Columns
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‘The Purge: Anarchy’ Review: Horror Sequel Looks Dumb by Trying to Appear Smart
Returning director James DeMonaco flirts with messages about politics, society, and inequality, but they’re all dazzle camouflage for a silly and squalid shoot-em-up
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Charlie Sheen ‘Hammered’ Taco Bell Video Not So Funny Considering His History
Sheen’s drug- and alcohol-fueled troubles cost him TV’s best-paying role in 2010
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‘Sex Tape’ Review: Cameron Diaz and Jason Segel Go the Distance, but the Script Can’t
The foreplay in this internet-age farce is promising, but the comedy deflates by the disappointing climax; Rob Lowe proves his comedic staying power with another scene-stealing, supporting bit
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‘Wish I Was Here’ Review: Zach Braff’s Passion Project Features Big Moments and Empty Characters
If you’re still listening to the “Garden State” soundtrack in your car, you may well be carried away by Braff’s latest; non-believers are more likely to find the proceedings self-indulgent and unconvincing
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‘Deliver Us From Evil’ Review: Eric Bana, Joel McHale, Olivia Munn and Cast Wasted on Just Another Exorcism Movie
Terrific performances and spooky atmospherics only stave off the predictable conclusion of a priest yelling at a guy who’s bleeding out of every orifice
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‘Penny Dreadful’ Season Finale: Why the Werewolf Is Kind of Special
One character makes a major transformation
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‘Snowpiercer’ Review: Chris Evans Thriller Embraces and Rejects Blockbuster Conventions
“The Host” and “Mother” director Bong Joon-Ho pours on the action but misses the heart — even with an eminently watchable Tilda Swinton — in this problematic adventure
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‘Venus in Fur’ Review: Actress and Director Tussle for Sexual Power in Roman Polanski’s Latest
The stage is the world for mind games between Emmanuelle Seigner and Mathieu Amalric’s characters, in another play-on-film from the émigré filmmaker
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‘How to Train Your Dragon 2’ Review: Something Gets Lost in the Leap from Romp to Epic
Gorgeous visuals and the addition of a strong new character (voiced by Cate Blanchett) don’t make up for a lackluster villain or the dumbing-down of the flying dragons
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Syfy Exec by Day, Playwright by Night: From ‘Sharknado’ to an Ayn Rand Orgy
Syfy executive Gary Morgenstein talks about his sci-fi musical in the latest edition of TheWrap’s Writers’ Room series
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‘Test’ Review: Dance Drama Ponders Survival in the Early Days of AIDS
This lovely and contemplative film examines the impact of the then-new HIV test on dancers in San Francisco in the mid-1980s
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‘Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon’ Review: Mike Myers Captures a Legendary Manager
Alice Cooper, Michael Douglas, and Sylvester Stallone are just some of the celebs who pop up to pay tribute to one of the gods of 1970s artist management
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’22 Jump Street’ Review: Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill Star in a Funnier, Smarter, Sexier Sequel
One could complain about the padding and the repetition, but who cares when the jokes and the performances are this hilarious?
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‘Game of Thrones’: Here’s Another Way ‘The Princess Bride’ Could Have Ended
Tyrion gets his trial by combat
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‘Smokey Joe’s Cafe’ Is Smokin’ (Guest Blog)
The theatrical production is one of two recent musical experiences that helped me expand my horizons beyond Motown
