‘Sputnik’ Review: How Do You Say ‘Alien’ in Russian?
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Soviet cosmonauts return from a trip in the cosmos with a toothy new friend in tow, and ... you can guess the rest
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‘Boys State’ Review: Political Doc Smells Like Teen Spirit — and Hope
Posted in: Movie ReviewsA brilliant new documentary on an annual mock-government event offers a sobering, exhilarating look at the state of our nation
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‘Creem: America’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll Magazine’: A Tribute to a Wild, Crazy Music Rag
Posted in: Movie ReviewsA look at the 1970s Detroit music rag is a great time capsule of sex, drugs, and you-know-what — and reminds you why the publication's legacy deserves to be remembered
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‘Made in Italy’ Review: Father-Son Bonding, Under the Tuscan Sun
Posted in: Movie ReviewsLiam Neeson and his real-life offspring do their best to inject life into a mawkish tale of grief and healing, Italian style
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‘Waiting for the Barbarians’ Review: An A-List Literary Adaptation Limps to Life
Posted in: Movie ReviewsNot even a name-heavy cast and an award-winning Colombian director can prop up this adaptation of author J.M Coetze's anti-imperialist fable
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‘I Used to Go Here’: Gillian Jacobs Heads Back to College
Posted in: Movie ReviewsThe 'Community' actress stars in this touching dark comedy about a failed author who visits her alma mater looking for a confidence boost
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‘La Llorona’ Review: Dictatorships, Denial and the Spirits of the Dead
Posted in: Movie ReviewsA brilliant horror movie turns the guilt of a genocidal Guatemalan general into a gut-punch of a ghost story
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‘Howard’ Review: Meet the Lyricist Behind Your Favorite Disney Tunes
Posted in: Movie ReviewsThe late, great songwriter for the House of Mouse, Howard Ashman, gets a deserved and long overdue tribute
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‘American Pickle’: Two Seth Rogens Aren’t Always Better Than One
Posted in: Movie ReviewsStar plays dual roles—a frozen-in-time old-world Jewish immigrant and his great-grandson—in a fish-outta-water comedy that only half works
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‘The Fight’ Review: Defending Freedom, One Court Case at a Time
Posted in: Movie ReviewsDoc on the ACLU uses four case studies to look at how the organization has been on the frontlines of Trump-era assaults on democracy
