Tag: Review
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‘Cool Runnings’ Makes Sports-Movie Clichés Slightly More Bearable
The Disney-sanctioned account of how Jamaica’s first bobsleighing team came together packs few surprises, but you mostly don’t mind.
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‘Cliffhanger’ Keeps You on Edge
This Renny Harlin-directed Sylvester Stallone vehicle is ridiculous action-filmmaking gold.
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‘Last Holiday’ is the Right Kind of Corny
Queen Latifah is a beacon of light in Wayne Wang’s heartwarming comedy-drama.
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The Comic Comforts of ‘Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl’
The first Wallace and Gromit movie since 2005’s ‘The Curse of the Were-Rabbit’ is predictably delightful.
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Operatics
‘Maria’ and ‘The Brutalist,’ reviewed.
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Jagged Edges
‘Babygirl,’ ‘The Last Showgirl,’ and ‘Queer,’ reviewed.
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The Idea of You
Notes on ‘Letter from an Unknown,’ Max Ophüls’ masterpiece of unrequited love.
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Women on the Verge
‘The Room Next Door,’ ‘The Girl with the Needle,’ and ‘Nightbitch,’ reviewed.
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‘Now and Then’ is an Underrated Coming-of-Age Movie
Lesli Linka Glatter’s feature-length debut is the rare coming-of-age film to foreground the mundane moments of female friendship.
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‘Oh, Canada’ and ‘Nickel Boys’ Look Back on Painful Pasts
For South Sound: New movies from Paul Schrader and RaMell Ross, reviewed.
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‘The Fall’ is More Than Just a Feast for the Eyes
In addition to being a visual treat, Tarsem Singh’s criminally underseen fantasy film is also pretty moving.
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‘Mother’ Never Lets You Guess Its Next Move
You can never be too certain where Bong Joon-ho’s 2009 drama is going to go next.
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