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Review: Creed II is a really satisfying Rocky movie
Sequel to boxing drama remixes Rocky II, III and IV but doesn't quite come out from Ryan Coogler's shadow more
Paramount Pictures
Review: Instant Family doesn't shy away from the complexities of adoption
Heartwarming comedy stars Mark Wahlberg and Rose Byrne as a childless couple that adopts three siblings more
Review: A Private War is rescued by Rosamund Pike’s performance
As war correspondent Marie Colvin, the Oscar-nominated actor is fully present, even though the film around her is simplistic more
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TV review: Hasan Minhaj's Netflix show needs to slow down
The first Muslim-American talk show host brings a fresh perspective on culture and politics with Patriot Act, but it's sometimes hard to keep up more
TV review: Escape At Dannemora is a decent, but emotionally hollow, true crime drama
Ben Stiller’s rigorously researched look at a 2015 prison break and manhunt gets a jolt from a powerhouse supporting performance by Patricia Arquette more
Review: Overlord shows the literal horrors of war
Genre-bending film set on the eve of D-Day is full of chaos, explosions, goop and machismo more
Review: Battle-rap movie Bodied sends up online outrage
Joseph Kahn's profane musical is smartly constructed and full of thrills, but its satire of internet discourse is uneven more
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Unpacking the American gaze in Narcos: Mexico
Just as drug cartels are all-consuming in Netflix's Narcos, cartel content seems all-consuming when it comes to Latinx stories in mainstream movies and TV more
Review: The Other Side Of The Wind is a fascinating artifact
Now streaming on Netflix, Orson Welles's long-lost drama is, at various points, masterful and slapdash more
Polish Film Festival opener Nina has a strong erotic charge
In Olga Chajdas’s film, a woman seeks a surrogate mother and then falls in love with her more
Review: Freddie Mercury biopic Bohemian Rhapsody is a mess of contradictions
The film is frequently confounding, especially about the late Queen singer’s sexuality, but Rami Malek’s performance feels authentic and the climax is spectacular more
TV Review: The Romanoffs is satisfying melodrama
Mad Men creator Matthew Weiner's anthology series about descendants of the Russian royal family stars Isabelle Huppert, Christina Hendricks and Aaron Eckhart more
Review: Mid90s is a comic, charming and uneven coming-of-age pic
Jonah Hill's film is enamored with its soundtrack and visual signifiers but lacks a critical self-awareness more
Review: Bel Canto successfully brings Ann Patchett’s novel to life
Julianne Moore and Ken Watanabe conjure a mature understanding as strangers held hostage in an unnamed Latin American nation more
Review: What They Had is a sensitive treatment of an important issue
Elizabeth Chomko’s directorial debut about a family dealing with dementia is beautifully acted but unremarkable more
Review: Hunter Killer is a Tom Clancy knockoff with an overqualified cast
Donovan Marsh brings very little to this meat-and-potatoes, brink-of-war thriller that lacks a Jack Ryan figure to humanize it all more
Review: Room For Rent showcases two brilliant comic actors
Matthew Atkinson’s weird comedy features Brett Gelman and Mark Little as two grown men acting like children more
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TV review: Making A Murderer Part 2 is captivating true crime
The ambitious second season of Netflix's doc series is a slower burn, but finds a compelling new character in Steven Avery's post-conviction lawyer more
Review: The New Romantic mixes prickly comedy with sharp character moments
Carly Stone’s directorial debut, about a university student who wants her life to be a Nora Ephron movie, might remind you of Frances Ha more