-com clichés in a movie that’s so post-modern that it winds up post-funny
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‘Jersey Boys’ Review: Clint Eastwood’s Jukebox Musical Is Nice, Entertaining, Just Not All That Good (Video)
While the nostalgic film doesn’t drag, it also never answers the question, “Why spend 134 minutes on the Frankie Valli episode of ‘Behind the Music’?”
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‘The Rover’ Reviews: Does Robert Pattinson Impress or Bore the Critics?
Critics are mixed on the “Twilight” star’s performance, and the film, itself
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‘Hellion’ Review: Aaron Paul Plays a Drunk Dad in a Familiar Tale of Childhood Strife
This indie drama, featuring Paul and Juliette Lewis, is well-acted and beautifully shot, but it feels like the 401st version of “The 400 Blows” to come out of Sundance
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‘The Rover’ Review: Robert Pattinson and Guy Pearce Both Need a Shower After the Apocalypse
Characters form an unlikely bond in road movie set in a lawless Australian outback sometime in the near future
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‘How to Train Your Dragon 2’ Review: Something Gets Lost in the Leap from Romp to Epic
Gorgeous visuals and the addition of a strong new character (voiced by Cate Blanchett) don’t make up for a lackluster villain or the dumbing-down of the flying dragons
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‘Earth to Echo’ Review: Kids Will Enjoy Found-Footage Faux-Spielberg
This attempt to revive 80s sci-fi for the smartphone crowd results in a harmless lark for air-conditioning-starved parents and their children
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‘Obvious Child’ Review: Jenny Slate Offers Up Choice Laughs
The only agenda of this scruffy and urbane comedy, about a young comic contemplating abortion, is to be true and funny
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‘Test’ Review: Dance Drama Ponders Survival in the Early Days of AIDS
This lovely and contemplative film examines the impact of the then-new HIV test on dancers in San Francisco in the mid-1980s
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‘Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon’ Review: Mike Myers Captures a Legendary Manager
Alice Cooper, Michael Douglas, and Sylvester Stallone are just some of the celebs who pop up to pay tribute to one of the gods of 1970s artist management
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‘Edge of Tomorrow’ Reviews: Tom Cruise Kills It
The movie star is at the top of his game in Doug Liman’s big-budget sci-fi thriller about a soldier stuck in a never-ending time loop while fighting an alien invasion
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‘The Fault in Our Stars’ Review: Shailene Woodley Grounds Dewy-Eyed Cancer Weepie
Woodley stars opposite her “Divergent” brother Ansel Elgort in this unabashed tearjerker about teens battling life-threatening illness
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’22 Jump Street’ Review: Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill Star in a Funnier, Smarter, Sexier Sequel
One could complain about the padding and the repetition, but who cares when the jokes and the performances are this hilarious?
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‘Halt and Catch Fire’ Review: AMC Recaptures Its Spark With ’80s Computer Drama
Drama about early days of PCs is a show you won’t want to ESC
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‘Crossbones’ Review: John Malkovich’s Pirate Yarn Stumbles and Never Recovers
NBC’s sword-filled drama about Blackbeard goes off course toward the end of its debut episode, airing Friday night