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‘Oppenheimer’ Does Something All Too Rare in Hollywood: It Trusts Its Audience
The film neither heroicizes nor sanctifies the man
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With a First-Rate Tom Cruise Battling an AI Villain, the New Mission: Impossible Continues the Series’ Legacy of Excellence
An action film that takes itself seriously, but still knows all the cloak-and-dagger fantasy is a bit silly
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In Joy Ride, a Trio of Asian American Women Brings a Fresh Perspective to Raunchy Comedy, With Mixed Results
Come along for some broadly accessible raunchiness
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Review: Harrison Ford is Somehow Still Fighting Nazis in ‘Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny’
For a movie that’s about leaving the past alone, it sure wants to revisit the glory days
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In ‘Past Lives,’ Writer-Director Celine Song Explores the Pull of Lost Loves and Lives Unlived
What does a deep connection look like after a quarter-century apart?
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In ‘Asteroid City,’ Wes Anderson Stages an Alien Invasion as Only Wes Anderson Can
Think Rushmore meets Roswell
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‘The Flash’ Works Hard to Make Us Forget Ezra Miller’s Bad Behavior
The DC Extended Universe movie is a busy, smart-ass blur
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‘Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse’ is a Dazzlingly Worthy Sequel to 2018 Triumph
It aims to one-up its predecessor in almost every way imaginable, from its audacious style to the sheer quantity and diversity of Spider-People
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Disney’s Live Action Remake of ‘The Little Mermaid’ is a Sanitized Multicultural Fantasy in Search of a Lot More Soul
A bland, neutered update you’re not supposed to criticize, but here we are
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Andrea Pallaoro’s Beautifully Rendered Monica Portrays a Trans Woman’s Return to Her Terminally Ill Mother
And shows the power of slow cinema
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Paul Schrader Brings Cinema Another Agonized Hero in Master Gardener — and Shows He’s Still in Command
The garden of good and evil
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Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 is a Fitting End to the Series — Chaotic, Annoying and Somehow Still Kind of Fun
It’s the lasty huzzah