Reviews
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‘Dog Eat Dog’ Review: Nicolas Cage, Paul Schrader Reteam for Empty Crime Drama
Cage leads a trio of baddies, including Willem Dafoe, in this coldly stylish, ineffectual pulp ride
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‘The Pass’ NewFest Review: Russell Tovey Dominates Sexy, Stagey Adaptation
Tovey and Arinzé Kene play soccer stars with an unspoken mutual love in a film that never opens up from its theatrical roots
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‘American Pastoral’ Review: Ewan McGregor Mis-Adapts Philip Roth’s Novel
You can usually rely on an actor-turned-director to elicit fine performances, but even Jennifer Connelly and Dakota Fanning are ill-used here
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‘The Handmaiden’ Review: Park Chan-wook Weaves a Sumptuous, Erotic Crime Story
A scheme to bilk a lonely heiress turns into a knotty mix of sex, secrets and spite in this rapturously conceived, committedly pervy period tale
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‘In a Valley of Violence’ Review: John Travolta and Ethan Hawke Square Off in the Old West
Indie director Ti West (“The House of the Devil”) brings the violence to this Western, all right, but it finds its tone far too late
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‘We Are X’ Review: Rock Doc Celebrates Japan’s Greatest Band You’ve Maybe Never Heard Of
Passionate fans (including Gene Simmons and Stan Lee) and the driven musicians themselves may just make you an X Japan convert
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‘Insecure’ Review: Issa Rae Shines in HBO Comedy About Dating and Friendship
Move over, Lena Dunham – someone has a fresh new take on life in the 20s
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‘Divorce’ Review: Sarah Jessica Parker Is Still in the City, With Less Sex
HBO comedy about the destruction of a marriage finally emerges after four-year development process
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‘Holiday Inn’ Broadway Review: Like Visiting Berlin Before the Fall of the Wall
An Irving Berlin movie classic peters out long before Valentine’s Day in this new stage incarnation at Studio 54
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‘Frequency’ Review: CW Joins TV’s Time-Travel Craze With Peyton List Drama
‘Supernatural’ network reaches back to a 2000 movie to perform its own time-travel experiment
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‘No Tomorrow’ Review: Tori Anderson in a Lighthearted End-of-the-World Comedy
CW’s rom-com may face some problems getting viewers to commit
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‘Conviction’ Review: An Injustice How This Show Wastes Hayley Atwell
ABC’s new legal drama is no substitute for “Scandal”
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‘Timeless’ Review: Abigail Spencer and Company Go Back to the Past
NBC’s time-travel adventure might have a few too many twists
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‘The Encounter’ Broadway Review: How to Enjoy Getting Lost in the Theater
In a tech-driven show that includes headsets for audience members, Simon McBurney re-creates true expedition in Amazon rain forests
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‘Crisis in Six Scenes’ Review: Woody Allen Gets Burgled by Miley Cyrus
Aging filmmaker falls back on musty gags in Amazon’s ’60s-era political comedy
