Reviews
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‘The Female Brain’ Film Review: Whitney Cummings Finds Silly, Cerebral Laughs in Battle of the Sexes
A sharp comic ensemble — including the NBA’s Blake Griffin — shines in a mostly cliché-free rom-com
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‘Seeing Allred’ Film Review: Gloria Allred’s Fight for Rights Makes a Stirring Documentary
The controversial attorney gets a fair and robust hearing in this inspiring Netflix feature
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‘The 2018 Oscar-Nominated Short Films’ Review: With Little Running Time Comes Great Power
This year’s shorts pack a wallop — so much so that watching them all together can be emotionally draining
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‘The 15:17 to Paris’ Film Review: Clint Eastwood’s Everyday Heroism Tale Is Itself Too Mundane
Casting the real American lifesavers from the 2015 terrorist attack they prevented is more awkward than illuminating
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‘Fifty Shades Freed’ Film Review: Trilogy’s Tame Finale Lays Us Down to Sleep
Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan head to the altar for the ultimate taming of kinky Christian Grey
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‘Peter Rabbit’ Movie Review: Beatrix Potter’s Bunny Reduced to Flopsy Sweat
Annoyingly “hip” and clamoring to please, this shrill kid movie lacks charm and fun
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‘A Ciambra’ Film Review: Scorsese-Produced Italian Drama Follows Real-Life Roma Family
Spirit Award nominee Jonas Carpignano’s realist film explores a young boy’s coming of age amidst crime and poverty
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‘Winchester’ Film Review: Helen Mirren Looks Bored, and With Good Reason
This kinda-sorta true story about ghosts, guns and a labyrinthine house never adds up to much, even with Dame Helen on hand
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‘Bilal’ Film Review: Animated Saga Bogged Down by Historical Constraints
Subtitled “A New Breed of Hero,” this adventure tells the story of an Islamic legend in a way that may confound outsiders
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‘A Fantastic Woman’ Film Review: Chile’s Oscar Entry Tells Powerful Trans Tale
Daniela Vega electrifies as a trans woman who refuses to be swept under the carpet by her late lover’s family
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‘Have a Nice Day’ Film Review: Chinese Animated Noir Is a Wry, Cool Money Chase
Steeped in the realities of modern China, Liu Jian’s bleak pop thriller about a sought-after bag of cash is a gritty animated gem
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‘Hostiles’ Film Review: Christian Bale Leads Mournful Tale of Settlers and Native Americans
This Old West saga’s tale of racism and the near-impossibility of redemption rings all too true today
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‘The Final Year’ Film Review: Obama Doc Reminds Us What a Difference a Few Months Make
Watching intelligent, stable adults work on foreign policy may cause pangs of painful nostalgia
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‘Mom and Dad’ Film Review: Nicolas Cage Is Crazy for His Kids in Horror-Comedy
Stressed parents start attacking their own children in this midnight-movie slice of suburban hell
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‘Den of Thieves’ Film Review: Heist Caper Steals from ‘Heat,’ Pulls Off the Job
Gerard Butler and Pablo Schreiber face off in a film that apes Michael Mann’s crime classic to surprising success
