Reviews
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‘Wet Brain’ Off Broadway Review: When Too Much Vodka Is the Least of the Problems
Playwright John J. Caswell Jr. and director Dustin Wills blow up a nuclear family to great effect
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‘The Flash’ Review: A Vague, Confusing Trip to the Multiverse
The film holds few surprises and lacks any type of punch in its script
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‘Transformers: Rise of the Beasts’ Review: New Chapter Is a Fresh, Nostalgic Start to Franchise’s Next Era
Director Steven Caple Jr. delivers something that will satisfy both hard-core devotees of the franchise and ’90s nostalgics looking for a good time
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‘Days of Wine and Roses’ Off Broadway Review: Kelli O’Hara, Brian d’Arcy James Lead One of the Century’s Few Great Musicals
Musical theater lightning strikes twice with Craig Lucas and Adam Guettel’s long-awaited follow-up to “The Light in the Piazza”
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‘The Comeuppance’ Off Broadway Review: Or, How a Great Play Exposes the Worst Years of Our Lives
Playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins knows why no one ever really recovers from high school
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‘Grey House’ Broadway Review: Laurie Metcalf’s Horror Play Delivers a Funny Mommie Weirdest
Levi Holloway’s new play from director Joe Mantello starts scary before turning rather tedious
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‘Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse’ Review: A Triumph of Maximalist Filmmaking
The audacious sequel is gigantically intimate, grappling with challenging themes while pushing the animation medium forward yet again
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‘Street Fighter 6’ Review: The Most Accessible Fighting Game in Years
Capcom makes it clear that newcomers are more than welcome to hit the streets
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‘Elemental’ Review: A Rich and Vibrant Showcase of Studio Animation
Pixar’s latest takes the conventional antagonists duo of fire and water from foils to friends to frustrated soul mates
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‘Cobweb’ Review: Song Kang-ho Is a Director at Play in Stylish Potboiler
Cannes 2023: South Korean actor marks his fourth consecutive trip to the festival with an exercise in flair but not much more
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‘Club Zero’ Review: Jessica Hausner’s Eating Disorder Satire Is a Tough Nut to Crack
Cannes 2023: The hard look at modern anxieties has mixed effect
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‘La Chimera’ Review: Another Stunning and Lyrical Countryside Parable From Alice Rohrwacher
Cannes 2023: One of the best films in this year’s competition contemplates time and existence by excavating the past
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‘Primary Trust’ Off Broadway Review: William Jackson Harper Gives Imaginary Friends a Good Name
The star of “The Good Place” and “Love Life” delivers a memorable, heartbreaking performance
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‘Perfect Days’ Review: Wim Wenders’ Quiet Drama Finds a Hero Who Cleans Toilets
Cannes 2023: The veteran German director has crafted an endearing, admiring portrait of a decent man
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‘The Boogeyman’ Review: Stephen King’s Terrifying Short Story Gets Stale Translation
The 20th Century horror-thriller’s execution is at odds with the concept
