Reviews
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‘Flex’ Off Broadway Review: It’s Sex and the Rural Basketball Court
Five teammates battle for status and against pregnancy in Candrice Jones’ new play
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‘Here Lies Love’ Broadway Review: David Byrne and Fatboy Slim Roast Imelda Marcos
But the real star of this flashy musical is director Alex Timbers
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‘Oppenheimer’ Review: Christopher Nolan’s Epic Is Brainy and Grand in All the Right Ways
Elevated by Cillian Murphy’s exacting performance, Nolan’s biopic on the father of the atomic bomb is majestic and morally complex
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‘Cobweb’ Review: Lizzy Caplan and Antony Starr Anchor a Weak Fairy Tale Frightfest
Woody Norman plays a scared boy who fears something living in his wall
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‘Barbie’ Review: Greta Gerwig Delivers a Fierce Feminist Statement Dressed in Pink
Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling are born to play the stereotypical Barbie and Ken dolls
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‘Afire’ Review: Christian Petzold’s Summery Chamber Piece Burns Deep and Bright
The German auteur’s latest navigates agony, humor and masculine insecurities through a sophisticated and breezily humorous character study
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‘Foundation’ Season 2 Review: Apple TV+ Unveils a Flawed but Visually Stunning Return
The TV adaptation of Isaac Asimov’s space opera is back with similar missteps from its first installment
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‘Full Circle’ Review: Steven Soderbergh Weaves Intricate Thoughts on Human Nature Into Serious Max Limited Series
A scheme to kidnap the son of a wealthy family goes royally wrong in the crime caper starring Zazie Beetz, Claire Danes, Timothy Olyphant and more
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‘The Summer I Turned Pretty’ Season 2 Review: Jenny Han Delivers Postcard-Perfect YA Romance
Amazon hit drama returns with a big twist that finds the serenity of Cousins Beach forever changed
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‘Project Greenlight’ Review: Max Reboot Excels With Candid Look at Highs and Lows of Filmmaking
Produced by Issa Rae, Kumail Nanjiani and Gina Prince-Bythewood, the docuseries is essential viewing for lovers of atypically blunt reality shows
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‘Insidious: The Red Door’ Review: The Sequel Disappoints Despite Patrick Wilson’s Promising Directorial Debut
The new ‘Insidious’ chapter wearily fizzles despite some effective set-pieces and signature jump scares
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‘Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One’ Review: Breathtaking Stunts Highlight a Top-Shelf Tom Cruise Sequel
With jaw-dropping set pieces and a pulsating sound design, director Christopher McQuarrie delivers one of this summer’s best theatrical events
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‘Justified: City Primeval’ Review: Timothy Olyphant Reclaims the Stetson Hat for Triumphant Elmore Leonard Adaptation
The FX follow-up finds Marshal Raylan Givens in Detroit, where a maniac is sowing chaos and the rules of engagement are as wild as the West ever was
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‘We Have Never Been Modern’ Review: Czech Drama Looks at Sexuality Through the Lens of 1937
Karlovy Vary Film Festival: The Czech period piece deals with issues that couldn’t be more current
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‘The Idol’ Is a Bomb for the Ages: The Winners and Losers of HBO’s Summer Disaster (Commentary)
The five-episode collaboration between Sam Levinson, Abel “The Weeknd” Tesfaye and Reza Fahim concludes as one of the worst shows ever made
