Reviews
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‘The Snow Geese’ Theater Review: Mary-Louise Parker Gets Lost in the Weeds
The characters unburden themselves of so much complicated history in the first moments that you might consider retitling it “Autumn: Onondaga County”
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‘The Counselor’ Review: Javier Bardem’s Wardrobe Has More Flair Than the Film
Ridley Scott’s latest movie starts promisingly but turns into yet another movie about a drug deal gone bad
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‘The Landing’ Theater Review: The New John Kander Musical’s for People Who Don’t Like Musicals
David Hyde Pierce stars in John Kander’s first musical without longtime collaborator Fred Ebb, and there’s not a showgirl or boy in sight.
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‘Bad Grandpa’ Review: ‘Jackass’ in Old-Man Drag Is Slightly Tamer but Still Outrageously Hilarious (Video)
Johnny Knoxville even adds a bit of a plot in this “Borat”/”Little Miss Sunshine” blend
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‘Thor: The Dark World’ Review: A Stirring, If Not Mighty, Return for the Thunder God (Video)
Filmmakers haven’t put a lot of new ideas between Chris Hemsworth and his hammer, but there are enough thrills and laughs to keep it aloft
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‘A Time to Kill’ Theater Review: John Grisham’s Tale Should Have Settled Out of Court
When you strip Grisham’s panoramic tale of racism and injustice down to a courtroom drama, there really isn’t much of a trial at the heart of it
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‘Nebraska’ Review: Bruce Dern, Alexander Payne Deliver Nuanced Portrait of Small-Town Life
Payne’s latest meets at an unexpectedly powerful crossroads between hazy optimism and clear-eyed nostalgia
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‘A Case of You’ Review: Get Thee Out of Brooklyn, Too-Hip Rom-Com
Slight lampoon is smoothly directed but short on original insight — and a woeful misuse of Evan Rachel Wood
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‘Carrie’ Review: Stephen King Remake Is Bloody Irrelevant
There’s nothing particularly wrong with director Kimberly Peirce’s update, but it adds nothing to the 1976 Brian De Palma classic
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‘Reign’ Review: A Girlier ‘Game of Thrones,’ With Less Sex Than You Might Be Expecting
CW finds another star in Adelaide Kane
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‘Escape Plan’ Review: Stallone and Schwarzenegger Can’t Evade B-Movie Hell in Epic Pairing
Mikael Hafstrom movie hints at bigger ambitions but is impossible to take seriously
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‘Kill Your Darlings’ Review: Daniel Radcliffe Captivates in This Beat Superhero Origin Story
The “Harry Potter” gay sex scene might attract the curious, but this is a sensual exploration of youthful passion and artists coming of age
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‘Walking Dead’ Reviews: Was Anyone Else Kind of Bored?
Character development, or just a lot of heavy-handed setup?
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‘Her’ Review: She’s Virtual, But You Can’t Have Everything
Spike Jonze spins a futuristic love story for the age of Siri, with Joaquin Phoenix falling for Scarlett Johansson as the voice of his operating system
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‘The Fifth Estate’ Review: Benedict Cumberbatch Wins Sympathy for the Devil
Bill Condon’s film offers a complex but ultimately one-sided portrait of charismatic Wikileaks founder Julian Assange