TV & Movies Reviews
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Yes, There’s a Wonderful New ‘Fletch’ Movie Starring Jon Hamm. Not That You’d Know It Exists
'Confess, Fletch' gives the 'Mad Men' star a perfect showcase for his matinee idol/class clown act and updates Chevy Chase's signature character for the modern age. It may also be the last movie of its kind
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‘Sidney’ Review: A Screen Legend’s Life Too Big to Capture
The Apple+ doc is a loving tribute to Sidney Poitier — whose remarkable, complex story demands more consideration than two hours can offer
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‘Catherine Called Birdy’ Is the Family-Friendly Feminist Medieval Comedy We Needed, and So Much More
Lena Dunham's adaptation of the YA novel about a medieval teen avoiding arranged marriages is the perfect mix of funny, irreverent and outraged
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‘Barbarian,’ ‘Pearl,’ and Why It’s a Great Moment to Be a Horror Fanatic
A genuine sleeper hit and a new A24 franchise prequel — along with the extraordinary Danish nightmare 'Speak New Evil' — may have just given us a mini-horror renaissance
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‘Andor’: The 12-Hour Movie Comes for Star Wars
The new Disney+ series turns an interesting character and promising start into an amorphous storytelling blob
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‘Blonde’ Tells a Story of Marilyn Monroe That’s All Pain, No Pleasure
Andrew Dominik’s biopic is a relentless psychoanalysis that wallows in the screen icon's suffering and ignores her true genius
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‘The Woman King’ Is Viola Davis Kicking Ass. What More Do You Need to Know?
An old-school epic, a historical corrective, and the chance for the Oscar-winning actor to go full-tilt action hero — Gina Prince-Bythewood's movie about an 19th-century African warrior is all that and more
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‘Moonage Daydream’ Isn’t Just a Bowie Doc — It’s a Trip Through the Thin White Duke’s Mind
Filmmaker Brett Morgen gives you a full immersion in the gaudiest, glammiest of rock-star lives, and comes up with the perfect nonconventional portrait of the perfect nonconventional artist
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‘Athena’ Doesn’t Want to Start an Uprising — It *Is* an Uprising
Romain Gavras' depiction of oppressed Parisians declaring war on the police is a Molotov cocktail of a movie, as well as a Greek tragedy that doubles as a gut punch
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‘Don’t Worry Darling’ Is Part Angry-Tweet Social Thriller, Part Harry Styles Thirst Valentine
Olivia Wilde's fuck you to the patriarchy isn't quite the flaming car wreck that the film's P.R. tour was — but it also isn't what you'd call "good"
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