TV & Movies Reviews
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‘Cat Person’ Wins Most Cringeworthy Sex Scene at Sundance
The hottest ticket at the fest boasts one nightmare of a bad-date hook-up, feat. Succession’s Cousin Greg. Too bad the rest of this viral short-story adaptation can’t live up to it
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Brooke Shields Bravely Confronts Her Own Child Sexual Exploitation
Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields, a poignant two-part documentary premiering at Sundance, chronicles the former child actor’s perilous Hollywood journey, in her own words
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‘STILL’ Lets Michael J. Fox Tell His Story, In His Own Words
Sundance doc on 1980s icon charts his wild movie-star days, dealing with his Parkinson's diagnosis and a no-filter look at how he's doing now: "It's an amazing fucking life, and I'm glad to enjoy it"
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The Horror Movie About Reanimating a Dead Child That’s Creeping Out Sundance
Filmmaker Laura Moss’s birth/rebirth takes the Frankenstein tale into bold — and very weird — new directions.
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Little Richard’s Ugly Exploitation by the Music Industry Is Laid Bare
Little Richard: I Am Everything, a new documentary premiering at Sundance, traces the life of the pioneering musician — and how white artists and the record labels bled him dry
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Hugh Jackman’s ‘The Son’ Is Weighed Down by Its Cringe Factor
Filmmaker Florian Zeller’s follow-up to his Oscar-winning The Father sees Jackman and Laura Dern struggle to connect with their tortured son
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‘MILF Manor’ Is a Bizarre Blend of Reality TV and Incest Porn
At long last, a dating show where older women can find love with young men — if their own sons don’t cockblock them
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‘Saint Omer’ Is an Unforgettable Film That Deserves Oscars Attention
Alice Diop’s courtroom drama — France’s submission for the Best International Feature Film Oscar — is a powerful meditation on the immigrant experience
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‘Sick’: ‘Scream’ in the Time of Covid
Co-written by '90s meta-horror scribe Kevin Williamson, this slasher flick set in the early days of the pandemic could use a scare booster
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‘Plane’ Is the Frontier Airlines of Action Movies
This cut-rate Gerard Butler thriller about a flight forced to land on an island full of throwback, 1980s-movie terrorists is weak and wobbly even by January standards
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