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Sony Pictures Classics The Stars of Puzzle Are Too Good for This Drab Inspirational Drama
Kelly Macdonald and Irrfan Khan are the brightest spots in this film about a bored housewife discovering the world of competitive jigsaw-solving.
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Paramount Mission: Impossible—Fallout Doubles Down on the Ridiculousness of Its Hero
The latest entry in the long-running Tom Cruise action franchise is a giddy, essential spectacle.
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DreamWorks Revisiting the Grim Heroism of Saving Private Ryan, 20 Years Later
Steven Spielberg’s World War II epic was a box-office smash and an Oscar winner that clearly informed the darker tone of his future projects.
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Summit / Lionsgate Blindspotting Is a Boldly Sincere Love Letter to Oakland
Daveed Diggs co-wrote and stars in a buzzy, funny, and often unsubtle look at race relations and gentrification in the Bay Area.
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Warner Bros. The Dark Knight Changed Hollywood Movies Forever
Released 10 years ago, Christopher Nolan’s seminal comic-book adaptation legitimized the superhero film—for better and for worse.
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Universal Pictures Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again Is a Gleefully Pointless Sequel
The entire gang is back for a reprise of 2008’s hit jukebox-musical movie—this time with some deep cuts from ABBA’s catalog.
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Showtime America Has Caught Up to Sacha Baron Cohen
The comedian’s new Showtime series should be shocking, but its wildest stunts only confirm how trollish U.S. politics has become.
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Amazon Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far on Foot Is Sad and Listless
Gus Van Sant continues his cold streak with a biopic of the Portland cartoonist John Callahan, played by a mumbling Joaquin Phoenix.
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A24 Eighth Grade Is a Mesmerizing, Heartfelt Portrait of Teenhood
Bo Burnham’s debut movie delves into the life of an ordinary 13-year-old on the brink of her middle-school graduation.
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Neon Documentaries Are Thriving at the Summer Box Office. Why?
Films like RBG, Won’t You Be My Neighbor?, and Three Identical Strangers are doing well with small audiences and sustaining their grosses as they expand to more theaters.
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Marvel Comics / Steve Ditko Steve Ditko’s Ordinary People
The legendary comic-book illustrator and writer, who died in June at the age of 90, infused characters like Spider-Man and Doctor Strange with a revolutionary sort of humanity.
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AP / Eric Risberg AT&T’s Troubling Plan to Change HBO
The telecom giant, which just acquired Time Warner, is seeking to drastically change the premium-cable channel in order to compete with the likes of Netflix.
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Annapurna Sorry to Bother You Is Fizzy, Flawed, and Fascinating
Boots Riley’s debut film takes plenty of bold storytelling swings, and the misses are as interesting as the hits.
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Disney / Marvel Marvel Gets It Right Again With Ant-Man and the Wasp
The sequel to Paul Rudd’s 2015 superhero comedy offers plenty of chances for the director, Peyton Reed, to really cut loose.
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Sony / Columbia Sicario: Day of the Soldado Is Dead Behind the Eyes
Stefano Sollima’s sequel to the 2015 border thriller retains Josh Brolin and Benicio del Toro, but sheds the moral complexity.
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Summit Uncle Drew: A Solid Piece of Branded Content
Kyrie Irving stars as his beloved Pepsi commercial character in a competent NBA-themed comedy for the summer.
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Bleecker Street Leave No Trace Is a Shattering, Essential Drama
Debra Granik’s first narrative feature since Winter’s Bone follows a father and daughter trying to live off the grid in America.
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ABC What Does ABC Want From The Conners?
The network canceled Roseanne and ordered a rebooted version of the show without its star, but what kinds of stories is the spinoff hoping to tell?
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NBC Jimmy Fallon Can’t Ignore Donald Trump
The late-night host recently expressed his regret over his notoriously flimsy 2016 interview with the then-presidential candidate, while admitting he only wants to make America laugh.
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HBO Westworld: Is This Now?
Three Atlantic staffers discuss “The Passenger,” the final episode of Season 2.
