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Chris Plummer Should Know Better Than to Star in a Road Trip Flick

Watching Christopher Plummer prattle away about adult diapers is deeply uncomfortable.

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‘The Catcher Was a Spy’ Lacks Thrill—but Paul Rudd Plays the Best Role of His...

It is doubtful that you'll see a more usual American hero than Moe Berg on the screen this year.

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Playwright Joshua Harmon Makes the Same Big Mistake With ‘Skintight’

His problem (and my one caveat) is that he doesn't know when to stop writing.

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Jessica Chastain Stuns in ‘Woman Walks Ahead’

It's a history lesson that has never been taught.

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‘On a Clear Day You Can See Forever’ Revival Proves It’s a Musical Worth...

It opened in 1965 as a disappointment, had a movie that flopped and has not aged well, but even so 'On a Clear Day You Can See Forever' is worth revisiting.

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Keanu Reeves Has Stopped Shaving, Still Can’t Act

Even in a summer of forgettable losers, this one disappears without a trace.

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New Movie About Gauguin’s Life Is Less Great Than Gauguin’s Art

Another 'genius is misery' epic about solitude and sacrifice!

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The World Is a Hopeless Mess and ‘Path of Blood’ Proves It

The massive piles of corpses become hard to witness.

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‘Mamma Mia! 2’ Is a No-Star, Sub-Mental Musical That Nobody With a Brain...

Meryl Streep appears for about 20 seconds, making her the luckiest member of the cast.

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Tom Cruise and a Man Even Hotter Than Tom Cruise Do Dangerous, Forgettable...

Good hair, taut abs, and tight shirts can make up for never learning how to act.

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Someone Managed to Make a Boring Movie About Teenage Drug Dealers

There's plenty to look at, but nothing really works.

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A Movie About Puzzles Will Never Be Exciting, But This One Is Still Good

With all due respect, the fact that years of solitary drudgery can be reversed by a passion for jigsaw puzzles a bit dubious.

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Glenn Close Is Perfect Without Trying

Sympathetic without being a victim or a Wonder Woman, she puts 'The Wife' in lockdown and throws away the key.

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Bryan Adams Is One of Many Reasons ‘Pretty Woman: The Musical’ Is Awful

There's no song lyric so bad it can't be improved by screaming it into cacophonous incoherence.

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Amandla Stenberg Makes ‘Where Hands Touch’ an Unforgettable Film

It's an overwhelming and damning portrait of a nation in the grip of hatred.

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Was ‘The Children Act’ Directed by Someone Who Hates Movies?

It is an odd but strangely compelling film.

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Someone Microwaved Matthew McConaughey And Now I Feel Dirty

No normal person needs to watch this worthless load of crap.

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Of Course Joaquin Phoenix Plays a Very Good Murdery Drunk

Not my bowl of campfire cowboy chili.

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‘Colette’ Is the Best, Most Lavish Period Movie in Years

Director Wash Westmoreland chronicles 'Colette' with an exquisite grace.' ★★★★

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Michael Moore Plays the Hitler Card, Takes Aim at Trump, Sanders in...

He fails to fully investigate both sides of the issues, overlooking or fudging the facts to cry 'Hypocrisy!' whenever it suits him.

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