Reviews
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782'Shuffle Along, Or the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed': Theater Review
(L-R) Brian Stokes Mitchell, Billy Porter, Joshua Henry and Brandon Victor Dixon in ‘Shuffle Along’ Writer-director George C. Wolfe and choreographer Savion...
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'Always Shine': Tribeca Review
9:35 AM PDT 4/29/2016 by John DeFore Actor Sophia Takal directs a psychological thriller about two aspiring actresses. In her second feature...
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'Kirumi': IFFLA Review
12:01 PM PDT 4/28/2016 by Justin Lowe Writer-director Anucharan Murugaiyan’s debut is an urban thriller with more on its mind than just...
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1.0K‘Mother’s Day’: Film Review
Garry Marshall’s latest holiday-pegged ensemble comedy stars Jennifer Aniston, Julia Roberts, Kate Hudson and Jason Sudeikis. Even if you haven’t seen Garry...
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'Game of Thrones' Season 6 Premiere: TV Review
Macall B. Polay/HBO Even without George R.R. Martin’s books, David Benioff and D.B. Weiss deliver a strong table-setting premiere to season six...
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797'Waitress': Theater Review
Tony winner Jessie Mueller plays an unhappily married diner server pouring love into her pies in this musical based on the 2007...
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'King Cobra': Tribeca Review
4:37 PM PDT 4/24/2016 by John DeFore Two young porn stars attract the interest of rivals James Franco and Christian Slater. Yet...
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'Between Us': Tribeca Review
Olivia Thirlby and Ben Feldman should have thought this whole marriage thing through first. Honeymoons don’t get much bleaker than Between Us,...
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'Mr. Church': Tribeca Review
Eddie Murphy plays a man hired to cook for a dying woman and her young daughter in Bruce Beresford’s drama. It’s been...
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'Special Correspondents': Tribeca Review
7:00 PM PDT 4/22/2016 by Keith Uhlich Netflix’s ill-conceived satire marks a career low for writer-director-star Ricky Gervais. It’s never fun watching...
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'The Fixer': Tribeca Review
2:07 PM PDT 4/22/2016 by John DeFore Dominic Rains plays an Afghan journalist trying to make sense of a small California town....
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'Vincent N Roxxy': Tribeca Review
11:11 AM PDT 4/22/2016 by John DeFore Emile Hirsch and Zoe Kravitz get acquainted while seeking refuge in a small town. Eden...
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'After the Reality': Newport Beach Review
9:00 PM PDT 4/21/2016 by Sheri Linden Matthew Morrison and Sarah Chalke play siblings in a comic drama set in Los Angeles...
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857'American Psycho': Theater Review
Benjamin Walker stars as Patrick Bateman, who has to return some videotapes and sing about it in this electro-pop musical adaptation of...
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'Nina': Film Review
Zoe Saldana stars as “High Priestess of Soul” Nina Simone in an already controversial new biopic. Heading into release with one strike...
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'All We Had': Tribeca Review
Katie Holmes stars in her directorial debut about a mother and daughter struggling to survive financially. It’s easy to see why Katie...
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'Dean': Tribeca Review
8:36 PM PDT 4/16/2016 by John DeFore Stand-up comic Demetri Martin stars in his own writing/directing debut. When asked about the origin...
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'Solitary': Tribeca Review
6:50 PM PDT 4/16/2016 by John DeFore Kristi Jacobson takes us into a Virginia Supermax prison. Less the polemic one expects than...
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'Burden': Tribeca Review
3:26 PM PDT 4/16/2016 by John DeFore The late sculptor Chris Burden gets a wide-ranging portrait. Outside Los Angeles, where his late...
