‘Jungleland’: Two Brothers, A Woman, One Last Fight — You Know the Drill
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Charlie Hunnam and Jack O’Connell are two down-and-outers pinning their hopes on one last bareknuckle bout in this familiar drama
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‘The Craft: Legacy’ Review: The Spell Remains the Same
Posted in: Movie ReviewsThis sequel-of-sorts to the 1996 cult classic updates the coven empowerment for a new era — but it’s still a witches’ brew that tastes like weak tea
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‘The Witches’ Review: A D.O.A. Fantasy Made From Dahl Parts
Posted in: Movie ReviewsRobert Zemeckis takes Roald Dahl’s dark, macabre novel for a spin, and winds up with a lot of sound, fury, and an over-the-top Anne Hathaway
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‘Borat Subsequent Moviefilm’: Sacha Baron Cohen’s Holy Fool Returns With a Vengeance
Posted in: Movie ReviewsFourteen years after the comedian turned a fake foreign journalist into a cultural touchstone, his gonzo character comes back to take on Trump’s America — and wins
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‘Letter to You’ Review: Bruce Springsteen’s Long, Loving Look Back
Posted in: Movie ReviewsDocumentary on the making of a new Bruce & the E Street Band album is part love letter, part eulogy and part joyous rock ‘n’ roll celebration
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‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’: The Sixties Told in Sorkinese
Posted in: Movie ReviewsWriter-director Aaron Sorkin brings a star-studded cast and his signature brand of fast-talking, hokey idealism to an inflection point in the counterculture movement
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‘White Riot’: When Punk Rock Fought the Nazis and Won
Posted in: Movie ReviewsA pitch-perfect, punk AF documentary about the formation of U.K.’s Rock Against Racism — culminating in a legendary ’78 show in Victoria Park — doubles as a contemporary call to arms…
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‘American Utopia’: David Byrne’s Paradise Found
Posted in: Movie ReviewsSpike Lee’s concert film of the singer’s Broadway show is a perfect complement to ‘Stop Making Sense’ — and pure bliss
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‘Totally Under Control’ Review: How Trump Created America’s Covid Era
Posted in: Movie ReviewsA new documentary co-directed by Alex Gibney traces how our current administration’s complete mishandling of a pandemic in the U.S. turned catastrophic
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‘Honest Thief’ Review: Liam Neeson vs. Corrupt Feds — Guess Who Wins?
Posted in: Movie ReviewsThe action star plays a safecracker looking to go straight, until some dodgy FBI agents try to shake him down and take him down. He deserves better than this
