This lively sequel to 2018’s somewhat tepid killer-shark blockbuster greatly improves upon its predecessor by getting gorier, funnier and more stylish.
Category: Movies
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‘Lady Killer’ and ‘The Strange Mister Victor’ Review
Two newly restored films by the director Jean Grémillon, whom cinephiles discuss like a special secret, get a second life in theaters.
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‘What Comes Around’ Review: A Triangle of Power Dynamics
Amy Redford directs this drama about a teenager who falls for a mysterious older man she met on the internet.
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‘Klondike’ Review: Domestic Violence
In a film set in 2014, a couple in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine try to maintain normality as war rocks their home.
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‘Air Bud: World Pup’ Keeps Winning Fans for the 1999 World Cup Stars
The 2000 movie used the franchise’s furry hero along with members of the actual U.S. women’s team to reimagine the penalty shootout that led to the win.
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‘Passages’ Review: A Toxic Triangle
In Ira Sachs’ latest wince-inducing romance, Tomas (Franz Rogowski) has wedged himself into a love triangle with Ben Whishaw and Adèle Exarchopoulos.
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Dreamin’ Wild’ Review: Casey Affleck’s Overlooked Musician Gets His Due
A new film dramatizes the true story of two brothers thrust into the spotlight 30 years after the album they recorded as teenagers is discovered.
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‘Brother’ Review: Growing Up Grieving
This drama about two brothers coming of age in Toronto is imbued with big emotions, but has trouble sustaining its story.
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‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem’ Review
This time around, the four kung-fu-fighting old masters of the sewers dream of having a normal life with the humans. But not if Ice Cube can help it.
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‘Barbenheimer’ Isn’t a Contest. But if It Were, Which Film Would Win?
It’s been an epic matchup, but it’s time to declare a victor. We devised nine super-scientific tests to determine whether “Barbie” or “Oppenheimer” rules.
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A Times Reporter on the SAG-AFTRA Actors’ Strike and Hollywood’s Future
Lights. Camera. Action? Brooks Barnes, who covers the entertainment business, discussed the state of film and television amid an industrywide shutdown.