Reviews
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‘Gladiator II’ Review: Epic, Familiar Sequel Can’t Escape the Original’s Shadow
Paul Mescal, Pedro Pascal and Denzel Washington wage war on Hollywood sequelitis — and lose
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‘Yellowstone’ Season 5, Episode 9 Review: Big Death Triggers Melodramatic War to Come
Things just got real up in Montana
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‘Christmas Eve in Miller’s Point’ Review: This Holiday Indie Is a Few of My Favorite Things
Tyler Taormina’s odd ensemble piece — co-starring Francesca Scorsese and Elsie Fisher — challenges conventions and warms the soul.
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‘Elevation’ Review: Anthony Mackie Gets High, Literally, in a Solid ‘Quiet Place’ Knockoff
These monsters kill you unless you’re 8,000 feet above sea level, because… I dunno, “reasons?”
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‘Meet Me Next Christmas’ Review: You Can Have This Reassuring Netflix Holiday Rom-Com, as a Treat
Christina Milian and Devale Ellis give off sparks in Rusty Cundieff’’s silly-but-welcome reprieve from reality
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‘Red One’ Review: Dwayne Johnson and Chris Evans’ Expensive Christmas Action Comedy Could Have Been Worse
It sounds like a bad joke, but Jake Kasdan (and $250 million) turned a story about action heroes rescuing Santa Claus into a real film
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‘Paddington in Peru’ Review: If You Loved ‘Paddington 2,’ We Have Bear-y Bad News
There’s a ton of padding in Dougal Wilson’s disappointing threequel
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‘The Best Christmas Pageant Ever’ Review: Hey! Unto You a Great Christmas Movie Is Born!
Judy Greer and Pete Holmes star in a smart, funny, impressive adaptation of the classic holiday book
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‘Absolution’ Review: Liam Neeson Is Liam Neeson in Yet Another Liam Neeson Movie
The actor headlines a dreary, monotonous, familiar crime drama about an aging gangster in cognitive decline
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‘Time Cut’ Review: Netflix’s ‘Back to the Future’-Style Slasher Is a Knockoff of a Knockoff
A teenager travels back to the early 2000s, where the fashion is more disturbing than the kills
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‘The Diplomat’ Season 2 Review: Keri Russell Battles Shifting Power Dynamics in Netflix Drama’s Excellent Return
Last year’s explosive cliffhanger raises the stakes as Debora Cahn’s political thriller keeps getting better
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‘Juror #2’ Review: Clint Eastwood’s Taut, Understated Courtroom Drama Ends Up a Mistrial
The movie overcomes a difficult-to-swallow premise with unsentimental filmmaking and a fine lead performance from Nicholas Hoult before being dismissed on technicalities
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‘Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl’ Review: Feathers McGraw Returns in a Hysterical Sequel
The Netflix follow up to Aardman Animation’s “The Wrong Trousers” boasts great heroes, a great villain and just the right amount of whimsy
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‘Here’ Review: Robert Zemeckis’ One-Location Drama Is a Mawkish ‘Forrest Gump’ Reunion
Robert Zemeckis, Tom Hanks and Robin Wright reunite for, essentially, a high-tech museum diorama
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‘Don’t Move’ Review: It’s Survival of the Stiffest in Netflix’s High Concept Thriller
Finn Wittrock and Kelsey Asbille star in a petrifying Hitchcockian experiment that mostly works
