‘Boogie’: Eddie Huang’s Sports-Underdog Movie Scores as Culture-Clash Story
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The 'Fresh Off the Boat' writer's directorial debut turns a typical hoops tale into something chewier, deeper and personal
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‘Coming 2 America’ Sows More Than Its Royal Oats
Posted in: Movie ReviewsNot quite a sequel, nor a remake, the movie reunites Eddie Murphy and Arsenio Hall with the rest of the gang — as well as fantastic new faces — for a welcome Eighties update
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‘Raya and the Last Dragon’ Is Disney Princess Empowerment as a Pan-Asian Pop Mash-Up
Posted in: Movie ReviewsThe Mouse House's latest animated feature throws a female hero's journey into a fantasy-action blockbuster blender — yet works best as a buddy comedy
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‘Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell’ Avoids the Trap of Mythology
Posted in: Movie ReviewsNetflix documentary focuses on the environment that created the Notorious B.I.G. and the people whose lives he touched
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‘The United States vs. Billie Holiday’ Fails to Take Into Account the Life of the Woman We Still Love
Posted in: Movie ReviewsDirected by Lee Daniels, the movie stars Andra Day as the titular Lady Day and tells the story of Holiday’s life in the wake of “Strange Fruit”
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‘Tom and Jerry’: Cat v. Mouse: Dawn of Justice
Posted in: Movie ReviewsFeline gets outsmarted by rodent. Human actors collect checks. An intellectual property gets dragged out one more time. What do you need, a road map?
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‘The Father’: Anthony Hopkins Shows the Reality of Living With Dementia
Posted in: Movie ReviewsThe cruelty, confusion, and conflicts are on full display in this moving and memorable movie about aging
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‘The Vigil’: The Dybbuk Stops Here
Posted in: Movie ReviewsA former Hasid agrees to watch over a recently deceased member of the community — and who may have been haunted — in this subculturally specific supernatural thriller
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‘Test Pattern’ Is a Master Class in Body Language
Posted in: Movie ReviewsShatara Michelle Ford's debut is stunning in its examination of blackness, whiteness, gender, and class
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Rosamund Pike’s Smile Says It All in ‘I Care a Lot’
Posted in: Movie ReviewsA withering lesson in the art of the steal
