‘Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell’ Avoids the Trap of Mythology
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Netflix documentary focuses on the environment that created the Notorious B.I.G. and the people whose lives he touched
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‘Truth to Power’: How System of a Down’s Serj Tankian Tried to Change the World
Posted in: Movie ReviewsBy focusing on two sides of the singer — the artist and the activist — the film shows what musicians can be capable of if they believe in their message
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‘Supernova’: Stanley Tucci and Colin Firth’s Love Story Is Explosively Moving
Posted in: Movie ReviewsHarry Macqueen’s film contains remarkable wise moments between a longtime gay couple — even if it smooths over some of the pricklier parts of their relationship
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‘Some Kind of Heaven’ Review: The Seniors Aren’t Alright
Posted in: Movie ReviewsA doc on the massive Floridian retirement community known as “The Villages” skips the sociology— and goes straight to the good, the bad and the weird of it all
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‘The Marksman’ Review: Cowboys vs. Cartels, Liam Neeson-Style
Posted in: Movie ReviewsThe Irish actor goes full metal Eastwood in this Western-flavored “Action Movie Dad” thriller
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‘Locked Down’ Review: Once Upon a Crime in Quarantine
Posted in: Movie ReviewsDoug Liman’s guerilla project uses a real-life pandemic as background for a rom-com heist movie — and a display of movie-star chemistry
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‘Shadow in the Cloud’ Review: Gremlins and Gaslighting at 20,000 Feet
Posted in: Movie ReviewsChloë Grace Moretz is a WWII pilot with a mysterious package, a misogynistic flight crew and a monster on the wing in this frantic genre mash-up
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‘News of the World’ Wants to be a New Classic Western
Posted in: Movie ReviewsTom Hanks, the Henry Fonda of our moment, clears the hurdles in director Paul Greengrass’ movie set in post-Civil War America
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Carey Mulligan Is a Vigilante With a Mission in ‘Promising Young Woman’
Posted in: Movie Reviewsin Emerald Fennell’s directorial debut, which skewers rape culture, no innocent bystanders are allowed
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‘The Midnight Sky’: It’s the End of the World and Clooney Takes It in (Too-Serious) Stride
Posted in: Movie ReviewsIf only George Clooney, the director, could allow himself to get ridiculous and have a little more fun
