TV & Movies Reviews
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‘May December’: Natalie Portman and Julianne Moore’s Twisted Tabloid Scandal
Carol director Todd Haynes turns the story of an actor shadowing a Mary Kay Letourneau type into a brilliant, heartbreaking melodrama
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‘American Symphony’: Jon Batiste Gave Us the Best Music Doc of the Year
The singer-musician-composer writes his magnum opus while his wife battles cancer in a moving ode to love, creativity, and the art of survival
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‘Saltburn’: Sex, Lies, and a Very Naked Barry Keoghan
Emerald Fennell follows up Promising Young Woman with an equally provocative satire about the young, rich, and privileged — and turns the young Irish actor into a star
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‘Napoleon’: Ridley Scott’s Portrait of an Emperor as a Total Douchebag
The Gladiator director and Joaquin Phoenix turn an epic saga of love and war into a difficult-man drama. It almost works
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Why Barry Sanders Walked Away From the NFL in His Prime
In the new documentary Bye Bye Barry, the legendary Detroit Lions running back explains why he retired from the brutal game on top
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‘Fargo’ Season Five Is a Return to Form With Jon Hamm’s MAGA Sheriff
While the Chris Rock-starring fourth season of the FX anthology series was a mess, this new season gets back to what Noah Hawley’s show does best
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‘Thanksgiving’: Eli Roth’s Throwback Slasher Can Go Stuff Itself
What started as a feature-length take on an ingenious fake trailer is now just another messy, lazy horror film that strains to be merely mediocre
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'The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes' Is One Stuffed (But Satisfying) Prequel
This return to Panem rewinds back to the early days of the Hunger Games, when future villain Coriolanus Snow was young, hot and ... a good guy?
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‘The Crown’ Struggles Mightily With Princess Diana’s Death
Sixth season of Peter Morgan’s acclaimed Netflix series pins the blame in part on Mohamed Al-Fayed and is still playing nice with the royals
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Daniel Radcliffe’s Moving Tribute to His Paralyzed ‘Potter’ Stunt Double David Holmes
HBO documentary David Holmes: The Boy Who Lived examines what happened after Radcliffe’s stunt double was paralyzed while filming a Harry Potter sequel
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