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Category: Movies
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9 New Movies Our Critics Are Talking About This Week
Whether you’re a casual moviegoer or an avid buff, our reviewers think these films are worth knowing about.
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Ian McKellen Has Clapped Back at Critics. Now He’s Playing One.
In the new film “The Critic,” he plays the titular acid-tongued reviewer in 1930s Britain, who is terrified of being outed as gay.
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‘Gladiator II’ Delivers Friends, Romans and Sharks
How the Colosseum, filled with water and stocked with predators, becomes the scene of epic naval combat in Ridley Scott’s sequel.
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‘Gladiator II’ Delivers Friends, Romans and Sharks
How the Colosseum, filled with water and stocked with predators, becomes the scene of epic naval combat in Ridley Scott’s sequel.
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‘Uglies’ Review: Beauty Is a Beast
Joey King plays a teenager in a dystopian world where cosmetic surgery seems to be the cure for inequality.
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‘The Killer’s Game’ Review: Catch Him if You Can
An assassin (Dave Bautista) meets his match (Sofia Boutella), but a diagnosis sets off an absurd chain of events in this rom-com action movie.
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‘The Critic’ Review: Dangerous Liaisons
Ian McKellen stars as a drama critic in 1930s London who has much higher standards for the theater than for his own professional ethics.
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Bob Weatherwax, Trainer of Lassie and Other Celebrity Dogs, Dies at 83
Like his father, who taught him the interdisciplinary roles needed for the job, he bred and coached the collies who played the heroic star of television and movies.
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‘Winner’ Review: Not Like Other Girls
This dramedy starring Emilia Jones depicts the life and times of Reality Winner, a former National Security Agency contractor and whistle-blower.
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‘Girls Will Be Girls’ Review: Surviving High School
The filmmaker Shuchi Talati’s debut feature follows a model student and her stifled mother, who are both vying for the attention of a new crush.