Melissa McCarthy Doesn’t Have All the Fun in ‘Thunder Force’ — Which Is a Good Thing
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Octavia Spencer stars alongside McCarthy in the new superhero spoof streaming on Netflix
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‘Voyagers’: Teenagers, Lost (and Horny) in Space
Posted in: Movie ReviewsKids run wild on a spaceship — and play out a heavy-handed political metaphor — in this Y.A. sci-fi thriller
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‘Concrete Cowboy’: Home on the Inner-City Range
Posted in: Movie ReviewsIdris Elba is an urban cowboy keeping his son on the straight and narrow — and keeping a dying tradition alive — in this portrait of a North Philadelphia subculture
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Godzilla, Meet Kong. Ass, Meet Seat. Face, Meet Palm
Posted in: Movie ReviewsWhoever wins, we all lose (except Hollywood)
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‘Violation’ Is Latest Rape-Revenge Thriller That Seeks to Subvert the Genre
Posted in: Movie ReviewsMadeleine Sims-Fewer and Dusty Mancinelli construct a searing, disorienting psychological set-up
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‘Bad Trip’: Eric Andre, Tiffany Haddish and Lil Rel Howery Prank America
Posted in: Movie ReviewsAndré and friends take their public-outrageousness act on the road — and earn a spot in the Gonzo Comedy Hall of Fame
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‘Nobody’: Bob Odenkirk, Badass Action Hero?
Posted in: Movie ReviewsThe 'Better Call Saul' star makes a strong case for becoming the next 'John Wick'-style tough guy — if only the midlife-crisis-with-machine guns fantasy deserved him
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‘Operation Varsity Blues’: Netflix Doc Lays Out a Scandal, One Recreation at a Time
Posted in: Movie ReviewsThe director of 'Fyre' takes on the college admissions scandal that sent celebrities to jail and exposed a network of Ivy League corruption
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‘Cherry’: Tom Holland Feels Stranded in the Russo Brothers’ ‘Great American Movie’
Posted in: Movie ReviewsJoe and Anthony Russo's long arc of directorial self-satisfaction bends toward, not justice, but easy redemption
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Steeped in Ivory Coast’s Myth and Ritual, ‘Night of the Kings’ Is No Ordinary Prison Drama
Posted in: Movie ReviewsWriter-director Philippe Lacôte’s movie combines fact and fabulism, displaying the power of the West African griot
