Reviews
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‘The Wilde Wedding’ Review: Glenn Close Leads All-Star Cast to Oblivion
Not even Close, John Malkovich, Patrick Stewart and other greats can elevate this limp family comedy
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‘American Assassin’ Review: Dylan O’Brien Mostly Hits the Target as New Secret Agent
Michael Keaton is fascinatingly gruff in what feels like a retread of old Tom Clancy adaptations
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‘F—ing A’ Theater Review: Christine Lahti Humanizes Suzan-Lori Parks’ Dystopia
Director Jo Bonney does what she can with this flawed but occasionally stirring Brechtian fable
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‘Dayveon’ Review: Evocative Rural Drama Explores Young Gang Member’s Coming of Age
Writer-director Amman Abbasi makes an ambitious debut with this heartfelt tale of a troubled childhood’s end
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‘Year by the Sea’ Review: Female Empowerment Comedy Is Insufferably Twee
Karen Allen frolics and cavorts through an artificial celebration of finding yourself via travel and adventure
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‘Rebel in the Rye’ Review: JD Salinger Biopic Explains It All for You, Poorly
Danny Strong’s portrait of the reclusive author, played by a miscast Nicholas Hoult, is a superficial mishmash of biopic tropes
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‘It’ Review: Horror Tale Floats Many Characters, But the Clown Disappoints
Covering the first half of the thick Stephen King tome, this adaptation juggles its many kids and parents with chilling efficacy
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‘Tulip Fever’ Review: Long-Shelved Period Romance Is No Garden of Delights
This frenzied adaptation of the popular novel about another era’s flower power is a busy, empty mess
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‘I Do…Until I Don’t’ Review: Lake Bell’s Directorial Career Takes a Wrong Turn
The actress-turned-filmmaker crafts a disappointing follow-up to “In a World…”
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‘All Saints’ Review: John Corbett’s Cranky Cleric Dominates Faith-Based Drama
Based on a true story about a dying church revived by refugees, this low-key drama could appeal even to non-religious audiences
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‘Served Like a Girl’ Review: Doc on Female Homeless Vets Struggles With Tone
A look at a beauty pageant for female veterans mixes undeniably powerful stories with superfluous fluff
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‘Birth of the Dragon’ Review: Young Bruce Lee Remembered in Old-School Kung Fu Flick
Despite the front-and-center Caucasian character, this true tale of a showdown between Lee and a Shaolin master has cheesy appeal
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‘England Is Mine’ Review: Morrissey Biopic Feels Like a Perfectly Unhappy Smiths Song
Britain’s most acclaimed ’80s music icon gets solemn, reverent treatment from director Mark Gill and co-screenwriter William Thacker
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‘Leap!’ Review: French Animated Tale of a Wannabe Ballerina Is Harmless Family Fare
This unassuming, occasionally heartwarming piece of uplift set in 1880s Paris puts an orphan girl’s dance ambitions front and center
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‘What Happened to Monday’ Review: Noomi Rapace Is Woman Times Seven in Sci-Fi Dystopia
Glenn Close and Willem Dafoe co-star in Netflix action tale where seven sisters pretend to be just one
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