film reviews

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  Be Prepared, 'Mufasa: The Lion King' Circles Back to Its Classic Origins

  Directed by Barry Jenkins

  PUBLISHED Dec 20, 2024

  From its opening tribute to the late James Earl Jones, Barry Jenkins's 'Mufasa: The Lion King' makes certain to pay care and respect to the...

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  'The Brutalist' Builds Up and Tears Down the American Dream

  Directed by Brady Corbet

  PUBLISHED Dec 16, 2024

  The first thing that Hungarian-Jewish architect and Holocaust survivor László Tóth (Adrien Brody) sees upon emerging from the dark, cramped...

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  Chris Rock Relived the Good Old Days on 'SNL' with Help from Adam Sandler

  December 14, 2024

  PUBLISHED Dec 15, 2024

  Chris Rock returned for a strong episode of Saturday Night Live, joined at one point by his 'SNL' castmate Adam Sandler, and Gracie Abrams...

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  'Kraven the Hunter' Is Cravin' to Be Put Out of Its Misery

  Directed by J.C. Chandor

  PUBLISHED Dec 13, 2024

  Sony's Spider-Man Villain Spin-Off Universe (or as Sony likes to call it, "Sony's Spider-Man Universe") has been a disaster, a series of ba...

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  'Queer' Burrows into Carnal and Cerebral Pleasures

  Directed by Luca Guadagnino

  PUBLISHED Dec 13, 2024

  In the opening shots of Luca Guadagnino's 'Queer,' the camera observes numerous artifacts of the film's ensuing romance; two pairs of...

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  Apocalyptic Musical 'The End' Should Start Important Conversations

  Directed by Joshua Oppenheimer

  PUBLISHED Dec 12, 2024

  Joshua Oppenheimer wanted to make a third film about the Indonesian genocide. In the first two, 'The Act of Killing' and 'The Look of...

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  Angelina Jolie Brings Compassion and Profound Understanding to 'Maria'

  Directed by Pablo Larraín

  PUBLISHED Dec 11, 2024

  'Maria' begins at the end, with the death of Maria Callas in her Paris apartment. The great soprano passed away in 1977, less than three...

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  Netflix's 'A Nonsense Christmas with Sabrina Carpenter' Offers Barely Enough Merriment

  Directed by Sam Wrench

  PUBLISHED Dec 11, 2024

  Sabrina Carpenter spent 2024 exceeding expectations in every way. At the beginning of the year, she was just another ex-Disney kid trying...