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‘Mexico 86’ Review: Bérénice Béjo Toplines a Compelling Political Drama That Never Drums Up Enough Emotion
In Cannes Caméra d'Or winner César Díaz’s second feature, the 'Artist' co-star plays a Guatemalan leftist militant desperately trying to raise her estranged son.
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‘Electric Lady Studios: A Jimi Hendrix Vision’ Review: Straightforward Doc Illuminates a Momentous Offstage Chapter of Rock History
The people who helped the music icon realize his groundbreaking idea for a recording studio tell the story of how it was done in John McDermott's oral history.
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‘Borderlands’ Review: Cate Blanchett Is a Gunslinging Bounty Hunter in Eli Roth’s Joylessly Gonzo Adaptation of the Popular Video Game
Kevin Hart, Ariana Greenblatt and Jamie Lee Curtis also star in this fight to survive on the lawless planet Pandora, with Jack Black providing the voice of a wisecracking robot.
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‘The Supremes at Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat’ Review: Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Uzo Aduba and Sanaa Lathan Buoy Routine Female-Friendship Drama
The stars play women who endure life's ups and downs together in Tina Mabry's feature adapted from the novel of the same name by Edward Kelsey Moore.
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‘The Flood’ Review: An Intriguing Palace Drama Chronicling the Last Days of France’s Ultimate Royal Couple
Guillaume Canet and Mélanie Laurent star as Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette in Italian director Gianluca Jodice’s latest feature, opening the Locarno Film Festival.
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‘It Ends With Us’ Review: Blake Lively Stars in Serviceable Adaptation of Colleen Hoover Novel
A young flower shop owner navigates a new romance and her traumatic past in a high-emotional-stakes drama directed by and also starring Justin Baldoni.
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‘Trap’ Review: A Wily Josh Hartnett Propels M. Night Shyamalan’s Moderately Entertaining Thriller
In the director's latest film, a father and daughter attend a pop concert that becomes part of a ploy to catch a deadly serial killer.
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‘Dreams in Nightmares’ Review: Shatara Michelle Ford’s Queer Road Movie Is Equal Parts Soothing and Opaque
The 'Test Pattern' director's latest, which premiered at BlackStar Film Festival, follows a group of queer Black femmes journeying across America's heartland in search of their friend.
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‘The Instigators’ Review: Matt Damon and Casey Affleck Can’t Goose Doug Liman’s Limp Heist Movie
Hong Chau, Michael Stuhlbarg, Ving Rhames and Alfred Molina also appear in Apple TV+'s Boston-set crime caper about a botched robbery with spiraling consequences.
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‘War Game’ Review: Bracing Political Doc Tests Readiness for an Eerily Familiar Threat From Within
Jesse Moss and Tony Gerber's documentary chronicles a real-life exercise in which current and former political and military figures respond to the danger of a coup attempt.
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‘Harold and the Purple Crayon’ Review: Zachary Levi Is a Grown-Up Protagonist in a Strictly Juvenile Adaptation
The 'Shazam!' star plays the title role in this live-action/animated retelling of Crockett Johnson's classic children's book, also featuring Lil Rel Howery and Zooey Deschanel.
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‘Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa’ Review: Netflix Doc Tells 10-Time Everest Climber’s Inspiring Personal Story
The Nepalese mother and survivor of domestic abuse is a warm, engaging presence in Oscar-nominated filmmaker Lucy Walker's latest.
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‘The Beast Within’ Review: Kit Harington’s Psychological Werewolf Flick Has More Bark Than Bite
Ashleigh Cummings and James Cosmo co-star in Alexander J. Farrell's new horror movie, set around a British castle haunted by a dark family secret.
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‘Swan Song’ Review: An Absorbing Canadian Doc About a Celebrated Ballerina Who Revitalizes ‘Swan Lake’
Chelsea McMullan's film follows the artistic director of the National Ballet of Canada as she directs her first show for the company before her retirement.
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‘The Fabulous Four’ Review: Susan Sarandon and Bette Midler Play Estranged Besties in a Comedy That Veers Between Flimsy and Sharp
Sheryl Lee Ralph, Megan Mullally and Bruce Greenwood also star in the Key West-set feature from director Jocelyn Moorhouse.
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‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ Review: Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman Rely on Smirks and Sentiment in Overstuffed Team-Up
Emma Corrin plays a powerful adversary and Matthew Macfadyen a shady tech agent in Shawn Levy's adrenaline-charged superhero threequel.
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