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Warner Bros.
Review: The Good Liar should have been a better thriller
Ian McKellen and Helen Mirren are perfectly cast in this tale of a gentleman con artist and his latest mark, but writer/director Bill Condon fumbles the execution Read more
Review: Ford V Ferrari never gets out of third gear
James Mangold's attempt to be a racetrack version of The Right Stuff runs out of fuel Read more
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TV review: The End Of The F***ing World should f***ing end
The unnecessary second season of Netflix's UK sleeper about teens on the run fails its characters and audience on every level Read more
Review: Margaret Atwood doc is a conventional accounting of her life and accomplishments
Shot during the author’s 80th year, Nancy Lang and Peter Raymont’s film doesn’t take many risks and feels frustratingly incomplete Read more
Review: Doctor Sleep is an ambitious, flawed sequel to The Shining book and movie
Mike Flanagan gets the look of his film right, but faithfully following Stephen King's disjointed plot drains the movie of its power Read more
Review: Midway is a monotonous, bloated war drama
The characters are thin, the storytelling confusing and the CG action feels like a video game Read more
Review: Frankie is a thoughtful indie family drama
Ira Sachs’s picture about a blended family gathered at the Portuguese seaside comes together in the powerful second half Read more
Review: The Irishman is so good you can almost overlook the distracting de-aging
Martin Scorsese’s starry epic American crime story is filled with authentic and sharply observed details Read more
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The Crown season 3 review: the royals lean into vulnerability
Netflix's historical soap opera returns with Olivia Colman stepping into the role of Queen Elizabeth II Read more
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Review: Synonyms is wildly unpredictable yet painfully familiar
Israeli director Nadav Lapid goes for the jugular with a maniacal exploration of toxic nationalism, identity and shame Read more
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Review: Harriet Tubman biopic is powerful but contains made-for-TV moments
Star Cynthia Erivo is convincing and compelling as the famed abolitionist and Underground Railroad conductor Read more
Skydance/Paramount Pictures
Review: Terminator: Dark Fate restages the franchise’s hits for a new generation
Linda Hamilton and Arnold Schwarzenegger are back, but the best reason to see this familiar sequel is newcomer Mackenzie Davis Read more
TV review: BoJack Horseman's sixth season delivers on its absurdist premise
The brilliant first part of the Netflix series’ final season suggests a gathering storm Read more
TV review: HBO’s His Dark Materials is at least better than the dreadful movie
This second crack at adapting Philip Pullman’s fantasy series is still silly, but at least the CG effects and casting are decent Read more
Review: The Cave’s manipulations distract from its powerful subject
Doc about an underground hospital trying to save victims of the Syrian civil war is immediate and dramatic – even with shameless flourishes Read more
Sony Pictures/Screen Gems
Review: Black And Blue could've been so much more
Thriller starring Naomie Harris as a rookie cop on the run in New Orleans has all the ingredients to work, but gets the recipe wrong Read more
Manolo Pavón/Sony Pictures Classics
Review: Pain And Glory is full of high drama and quiet realizations
Pedro Almodóvar's self-reflective film starring Antonio Banderas is a moving meditation on aging and the lasting effects of repression Read more
TV review: Mrs. Fletcher is sexy, messy and full of nuance
HBO dramedy gives Kathryn Hahn a juicy leading role as a middle-age empty nester with a MILF porn addiction Read more
Kimberley French / Twentieth Century Fox
Review: Jojo Rabbit is a clever satire of hero worship
Once the queasy/funny tone sets in, Taika Waititi's Nazi comedy never steps wrong Read more
A24 Films
Review: The Lighthouse is wickedly gleeful horror
Robert Eggers's film starring Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson is a giddy and unrelenting homage to the silent era Read more