Reviews
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‘Migration’ Review: Illumination’s First Original in Years Is a Welcome Change of Pace
The animated road comedy, cowritten by Mike White, runs at a breakneck pace
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‘The Color Purple’ Review: Broadway Adaptation Stuns With Powerhouse Performances, Crowd-Pleasing Numbers
Fantasia Barrino and Danielle Brooks standout amongst a powerful ensemble cast
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‘Appropriate’ Broadway Review: Sarah Paulson and Elle Fanning Fuel a Spectacular Family Smash-Up
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ contemporary classic about the sins of the father receives a stellar revival
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‘The Boys in the Boat’ Review: George Clooney’s Disarmingly Old-School Rowing Movie Gets It Right
Callum Turner and Joel Edgerton steer the inspiring and occasionally schmaltzy sports drama capably towards its rousing finale
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‘Dr. Death’ Season 2 Review: Edgar Ramírez Impresses in Engaging but Limited True Story
Peacock’s adaptation of the hit podcast follows the crimes of Dr. Paolo Macchiarini, but largely avoids examining the real monster behind the surgeon mask
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‘Rebel Moon – Part 1: A Child of Fire’ Review – Zack Snyder’s ‘Star Wars’ Knockoff Struggles to Find Own Identity
The Netflix franchise-starter is epic, but deeply derivative and inconsistent
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‘Percy Jackson and the Olympians’ Review: Disney+ Delivers a Mythical Marvel That Surpasses the Films
Walker Scobell takes on the titular role of the demigod tasked with returning a thunderbolt to Zeus, while saving his mother from the throws of the Underworld
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‘The Crown’ Season 6 Part 2 Review: Netflix Drama Splutters to the Finish Line With an Exhausting Whimper
The Diana years started off with sly ambition but the series falters through the ‘90s to a disappointing conclusion
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‘Buena Vista Social Club’ Off Broadway Review: How Cuba’s Music Fuels Its Survival
A landmark album is now an exciting stage musical and dance spectacular
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‘Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget’ Review: An Uninspired Sequel With Nowhere to Go
Stop-motion wizards Aardman Animations deliver a passable adventure instead of something customarily sophisticated and funny
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‘The Iron Claw’ Review: Zac Efron Dominates in Sean Durkin’s Heartbreaking Wrestling Family Tragedy
Jeremy Allen White and Holt McCallany also give powerful performances
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‘How to Dance in Ohio’ Broadway Review: Or, How a Therapist Trips Over His Own Patients
Autism comes to the big boards in a muddled new musical
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‘My Life With the Walter Boys’ Review: Netflix YA Series Is a Jumble of Romance Tropes With No Substance
The love story at the center of the teen drama has all the personality of smashing dolls together and demanding that they kiss
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‘Mr. Monk’s Last Case: A Monk Movie’ Review: Tony Shalhoub’s Anxiety-Plagued Investigator Searches for Purpose in a Post-Pandemic World
The Emmy-winning actor returns to his iconic TV role in a movie sequel that stays true to the tone of the original series, but struggles to chart new ground
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‘Manahatta’ Off Broadway Review: How the 2008 Wall Street Collapse Was Centuries in the Making
Mary Kathryn Nagle puts capitalism on the chopping block with a new play about the Lenape Nation
