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TV review: You is an absurd and amusing satire of online security
It's too easy to dismiss Netflix's popular psychological thriller as some twisted means of romanticizing the decidedly unromantic act of stalking Read more
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TV review: Grace And Frankie season five trades subtlety for stereotypes
Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin are better than ever, but their Netflix dramedy is starting to fall back on millennial pandering Read more
Review: Glass shatters the myth of M. Night Shyamalan's genius
The writer/director's sequel to Unbreakable and Split fails on every level, and wastes the super team of Bruce Willis, Samuel L. Jackson and James McAvoy Read more
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Review: Hale County This Morning, This Evening finds the sublime in Alabama
Photographer-turned-filmmaker RaMell Ross's documentary debut is subtly affecting and boldly ambitious Read more
Review: Inventing Tomorrow shows brilliant teen scientists trying to deal with climate change
Doc about international students coming up with projects to help protect the environment feels urgent and personal Read more
Review: Hal will make you want to rediscover the films of director Hal Ashby
He’s largely unknown today, but Amy Scott’s anecdote-heavy documentary about the 70s filmmaker could change that Read more
Review: Stan & Ollie is a lot more than prosthetics and stunt casting
Biopic about legendary comedy duo Laurel and Hardy is done with sensitivity and subtlety Read more
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TV review: Marvel's The Punisher is much improved in season 2
The Netflix series likely won't be back for a third season Read more
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TV review: The Brexit movie is simplistic
Starring Benedict Cumberbatch, HBO's film dramatizing Britain's exit from the EU should have simmered for a little longer Read more
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TV review: Black Monday is a goofy take on Wall Street outsiders
Showtimes series stars Don Cheadle, Andrew Rannells and Regina Hall as stockbrokers in 80s New York Read more
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TV review: Netflix's Sex Education is a clever and raunchy teen comedy
British series is about a generation of teens who have grown up with unlimited access to information about sex, but struggle with the nuts and bolts of it Read more
Review: Capernaum is a compassionate but manipulative fable about slum life in Beirut
Despite her film’s contrivances, director Nadine Labaki gets phenomenal performances from her cast Read more
Review: Destroyer is a satisfying thriller when it’s not relying on prosthetics and bad cop clichés
Nicole Kidman’s strong turn as an LA police detective ravaged by events in her past is almost undone by an unsubtle script and distracting makeup Read more
Review: The Upside makes Green Book look progressive
Bryan Cranston and Kevin Hart have a great chemistry in a wrong-headed fantasy that repurposes the Driving Miss Daisy formula Read more
Review: Escape Room is better than a typical Black Mirror episode
New puzzle-trap thriller takes a simple premise and makes you want to stay till the end Read more
Review: Wildlife burns with a quiet but powerful flame
Months after it opened in the U.S., Paul Dano's subtle period drama finally hits Toronto, and it's worth checking out Read more
Review: What Is Democracy? is a slack but thoughtful documentary
Astra Taylor’s film features lots of talking heads and quotes from Plato, but a slicker approach wouldn’t have served the film’s purpose Read more
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TV review: Marriage usurps mystery in True Detective season 3
The complexities in the relationship between Mahershala Ali and Carmen Ejogo's characters is where the latest season of HBO's crime drama really takes hold Read more
Review: Black Mirror: Bandersnatch offers your choice of stylish, empty nihilism
Charlie Brooker's dystopian sci-fi series adds an interactive layer that still manages to steer us relentlessly into darkness Read more
Review: Welcome To Marwen turns trauma into digital junk
Robert Zemeckis takes an incredible story about recovery and art and delivers an incoherent showcase for unnecessary CG Read more