Reviews
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‘Teeth’ Off Broadway Review: Vagina Dentata Makes Her Long-Awaited Stage Debut
The 2007 cult movie is now a new musical that sings (as well as bites)
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10 Best New York Theater Productions of 2023 | Photos
Ranking the year’s best on the boards, from the staging of a classic Cuban album to the first half of Sondheim’s last musical
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‘Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom’ Review: The DCEU Goes Belly-Up With One Last Disappointment
James Wan’s choppy, unsatisfying superhero sequel ends the franchise on a low note
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‘Thanksgiving’ Review: Eli Roth’s Turkey-Day Slasher Is Wicked Fun in the Right Way
Bloody, entertaining and knowingly ridiculous, Roth’s latest serves up screams, a high body count and a delicious turn from Patrick Dempsey
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‘Here We Are’ Off Broadway Review: Stephen Sondheim Relishes Then Abandons Luis Buñuel
In a rendezvous negotiated by playwright David Ives, two legendary artists create both a wonderful hit and a curious miss
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‘Expend4bles’ Review: The Latest Installment of the Action Series Is Dull and Tasteless
It’s perhaps time to retire the clumsy “Expendables” franchise starring Sylvester Stallone and Jason Statham
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‘The Bikeriders’ Review: Jeff Nichols’ Roaring and Star-Studded Ode to a ’60s Motorcycle Club
Telluride 2023: Jodie Comer, Austin Butler and Tom Hardy deliver captivating performances in this entertaining and Scorsese-esque biker flick
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‘Janet Planet’ Review: A Textured Yet Wearisome Coming-of-Age Tale
Telluride 2023: Julianne Nicholson and newcomer Zoe Ziegler ably navigate an even-keeled mother-daughter story that feels hushed to a fault
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‘Back to the Future’ Broadway Review: Roger Bart Travels on Autopilot
The gifted comedian delivers the performance this tired exercise in excessive stagecraft deserves
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‘Oppenheimer’ Review: Christopher Nolan’s Epic Is Brainy and Grand in All the Right Ways
Elevated by Cillian Murphy’s exacting performance, Nolan’s biopic on the father of the atomic bomb is majestic and morally complex
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‘Insidious: The Red Door’ Review: The Sequel Disappoints Despite Patrick Wilson’s Promising Directorial Debut
The new ‘Insidious’ chapter wearily fizzles despite some effective set-pieces and signature jump scares
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‘No Hard Feelings’ Review: Jennifer Lawrence Lights Up This Witty and Genuine Rom-Com
With funny set-pieces and a heartwarming turn from young Andrew Barth Feldman, the occasionally clumsy studio comedy finds its groove
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‘I.S.S.’ Review: Ariana DeBose Outer-Space Thriller Is Respectable But Lifeless
Tribeca Festival: “Blackfish” director Gabriela Cowperthwaite orchestrates a stylish yet frustratingly broad genre exercise
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‘The Comeuppance’ Off Broadway Review: Or, How a Great Play Exposes the Worst Years of Our Lives
Playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins knows why no one ever really recovers from high school
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‘Robot Dreams’ Review: A Beautiful Tale of Friendship and Love in the Hand-Drawn Streets of Vintage New York
Cannes 2023: Pablo Berger’s heartwarming animation is one of the most delightful films in this year’s lineup
