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This real-life inspired boxing drama has muscular ambitions, but too little finesse.
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In Japan, he was one of the first androgynous pop-culture stars and an inspirational figure. Abroad, he was known for his work in animated films by Hayao Miyazaki.
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The documentary about the stage and screen director is unabashedly celebratory, and leaves you wanting to see more.
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An autistic woman finds independence by training for a hobbyhorse competition in this sweet-and-sour coming-of-age film.
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The film, starring Matt Damon and Zendaya, is director Sir Christopher Nolan's first since Oppenheimer.
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The British filmmaker's take on Homer is both splendid and emotionally removed.
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The excellent television legal drama The Good Fight returns for its second season on DVD, the series already having been renewed for a third one next year. As I explained in my review of Season One, my wife, Yukiyo, was a binge-watching fan of The Good Wife, the 2009-2016 legal drama that had preceded it, the series starring Julianna Margulies. On her days off from work her eyes would be glued to her laptop for hours, watching five or six episodes, one after the other. I only caught bits and pieces of that show, but then the first year of The Good Fight fell into our unloved DVD screener pool and I grabbed it, mainly so that she could watch it. I'm glad now that I did, because The Good Fight turned out to be a very smart and even boldly political series exploring controversial, ripped-from-the-headlines topics in the Trump era. The very first shot of the first first-se...Read the entire review
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