Reviews
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‘The Mummy’ Review: Tom Cruise Kicks Off Universal’s ‘Dark Universe’ With Epic Monstrosity
Despite the novelty of a female mummy and Cruise’s presence, this chaotically unappetizing reboot suggests that some franchises should remain dead
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‘Letters From Baghdad’ Review: Tilda Swinton Gorgeously Narrates Fascinating, Flawed Documentary
Pioneering diplomat Gertrude Bell makes a compelling figure, but this portrait could use more context for her achievements
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‘The Incomparable Rose Hartman’ Review: Portrait of the Artist as an Obsessive Observer
Hartman snapped New York celebrities for decades — but was she a skilled photographer, or merely in the right places at the right time?
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‘Churchill’ Review: WWII Drama Shows Legendary Leader Gripped by Fear
Brian Cox portrays the PM’s debilitating doubts in the run-up to D-Day, but the film is more simplistic than enlightening
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‘Joshua: Teenager vs Superpower’ Review: Netflix Doc Examines Young Hong Kong Activist
While Joshua Wong’s protest work is undeniably important, this portrait of him comes off as pallid and repetitive
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‘Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales’ Review: Johnny Depp Serves Up a Fifth of Frivolity
For a series that had already walked the plank with scurvy sequels, this fifth entry marks a surprisingly entertaining return to yo-ho-ho form
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‘Twin Peaks’ Review: Give Yourself a Present
What if the mystery was always just a great excuse for savory delights?
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‘The Woman Who Left’ Review: Lav Diaz Takes Female Revenge to a Lonely Place
The nearly four-hour, black-and-white Venice prize-winner adapts a Tolstoy story about vengeance and reconciliation to moving, mournful effect
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‘Paint It Black’ Review: Amber Tamblyn’s Directorial Debut Pits Girlfriend vs Mommie-in-Law Dearest
A grounded Alia Shawkat and an over-the-top Janet McTeer play off each other as though they were in two completely different movies
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‘Everything, Everything’ Review: Girl in the Plastic Bubble Falls for Boy Next Door
Nicola Yoon’s YA novel suffers some missteps on the big screen, but Amandla Stenberg and Nick Robinson make appealing young lovers
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‘Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul’ Review: Once-Charming Franchise Takes a Road to Nowhere
The earlier entries were smart and sweet examinations of being a kid, but this time we get clichés and oversimplification
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‘Paris Can Wait’ Review: Diane Lane’s Gourmet Road Trip Is Hard to Digest
Eleanor Coppola (“Hearts of Darkness”) makes a disappointing narrative debut with a tale that could have been called “Eat, Drive, Bore”
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‘Lowriders’ Review: The Cars Are the Real Stars of This East LA Drama
Demián Bichir gives this earnest family tale his all, but the drama pales next to the gleam of the custom cars
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‘The Wall’ Review: Aaron Taylor-Johnson Pinned Down by a Sniper and a Minimalist Script
Doug Liman’s pared-down, Iraq-set war movie never fully expresses what it has to say about human conflict
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‘Snatched’ Review: Amy Schumer and Goldie Hawn Make an Uneven Duo in Comic Misadventure
There are sporadic laughs in this haphazard mother-daughter vacation gone wrong, but with this dream comedy pairing — it should be funnier
