Reviews
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‘Swan Song’ Film Review: Udo Kier Dazzles as a Hairdresser Called Back for One Last Coif
Todd Stephens’ comedy remembers LGBT history’s bad old days while acknowledging a more enlightened present
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‘Pray Away’ Film Review: Powerful Documentary Explores ‘Ex-Gay’ Movement
Survivors relate tales of horror from homophobic religious groups, and it’s clear they’re happy to be free of this oppression
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‘Naked Singularity’ Film Review: John Boyega Pleads No Contest in Messy Legal Sci-Fi Drama
Courtrooms, cocaine and cosmic philosophy all add up to not very much at all
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‘Jungle Cruise’ Film Review: Emily Blunt and Dwayne Johnson Charmingly Go Nowhere
This adaptation of a Disney ride overloads the CGI, but it’s a breezy voyage
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‘Nine Days’ Film Review: Spiritual Sundance Drama Deflates on Arrival
At sea level, the film’s fuzzy philosophy succumbs to a complete lack of internal logic
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‘The Green Knight’ Review: Dev Patel’s Swordsman Gets Lost Amid Fussy Detail
David Lowery’s take on the epic poem seems more interested in the art direction than the storytelling
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‘Settlers’ Film Review: Stark Sci-Fi Allegory Explores Questions of Colonialism
A family grapples with the bleak landscape of Mars alongside bigger, more resonant issues
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‘Old’ Film Review: M Night Shyamalan’s Rug-Pulling Routine Is Getting, Well, You Know
Poorly-written characters struggle with ill-defined terrors in a muddled mess of a thriller
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‘Mandibles’ Film Review: Absurdist French Comedy Doubles Down on the Dumb
The latest from Quentin Dupieux (“Rubber”) turns a giant insect puppet and a nonsense plot into a happy road trip to nowhere
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‘Jolt’ Review: Kate Beckinsale Lets It All Out in Energetic Action Saga
Female rage gets results in this electrifying spin on familiar tropes
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‘Snake Eyes’ Film Review: Henry Golding’s Charm Gets Lost in Pointless Prequel
This “G.I. Joe Origins” tale goes from muddled to murky to flat-out goofy
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‘No Ordinary Man’ Film Review: Meta-Doc Deconstructs Story of Transmasculine Jazz Musician Billy Tipton
Through interviews and recreations, the filmmakers capture Tipton’s life and explore how and by whom the history of trans people gets told
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‘Pig’ Film Review: Nicolas Cage Cooks Up One of His Finest Performances in Gourmet Vengeance Tale
Michael Sarnoski’s tale of a reclusive ex-chef out to retrieve his porcine pal mixes flavors you wouldn’t think would pair well, but they do
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‘Mama Weed’ Film Review: Isabelle Huppert’s a Dealer in Addictive French Crime Comedy
The French legend’s star power threads together tones of wit, danger and political substance
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‘Escape Room 2’ Review: Exciting, Illogical Sequel Sets New Elaborate Traps
‘Tournament of Champions’ might not make a lick of sense, but it’s a meticulously constructed thrill machine














