PETERSON REVIEWS
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‘The Package’ Does Exactly What It’s Supposed To
‘The Package’ is all smart and watchable without being transcendent.
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The Exhausting Cleverness of ‘Scream 5’
This nonetheless fun sequel’s nonstop self-awareness can tread into overkill territory.
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Penélope Cruz Gives One of Her Best Performances in ‘Parallel Mothers’
Plus: Vanessa Kirby is the reason to see new VOD release ‘Italian Studies.’
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‘Bacurau’: Thoughtful Thrills
Filho and Dornelles seamlessly prop up fun without curtailing the very-real horrors of colonialism and political malfeasance their story evokes.
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In ‘A Hero,’ A Good Deed Goes Bad
In ‘A Hero,’ an act of good samaritanism slowly morphs into what feels like the onset of a curse.
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‘Heist’ Energizes the One-Last-Job Cliché
The performances are universally good. Everyone has a tight handle on so-called “Mamet speak”; no one ever comes across merely as a device for the wicked games to continue.
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‘Night Moves’: It’s Hard to Be a Hero
The most interesting thing about ‘Night Moves’ is not the details of its snarled-up narrative but the psychological and emotional complications that inform it.
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‘Get Shorty’: A Loan Shark’s Hollywood Dreams
‘Get Shorty’ is such a breezy movie that even the violence has a levity.
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Simon Rex is Perfectly Cast in ‘Red Rocket’
Plus: Joel Coen’s visually inspired but inessential ‘Macbeth’ adaptation.
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Torment
On ‘The Lost Daughter’ and ‘The Humans.’
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My Favorite First-Time Watches of 2021
My favorite movies I saw in 2021 that weren’t released that year.
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The 25 Best Movies of 2021
Looking back on a great year for movies.
MARCH 2026
The Theme is ‘Acting’
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‘Notting Hill’: A Star-Crossed Romance
Julia Roberts and Hugh Grant do wonders to soften — but not completely distract from — the contrivances of Roger Michell’s romantic comedy.
February 4, 2025
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Disobedience
John Sayles’ groundbreaking ‘Lianna’ was a landmark — albeit a criminally underseen one — for lesbian representation in cinema.
February 25, 2026
Trouble in Paradise
On the screwball-comedy perfection of 1937’s ‘The Awful Truth.’
February 23, 2026
The Heart of the Matter
Asghar Farhadi’s ‘A Separation’ more than sidesteps divorce-movie expectations.
February 16, 2026
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