Reviews
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‘The Walking Dead’ Series Finale Review: Who Survived, Who Died and How It All Ended
The AMC series concluded after 11 seasons, but the final episode spent plenty of time setting up the various spinoffs to come
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What’s New on Blu-ray and DVD for the Holidays, From Hallmark to Horror to Christmas Classics
Film reviews editor Alonso Duralde spotlights the seasonal physical-media you’ll want to give (or put on your own wish list)
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‘Sandra’ Off Broadway Review: Murder, She Wrote Very Awkwardly
A new mystery by David Cale fails to offer much in the way of suspense
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‘The Patient Gloria’ Off Broadway Review: Gina Moxley Looks Back at Shrink-Wrapped Abuse
The Irish actress-playwright examines an historic case of abusive psychotherapy and early reality TV
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‘Disenchanted’ Review: Amy Adams Sequel Breaks the Spell
While the first movie subverted Disney fairy-tale tropes, this follow-up seems determined to revive them
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‘& Juliet’ Broadway Review: Max Martin Jukebox Musical Retools the Bard to a Pop Beat
David West Read book reimagines Shakespeare as a sexist hack
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‘Love, Charlie’ Review: Charlie Trotter Doc Recounts a Legendary Chef’s Rise and Collapse
Director Rebecca Halpern mixes insights with frenetic editing and too many unanswered questions
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‘Bantú Mama’ Review: Dominican Oscar Entry Explores Home Ties for Africans in the Caribbean
Ivan Herrera follows characters living in the poorest area of Santo Domingo, but allows them to brim with life rather than wallow in misery
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‘Mickey: The Story of a Mouse’ Review: Disney Doc Explores Character, Icon, Ubiquitous Mascot
Interesting exploration of a global phenomenon goes out of its way to let Disney (the man and the company) off the hook
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‘Spirited’ Review: Modern-Day Scrooge Turns the Tables in Overstuffed Musical Holiday Tale
Ryan Reynolds and Will Ferrell sing, dance and have a blast, but this Christmas movie’s stocking runneth over
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‘There There’ Review: Andrew Bujalski Leaps Backward to Mumblecore-Via-Zoom
After the breakthrough of “Support the Girls,” Bujalski’s experiment with COVID-19 cinema starts strong then goes off the rails
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‘The Menu’ Film Review: Ralph Fiennes Serves Revenge, Cold or Hot, But Always With Style
Less of a horror film than a dark comedy about art, its practitioners and the consumers who may or may not deserve transcendence
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‘She Said’ Review: Weinstein Scandal Makes for Stirring, Sometimes Hokey, Journalism Drama
Screen adaptation of the best-selling book mostly succeeds at recreating the investigation that helped kickstart #MeToo
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‘Fleishman Is in Trouble’ Review: Jesse Eisenberg Has a Midlife Crisis in Surprising FX Series
The new drama/comedy from writer Taffy Brodesser-Akner is more rewarding than it initially appears to be
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‘Poker Face’ Review: Russell Crowe Bluffs His Way Through Screenwriting Debut
The writer-director-star falls short in characterization, tension, drama, action — even cards
