Reviews
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‘Joe Turner’s Come and Gone’ Broadway Review: Debbie Allen’s Direction Injects Real Fire Into August Wilson’s Masterpiece
Taraji P. Henson and Cedric the Entertainer lead an absolutely terrific ensemble
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‘Animal Farm’ Review: What the Cluck Was Andy Serkis Thinking?
The new, all-star version of George Orwell’s classic, depressing allegory adds a new villain based on Elon Musk and a happy Hollywood ending
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‘Widow’s Bay’ Review: Matthew Rhys Enchants in Apple’s Stephen King-Tinged Horror Comedy
Creator Katie Dippold crafts an engaging and scary series that veers off course after an excellent start
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‘I Swear’ Review: Sweet, Sensitive John Davidson Biopic Proves the Genre Still Matters
Robert Aramayo gives a stirring performance in this inspiring drama about the Scottish Tourette syndrome activist
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‘The Rocky Horror Show’ Broadway Review: A Fun Revival Pushes the Envelope, as Well as Somebody’s Rear-End
Richard O’Brien’s musical may be over 50 years ago, but Sam Pinkleton’s staging manages to deliver at least one major surprise
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‘Apex’ Review: Charlize Theron Can’t Reach Great Heights in Middling Netflix Thriller
Taron Egerton hunts the Oscar winner for sport in the Australian wilderness, which sounds more exciting than it is
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‘Stranger Things: Tales From ‘85’ Review: Netflix Spinoff Is Haunted by Missed Opportunities
Eleven and the gang skip unpredictable side quests for a central mystery that bypasses lore and its big stars
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‘Beaches’ Broadway Review: Even the Legendary Mike Stoller Can’t Prevent This Flotsam From Washing Ashore
The Bette Midler tearjerker makes a very rocky transition to the musical stage
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‘The Balusters’ Broadway Review: A New Play Covers Almost All the Diversity Bases
David Lindsay-Abaire’s entertaining comedy about a power-hungry HOA looks at diversity in all its orientations and colors, only to discover that something’s missing
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‘Half Man’ Review: Richard Gadd Returns With Viscerally Brilliant HBO Drama
Jamie Bell, Mitchell Robertson and Stuart Campbell round out the excellent cast of this jarringly repetitive exploration of masculinity
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‘Michael’ Review: Frustrating Michael Jackson Biopic Makes You Want to Scream
Jaafar Jackson eerily embodies his real-life uncle in a film that remembers the time, but doesn’t look at the man in the mirror
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‘Schmigadoon!’ Broadway Review: Lorne Michaels and Cinco Paul Recycle Their Apple TV Show
Minimal effort has been extended to reinvent the musical for the stage
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‘Fallen Angels’ Broadway Review: Rose Byrne and Kelli O’Hara Do Their Lucy & Ethel Best to Dust Off an Antique
Noel Coward would not recognize his 1925 flop about two married women who consider revisiting past affairs with the same lover
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‘Roommates’ Review: Mediocre Netflix Buddy Comedy Is Almost a Good Horror Film
Sadie Sandler and Chloe East are college besties who descend into paranoia and misery in this unusual Happy Madison comedy
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‘Proof’ Broadway Review: The Obamas Deliver Mixed Results With Their First Theatrical Venture
The former president and first lady’s Higher Ground stage an uneven revival of David Auburn’s play starring Ayo Edebiri and Don Cheadle
