TV & Movies Reviews
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How a Controversial New Movie Puts a Human Face to the Refugee Crisis
'Green Border,' Oscar-nominated filmmaker Agnieszka Holland's searing drama about migrants used as pawns in a political stand-off, is compassionate, brutal, accusatory — and essential viewing
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'Thelma' Introduces the World to June Squibb, Action Hero!
The 94-year-old actor shoots (literally) and scores in this tale of a scammed Every-Gran who's out for revenge
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'Queenie' Walks the Line Between Comedy and Tragedy — and Makes for Great TV
Candace Carty-Williams' story of a British-Jamaican woman suffering a quarter-life crisis is exactly the kind of smart, moving, beautifully told story we need more of
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'Inside Out 2' Is All the Feels — Now With 50-Percent More Anxiety Attacks!
Pixar's sequel to one of its best movies ups the emotional ante by tackling teenhood, including the negative parts. Especially the negative parts
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'Presumed Innocent' Is Guilty of Turning an Erotic Legal Thriller Into a Snoozefest
Jake Gyllenhaal is a hotshot lawyer accused of killing his lover in this limited series adaptation of Scott Turrow's bestseller. The verdict is: Not good
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'Tuesday' Makes a Case for Death — and For Julia Louis-Dreyfus Being an Oscar-Worthy Actor
The star isn't the only reason to see this fanciful, occasionally moving take on dying, grieving and highly symbolic parrots. Just the main one.
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'Bad Boys: Ride or Die' Isn't a Sequel, It's a Career Hail Mary
Will Smith and Martin Lawrence are back to shoot guns, kick ass, and crack you up as Miami's resident loose-cannon cops — except No. 4 has a secondary agenda
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'Fantasmas' Brings Us Into the Surreal Life of Julio Torres
Playing a fictionalized version of himself in a strange parallel existence, the writer-actor-"professional Julio" proves once again that he's master of his own universe
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'House of the Dragon' Season 2 Repeats Same Thrills — and Mistakes — as Season 1
'Game of Thrones' prequel still thinks confusion equals complexity, and that the spectacle of hot dragon-on-dragon action makes up for interchangeable characters
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'The Watchers' Turns a Gothic Fable Into a 'Gotcha!' Horror Movie. Viewer Discretion Advised
Writer-director Ishana Shyamalan adapts A.M. Shine's popular novel about a cabin in the woods, a quartet of prisoners and something wicked programming its own supernatural Reality TV show
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