Reviews
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‘2020 Oscar Shorts: Animated’ Film Review: Nominated Cartoons Run the Gamut from Heartfelt to Heartbreaking
There’s the adorable “Hair Love,” and then four powerful shorts that will put you through the wringer
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‘2020 Oscar Shorts: Documentary’ Film Review: Traditionally Intense Category Wields a Slightly Lighter Touch This Year
There’s tragedy but also hope within this year’s crop of non-fiction short subjects
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‘2020 Oscar Shorts: Live Action’ Film Review: Nominees Represent Various Genres, But All Are Effective
The comedy “The Neighbor’s Window” stands apart from more intense honorees, but all merit a look
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‘The Rhythm Section’ Film Review: Blake Lively Gets Stuck in a Thriller That’s Decidedly Off-Tempo
Logic, excitement and characterization are just some of the missing elements in this bland action dud
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‘Jose’ Film Review: Powerful Drama Examines Being Poor and Gay in Guatemala
Li Cheng’s restrained drama illustrates the damage repression can wreak but also offers hope to its protagonist
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All 11 Guy Ritchie Films, Ranked Worst to Best (Photos)
Where does “The Gentlemen” rank among the British genre director’s filmography?
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All Six ‘Step Up’ Movies, Ranked Worst to Best (Photos)
How does the new “Step Up: Year of the Dance” stack up against its footloose predecessors?
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‘The Turning’ Film Review: Mackenzie Davis Grapples With Ghosts and an Unflattering Hairdo
This lackluster adaptation of “The Turn of the Screw” isn’t going to make anyone forget earlier, better versions
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‘The Last Full Measure’ Film Review: Sebastian Stan Investigates an Unheralded War Hero
The film delves into emotional issues impacting vets, but it strains to make Stan’s Pentagon functionary integral to the plot
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‘Bad Boys for Life’ Film Review: Will Smith and Martin Lawrence Go Over the Top, Again
It’s an improvement over “Bad Boys II,” but this late-in-the-game sequel still traffics in slick, loud carnage
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‘Weathering With You’ Film Review: Cloudbursts Can’t Drown Love in Romantic Anime
“Your Name” director Makoto Shinkai returns with a swoony effort in which passion transcends climate
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‘The Wave’ Film Review: Justin Long Stoner Comedy Not a Wave Worth Riding
Long and Donald Faison make charming guides on this magic bus, but the psychedelic journey goes nowhere interesting
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‘My Name Is Lucy Barton’ Broadway Review: Laura Linney Shines in Bringing Elizabeth Strout’s Novel to Life
Richard Eyre directs a luminous solo performance
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‘The Woman Who Loves Giraffes’ Film Review: Stirring Documentary Captures Pioneering Zoologist
The inspiring saga of a woman who blazed trails in her field offers delight for viewers of all ages
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‘Three Christs’ Film Review: Richard Gere Treats a Trio of Would-Be Jesuses in Simplistic Drama
The holy trinity of Peter Dinklage, Bradley Whitford and Walton Goggins is undone by mental-health-crusader clichés
