TV & Movies Reviews
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'Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F': Eddie Murphy Hearts the Eighties. A Lot
The actor's return to the franchise that made him a megastar is a whole lotta Murphy — and even more Netflix-produced nostalgia
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'Horizon — Chapter 1' Is Kevin Costner's 'How The West Was [Yawn]'
America's cowboy dad returns to the genre that won him an Oscar — and the result is less 'Dances With Wolves' than Palms on Faces
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'A Quiet Place: Day One' Gives You Thrills, Chills and Pizza (Just Not in That Order)
Franchise prequel rewinds to the beginning and watches as an extraordinary Lupita Nyong'o and her cat navigate a postapocalyptic Manhattan for survival... and a really good uptown slice
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'The Bear' Season 3 Is Everything You've Been Waiting For and (Maybe Too Much) More
Carmy, Sydney, Richie, and the gang bring as much heart, anxiety, and intensity as ever. Yet a slew of real-chef cameos, multiple Faks, and is-this-real-or-imaginary moments make these episodes feel slightly overstuffed
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'Daddio' Asks the Question: What If 'Taxi Driver' Was a Gender Studies Course?
Sean Penn's seen-it-all cabbie and Dakota Johnson's cynical passenger turn a ride home into the battle of the sexes — and we're the ones who lose
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'Janet Planet' Is the Last Word on Complicated Mother-Daughter Dynamics
Pulitzer-winning playwright Annie Baker's debut film is a perfect, rough gem of a story about an 11-year-old kid seeing the world through her imperfect mom's eyes
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'Supacell' Gathers Together Reluctant Superheroes to Fight Evil. We've Been Here Before
Writer-director-producer Rapman puts a South London spin on a Netflix superhero drama whose main power is inspiring a sense of déjà vu
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Donald Sutherland Was the Great Unsung Actor of the 1970s
In an era that praised Method intensity and hair-trigger volatility, the lanky Canadian established himself the perfect post-hippie, age-of-paranoia star and helped define a decade. His versatility, however, was boundless and timeless
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'The Bikeriders' Is Hell — and a Community of Throwback Male Misfits — on Wheels
Austin Butler and Tom Hardy get their motors runnin' in director Jeff Nichols' tender, tough reinterpretation of old-school biker flicks
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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 standoff, is compassionate, brutal, accusatory — and essential viewing
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