Reviews
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’21 Bridges’ Film Review: Chadwick Boseman Locks Down Manhattan in Half-Baked Thriller
Bland and unfulfilling storytelling undoes what could have been an effective single-night police drama
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‘The Good Liar’ Film Review: Helen Mirren and Ian McKellen Wasted in Disappointing Crime Drama
Even with these actors and director Bill Condon, this tale of con-artistry is torpid when it should be thrilling
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‘Frozen II’: Critics Mostly Enchanted By Disney’s ‘Deeply Strange’ Sequel
While not as good as the 2013 original, reviews admire the film’s music and heart
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‘Scandalous’ Film Review: National Enquirer Doc Couldn’t Be More Timely, Damning
“The Untold Story of the National Enquirer” also details how tabloid-ism infected the American media
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‘Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project’ Film Review: Compelling Portrait of a Nation Through the Lens of an Unknown Citizen
One woman’s obsessive archiving of the news cycle — from 1977 to 2012 — reveals as much about the woman as it does the news
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‘Everybody’s Everything’ Film Review: Rapper Lil Peep’s Meteoric Rise and Tragic Fall Explored in Sensitive Documentary
The Soundcloud rapper died at the age of 21 but left behind a compelling personal and professional legacy
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‘White Snake’ Film Review: Epic Saga Heralds New Wave of Chinese Animation
Drawing from folk legend, directors Amp Wong and Ji Zhao have created a finely cut and polished gem of CG animation
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‘Earthquake Bird’ Film Review: Alicia Vikander’s Listless Melodrama Lands With a Splat
Disappointing new feature from Wash Westmoreland (“Colette”) doesn’t work as a mystery or as a character piece
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‘The Report’ Film Review: Adam Driver Takes on the CIA in Real-Life Thriller
Illuminating, talky film depicts a dedicated Senate investigator’s unearthing of the CIA’s War on Terror torture program
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‘Waves’ Film Review: Searing Father-Son Drama Examines Race and Masculinity
Trey Edward Shults (“It Comes at Night”) unsparingly examines a family’s implosion but still allows for hope
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‘Ford v Ferrari’ Film Review: Christian Bale and Matt Damon Drive Steady Through Underwritten Le Mans Tale
The race sequences are breathtaking, but the characterizations need a tune-up in James Mangold’s latest
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‘Charlie’s Angels’ Film Review: Kristen Stewart and Company Make Reboot All About Sisterhood
Writer-director Elizabeth Banks underscores how rarely Hollywood gives women equal footing in action roles
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‘The All-Americans’ Film Review: East L.A. Football Doc Diminishes the Community It Seeks to Celebrate
This look at a legendary football rivalry plays too often like an outsider’s perspective
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‘American Dharma’ Film Review: Errol Morris’ Documentary on Steve Bannon Leaves Too Many Questions Unanswered
The master documentarian takes an even-keeled approach to the political troublemaker, and the results can be maddening
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‘Good Girls Get High’ Review: Laughs Are Baked Into This Sweet Teen Comedy
Does this movie resemble “Booksmart”? Sure. Is it still worth your while? Absolutely.
