The dwarfs. The casting. The politics of the lead actress. And that wig! Is Disney’s live-action remake of the classic film doomed by culture war skirmishes?
Category: Movies
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‘Locked’ Review: Cramped Quarters
This gimmicky thriller starring Bill Skarsgard and Anthony Hopkins sees a petty criminal fall victim to a vigilante’s trap.
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‘Bob Trevino Likes It’ Review: From a Stranger to Found Family
Barbie Ferreira shines as a young woman who befriends a stranger with her father’s name in this indie tear-jerker.
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‘The Assessment’ Review: Meticulously Planned Parenthood
A couple must endure a punishing evaluation process for permission to become parents in this sleek, hermetic science fiction.
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‘Snow White’ Review: A Princess’s Progress
The new live-action version of Disney’s 1937 animated fairy tale has drawn (maddening) criticism for its casting and an updated story. But liberation only goes so far.
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‘Magazine Dreams’ Review: Pain Without Gain
Shown at Sundance two years ago, the film was shelved when its star, Jonathan Majors, was arrested and charged with assault and harassment of his girlfriend at the time.
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‘O’Dessa’ Review: One Song to Rule Them All
Sadie Sink (“Stranger Things”) rules this postapocalyptic musical with a guitar and an attitude.
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How ‘Moneyball’ and ‘Sugar’ Altered the Baseball Movie
Two contemporary films reimagined the stories we tell about the sport.
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In Alain Guiraudie’s Films, Sex Leads to Unexpected Destinations
Alain Guiraudie broke through with “Stranger by the Lake.” In his new movie, “Misericordia,” eroticism and death are also intimately entangled.
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Hollywood Filmmaker Charged With $11 Million Conspiracy to Defraud Netflix
Prosecutors say Carl Erik Rinsch used funds for a science-fiction series for personal investments. An arbitrator last year ruled in Netflix’s favor.