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The Late-Period Hits and Misses of ‘Honey Don’t!’ and ‘Highest 2 Lowest’
For 425: New movies from Ethan Coen and Spike Lee, reviewed.
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Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande Are Magnificent in ‘Wicked’
Plus: Ridley Scott revisits the ‘Gladiator’ universe nearly 25 years later.
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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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‘Devil in a Blue Dress’ Should Have Kicked Off a Franchise
‘Devil in a Blue Dress’ remains the only Easy Rawlins film adaptation to date.
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Closing In
On ‘Promising Young Woman’ and ‘The Little Things.’
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‘The Manchurian Candidate’ is an Arresting Thriller
Demme’s movie arguably creeps under the skin more than the more-unanimously acclaimed 1962 cinematization.
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On ‘Courage Under Fire’
This intermittently forceful war story, doubles as a kind of detective tale.
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Rebirth
On ‘Malcolm X,’ ‘He Got Game,’ and ‘Inside Man.’
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‘Mississippi Masala’: A ‘Romeo and Juliet’-Style Rom-Com with a Much Happier Ending
At the end of ‘Mississippi Masala,’ we don’t get an end-all, be-all resolution. Instead we stumble into a temporary clearing.
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In ‘The Might Quinn,’ the Central Mystery Almost Feels Besides the Point
This is a film that so expressively creates a milieu, and so observantly cultivates its character dynamics, it could contain no police procedural narrativizing and still make for solid entertainment.
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‘Philadelphia’ Unfolds from the Less-Worthwhile Perspective
Some things are strikingly emotional; some are strikingly tone deaf.
Peterson Reviews 