Reviews
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‘Ruben Brandt, Collector’ Film Review: In Art-Caper Animation, Thievery Is the Sincerest Form of Flattery
A therapist is obsessed with masterpieces, and director Milorad Krstic is similarly drawn both to high art and high cinematic style
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‘Donnybrook’ Film Review: Jamie Bell’s Miserabilist Boxing Drama Has No Uppercut
Director Tim Sutton shoots for scuzzy bleakness, but the end result is overpowering yet unfocused
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‘Fighting With My Family’ Film Review: Paige’s Origin Story Spotlights WWE Underdog
With so few sports movies about women winning in a man’s arena, this charming true tale has all the right moves
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‘Alita: Battle Angel’ Film Review: James Cameron’s Long-Gestating Anime Adaptation Winds Up a Glossy Muddle
Robert Rodriguez gives us a heroine who doesn’t care about her past — so why should we? — in the cleanest post-apocalypse ever
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‘Happy Death Day 2U’ Film Review: Frightfully Clever Slasher Sequel is 2 Cool 2 B Forgotten
Adding a sci-fi element to this “Groundhog Day”-style horror-comedy gives the freaky franchise a shot in the arm
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‘Isn’t It Romantic’ Film Review: Rebel Wilson’s Rom-Com Satire Scores Laughs But Lacks Bite
The film has fun poking at cinematic clichés, but it too often plays it safe rather than risk alienating fans of the romantic comedy genre
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‘Untogether’ Film Review: Jemima Kirke Plays a Struggling Writer In Frank, Fresh Un-Rom-Com
In writer-director Emma Forrest’s assured debut, this tale of desperate strivers prefers illumination over glibness
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‘What Men Want’ Film Review: Taraji P. Henson Hilariously Shatters the Glass Ceiling
This romp of a remake allows for broad comic moments while also addressing real issues faced by women in the workplace
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‘To Dust’ Film Review: Matthew Broderick Dramedy Examines Death’s Physical and Emotional Repercussions
Géza Röhrig (“Son of Saul”) stars as a devout cantor obsessed with the status of his late wife’s remains
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‘High Flying Bird’ Film Review: Steven Soderbergh Shoots and Scores With NBA Drama
Slamdance 2019: “Moonlight” writer Tarell Alvin McCraney’s wise, witty tale about the big business of basketball becomes a sleek, savvy and forward-thinking pleasure in Soderbergh’s hands
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‘The Prodigy’ Film Review: Killer-Kid Tale Suffers From Bland Plotting
Despite a few unintentional chuckles, this thriller is too broad to be scary and too morose to be campy
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2019 Oscar Nominated Short Films Review: A Collection of Great Mini-Movies, For the Price of a Feature
The annual collection of short-listed shorts features poignancy, intensity, drama. humor and a sense of diversity
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‘The Lego Movie 2’ Film Review: Colorful Sequel Clicks Into New Worlds of Imagination
“The Second Part” sees the invasion of Duplo toys and even more great tunes that will get stuck in your head
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‘The Gospel of Eureka’ Film Review: Drag Queens and Christians Each Put on Their Own Show in Arkansas
In the small town of Eureka Springs, the drag show and the Passion Play are both hot tickets as two communities bleed into each other
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‘Berlin, I Love You’ Film Review: Latest City-Based Anthology Is a Deutsch Dud
Too many shorts crammed into this “City of Love” compilation means not enough story or characterization
