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Incredible 'Incredibles': The Superhero Family Is Back With a Sequel That Was Worth the 14-Year Wait
After a 14-year hiatus, the Parr family is finally back for more superhero shenanigans in Pixar’s Incredibles 2 , a sequel that retains the zippy, funny spirit of the original. It’s not as good as the f...
An Original Caper Film: 'American Animals' Mixes Documentary Elements and Excellent Acting to Tell a Compelling Heist Story
American Animals is a heist movie based on a true story—and the film has an original twist.
Writer-director Bart Layton has made a narrative film based on the real-life robbery of treasured collectibles...
Musical Charmer: Good Tunes, Great Performances and Lots of Love Make 'Hearts Beat Loud' a Summer Success
Nick Offerman and Kiersey Clemons are a winning, inspiring father-daughter team in Hearts Beat Loud , a musically infused cinematic gem that will stand as one of this summer’s under-the-radar greats.
Fra...
Scares Supreme: 'Hereditary' Is an Instant Horror Classic—With Surprising Depth
A family gets its proverbial ass viciously kicked in Hereditary , writer-director Ari Aster’s more-than-impressive feature debut. This is a horror movie that will bruise your brain, make your blood run ...
Home Video Review: The Fifth Season of 'Arrested Development' Proves It’s Still One of TV's Funniest Shows
The Bluths are back together again—with more simultaneous screen time than in Season 4—in the latest Arrested Development reunion on Netflix.
The plotting of this season involves a little too much crazy ...
Not Enough 'Action': A Boring Narrative Lets Down Both Johnny Knoxville and the Real Amusement Park Depicted in 'Action Point'
Something has gone terribly wrong in Jackass-land since Bad Grandpa .
While Bad Grandpa wasn’t technically a Jackass movie, it was a “Jackass Presents” movie, and it had the usual Jackass movie director, J...
Dialogue Distress: Despite Some Cool Moments, 'Upgrade' Is Doomed by Amateurish Acting
Some well-choreographed action scenes can’t help low-budget sci-fi thriller Upgrade , well, make the grade.
Logan Marshall-Green stars as Grey, a muscle-car-loving geek who fixes classic autos for rich p...
Home Video Review: Let's Hope Howard Stern Is Not Dave Letterman's Final Netflix 'Guest'
Howard Stern, sporting a silly gray beard in order to give his pal David Letterman a hard time, sits for a terrific interview in the latest installment of Netflix’s My Next Guest Needs No Introduction ....
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- On Parenting: Charlize Theron Again Turns in Oscar-Worthy Work in Diablo Cody's 'Tully'
- Home Video Review: YouTube Red's 'Cobra Kai' Successfully Continues the Karate Kid Saga After a Hiatus of Almost 30 Years
- Content Shifter: Thirteen One-Season-and-Done TV Series
- The Heroes Are All Here: 'Avengers: Infinity War' Is a Funny, Thrilling Blockbuster That'll Have You Wishing It Were Next Summer Already
- Home Video Review: Adam Sandler's Latest Netflix Movie Starts Strong—but Quickly Gets Stale
- A Pretty Good Picture: 'Final Portrait' Is Slow, but Succeeds Due to Geoffrey Rush, Armie Hammer
- Home Video Review: A Great Cast Helps Netflix's 'Kodachrome' Partially Overcome a Familiar-Sounding Plot
- A Visual Masterpiece: Wes Anderson's 'Isle of Dogs' Is a Stunning Work of Creativity
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- Silence Is Needed: Logic Flaws Aside, 'A Quiet Place' Features Great Acting—and Lots of Scares
- Just Say Yes: 'Blockers' Overcomes a Silly Premise to Become One of the Year's Funniest Films
- Home Video Review: Al Pacino Is Amazing as the Fallen Football Coach in HBO's Disturbing 'Paterno'
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- Blu-Ray Review: 'Star Wars: The Last Jedi' Is Good—but Its Flaws Become More Apparent Upon Subsequent Viewings
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