Category: Reviews
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‘Tokyo Fist’ Comes at You Fast
Shinya Tsukamoto’s boxing movie turns genre norms on their head.
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Jane Fonda Gives One of Her Best Performances in ‘Moving On’
‘Moving On’ doesn’t really know what to do with itself, but it does prove how difficult it is to put Fonda and Tomlin together in a movie and come up with a bad time.
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The Irreverent Charm of ‘Shaolin Soccer’
Its original blend of slapstick comedy, martial-arts thrills, and the underdog-centric sports movie immediately wins you over.
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Paul Newman is Woefully Miscast in ‘Somebody Up There Likes Me’
Newman tries his best, but flounders, in a role better suited to the recently departed James Dean.
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‘Scream 6’ is a Cut Above ‘5’
Plus: ‘All the Beauty and the Bloodshed,’ one of 2022’s best movies, is finally available to rent.
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‘The Longest Yard’ Understands Burt Reynolds’ Appeal
‘The Longest Yard’ is best enjoyed for the way it complements the platonic ideal of a star persona whose at-one-time refreshing irreverence would only retain its freshness a little while longer.
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‘Slap Shot’: A Sports Comedy Where Violence is the Answer
Newman’s 1977 star vehicle is one of the most palpably angry sports movies I’ve seen.
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‘One Fine Morning’ is a Poignant Drama About a Life at a Crossroads
‘One Fine Morning’ looks for the profound in the ordinary; Hansen-Løve and Seydoux make the search feel more than worthwhile.
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The White Lines and White Lies of ‘Cocaine Bear’ and ‘Huesera: The Bone Woman’
Elizabeth Banks’ silly new creature feature and an auspicious horror debut, reviewed.
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The Painful Triumphs of ‘A Woman Like Eve’
This frank, ahead-of-its-time marriage drama trains its focus on a housewife who leaves her dominating husband for another woman.
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‘Alien vs. Predator’ is About as Good as It Could Be
That this movie cursed with simultaneously reviving two flagging franchises is perfunctory fun is kind of a triumph.
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In ‘Sharper’ and ‘The Outwaters,’ Things Are Not Quite What They Seem
A con-game thriller and a found-footage horror movie, reviewed.
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