Reviews
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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
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‘Walking Dead’ Season 4 Review: The Zombies Are Slower Than Ever
TV’s biggest scripted show breaks a few rules it shouldn’t have
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‘Blue Is the Warmest Color’ Review: Porn? No. Sexy and Moving? Absolutely
Whatever she may have suffered on the set, Adele Exarchopoulos gives a magnificently unguarded performance
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‘Romeo and Juliet’ Review: It’s Just Teen Hormones, Dude
Adapted with unironic earnestness by Julian Fellowes, the latest adaptation of Shakespeare’s classic stage play effectively chronicles young love but doesn’t transcend it
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‘About Time’ Review: The Minutes Drag Like Hours in This Mawkish Time-Travel Romance
Writer-director Richard Curtis forgets to add the wit that made the sap of “Love Actually” and “Notting Hill” tolerable
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’12 Years a Slave’ Review: A Captivating, Harrowing Historical Horror Show (Video)
Director Steve McQueen seems determined to bury any lingering “Gone With the Wind-ian” notions of the antebellum South as a place of charm and grace
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‘Big Fish’ Theater Review: It Sings, It Dances, but Wait — Isn’t That ‘The Little Mermaid’?
The Tim Burton movie is now a musical, which is at its best when it thinks small and sticks to Daniel Wallace’s novel.
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‘The Secret Life of Walter Mitty’ Review: Ben Stiller’s Daydreamer Tries Too Hard
Stiller’s “Mitty” tries so hard that his adventures — both real and imagined– are neither intriguing nor amusing
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‘Concussion’ Review: Smart and Sensual – Ain’t That a Kick in the Head
Robin Weigert is a stifled lesbian housewife turned Manhattan escort in Stacie Passon’s sexy and provocative debut feature
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‘Mood Indigo’ Review: Michel Gondry Revisits Bittersweet ‘Eternal Sunshine’ Territory
The French director’s latest film combines quirky visuals and raw emotion to tell an imaginative, powerful love story
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‘The Originals’ Review: ‘Vampire Diaries’ Spinoff Revisits Backdoor Pilot at Its Own Risk
The new CW drama revolves around Klaus (Joseph Morgan), the first vampire/werewolf hybrid, and his family of the first bloodsuckers
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‘Machete Kills’ Review: Who Knew Sex and Violence Could Be This Dull?
This second “Machete” is even more lifeless and perfunctory than Robert Rodriguez’s fourth “Spy Kids”
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‘All Is Lost’ Review: Robert Redford Lets the Ocean Do the Talking
Redford gives a bravura (and almost entirely non-verbal) performance as the sole cast member of this tense seafaring adventure
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‘The Millers’ Review: Margo Martindale and Beau Bridges Drive Will Arnett Bonkers
Newly divorced TV reporter inspires his parents to split in show that pays off in unexpected ways
