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‘O’Dessa’ Review: Sadie Sink in a Post-Apocalyptic Rock Opera With Maximalist Style and Minimal Substance
Kelvin Harrison Jr. and Murray Bartlett also star in the retelling of the Orpheus and Eurydice myth by writer-director Geremy Jasper ('Patti Cake$'), premiering at SXSW.
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‘We Are Storror’ Review: Michael Bay’s Viscerally Thrilling Parkour Documentary Defies Gravity
In his SXSW-bowing latest, the 'Transformers' director showcases the exploits of a flamboyant seven-member parkour team.
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‘The Dutchman’ Review: André Holland and Kate Mara Star in an Uneven Update of the Provocative Play
Writer-director Andre Gaines takes Amiri Baraka's 1964 play about the encounter between a reserved Black man and a roguish white woman into the modern age.
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‘Novocaine’ Review: Jack Quaid Gives Amusing One-Joke Action-Comedy Much-Needed Blast of Stamina
Amber Midthunder co-stars in Dan Berk and Robert Olsen’s movie about a man who's unable to feel pain attempting to rescue his girlfriend from bank robbers.
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‘Another Simple Favor’ Review: Anna Kendrick and Blake Lively Return for Paul Feig’s Silly and Sometimes Trying Sequel
In the follow-up to campy mystery 'A Simple Favor,' Emily Nelson and Stephanie Smothers reunite for a wild adventure in Capri.
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‘Ghost Boy’ Review: A Haunting Look at One Man’s Long, Devastating Struggle to Come Out of His Shell
The latest documentary from Rodney Ascher ('Room 237,' 'A Glitch in the Matrix') revisits the harrowing life of locked-in syndrome survivor Martin Pistorius.
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‘It Ends’ Review: A Road Trip Takes a Dark Turn in a Well-Crafted if Repetitive Indie Thriller
Writer-director Alexander Ullom's feature debut is a conceptual horror flick that's much more about the journey than the destination.
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‘Baby Doe’ Review: In Jaw-Dropping Doc, Woman Who Gave Birth and Left Baby in the Woods Tells Her Story
Premiering at SXSW, director Jessica Earnshaw's film shines a light on the psychological problem of pregnancy denial.
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‘The Electric State’ Review: Millie Bobby Brown and Chris Pratt Tangle With Robots in the Russo Brothers’ Busy, Boring Netflix Sci-Fi
Man vs. machine in a retro-futuristic adventure set in an alternate version of the 1990s that also features Ke Huy Quan, Giancarlo Esposito, Stanley Tucci and a starry voice cast.
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The 10 Best Baseball Movies of All Time, Ranked
With Carson Lund’s ‘Eephus’ — about the final game in an amateur league of aging players — hitting the big screen, a THR film critic ranks 10 other movies that took viewers out to the ballgame.
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‘Black Bag’ Review: Cate Blanchett and Michael Fassbender Cozy Up in Steven Soderbergh’s Snazzy Spy Thriller
Marisa Abela, Tom Burke, Naomie Harris, Regé-Jean Page and Pierce Brosnan flesh out the ensemble in this twisty tale of loyalty and deception among British intelligence agents.
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‘Rule Breakers’ Review: True-Life Drama About All-Girls Afghan Robotics Team Hits Its Inspirational Marks
Directed by Bill Guttentag and distributed by Angel Studios, the film tells the story of the Afghan Dreamers.
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‘In the Lost Lands’ Review: Milla Jovovich and Dave Bautista in a Stale George R.R. Martin Adaptation
A witch and a gunslinger team up in Paul W.S. Anderson's violent fantasy film based on the short story by the 'Game of Thrones' author.
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Critic’s Appreciation: Gene Hackman, a Tough Guy With Infinite Nuance and Boundless Range
From his signature roles in ‘The French Connection’ and ‘Unforgiven’ to stunners like ‘Bonnie and Clyde,’ ‘Night Moves’ and ‘The Conversation’ and forays into comedy like ‘The Birdcage’ and ‘The Royal Tenenbaums,’ Hackman refused to be pigeonholed.
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‘Last Breath’ Review: Woody Harrelson and Simu Liu in a Taut Deep-Sea Survival Nail-Biter
Alex Parkinson's true-life adventure thriller, based on his 2019 documentary, recounts the efforts to rescue a saturation diver trapped hundreds of feet below the water's surface.
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‘Yunan’ Review: An Existential Mood Piece on Displacement That Deftly Harnesses the Transformative Power of Nature
Ameer Fakher Eldin’s drama, the second part of a planned ‘Home Trilogy,' is set predominantly on a flood-prone German island off the North Sea coast.
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