Meryl Streep Steals the Spotlight in ‘Only Murders in the Building’ Season 3: TV Review
Meryl Streep has taken on some transformative roles in her time, but in the third season of “Only Murders in the Building,” the star takes on her biggest stretch yet. In her return to serialized TV, Streep plays Loretta, an actress…
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Talk to Me review – terrific creepy-hand horror offers a blast of wild punk energy
Talk to Me, RackaRacka film-makers Michael and Danny Philippou let rip in their feature debut about suburban teens and an occult craze The Philippou brothers, Michael and Danny, are young film-makers from Adelaide who started as production runners on Australian horror…
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‘Secret Invasion’ Series Premiere Recap
Secret Invasion, The first TV show of the MCU’s Phase 5 gets off to a tantalizing but overstuffed start, with stakes that depend on past Marvel stories The season premiere of Secret Invasion is bookended by a pair of notable deaths. Despite…
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The Machine review – standup comedian makes for limp movie star
The Machine, Bert Kreischer turns a famous routine into a full-length movie with some surprising visual style but a lack of laughter If you’re going to put a standup comedian into a big, climactic fight scene, it better be really…
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Fubar Review: Arnold Schwarzenegger’s TV series debut in recognizable ways
Arnold Schwarzenegger makes the natural progression from movie star to California governor to Netflix series with “Fubar,” which is basically a father-daughter version of his 1994 James Cameron movie “True Lies.” Marking the star’s series debut, it’s a slim idea stretched…
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DISClaimer Single Reviews: Carrie Underwood ‘Rocks Out On This Defiant Stomper’
It’s an all-female country roundup in this edition of DISClaimer. Tanya Tucker, Brandy Clark and Joydyn Shellhart have the best songs. There are memories of Tina Turner and Olivia Newton John lingering in the air. Hannah Dasher, Harper Grace and…
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The Mother Review: Netflix’s misses a clear chance to make Jennifer Lopez an action star
Ask any great screen fighter, and they’ll tell you: Movie fighting is much more like dancing than like real fighting. Bruce Lee was famously a champion cha-cha dancer, Patrick Swayze successfully transitioned from dancer to action star, and scores of movies…
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‘Air’ movie review: Ben Affleck shoots Matt Damon into MVP territory
Armed with a phenomenal cast, Ben Affleck deftly directs this tale of Nike’s basketball division trying to sign a young Michael Jordan, in what would be a game-changing move for the worlds of sport, shoes and athletic marketing When Air was first…
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Beyoncé: Renaissance World Tour review – a dizzying three-hour spectacular
Beyoncé, Queen Bey’s first solo headline tour in seven years is a lavish leap forward for live entertainment, dripping with sci-fi disco decadence, sex and Black pride Even without Taylor Swift’s Ticketmaster-melting Eras Tour nipping at her heels, it wouldn’t…
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Deborah James: Bowelbabe in Her Own Words review – the incredible woman who made us check our poo
Deborah James, In this moving and powerful film, the trailblazing cancer campaigner shares her story hilariously and candidly – right up to the moment of her death What kind of cancer patient will you be? If you don’t already know,…
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