The Mandalorian and Grogu
Pedro Pascal and Grogu jump from streaming to the big screen β gorgeous spectacle wrapped around a script that never quite finds its footing.
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Past Lives (2023) review
β β β β β―¨4.5/5Celine Song's debut feature is a 105-minute meditation on the people we might have been β quiet, devastating, and acted with the kind of restraint that hurts.
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Oppenheimer (2023) review
β β β β β―¨4.5/5Christopher Nolan's three-hour biographical thriller turns the birth of the atomic age into the most claustrophobic kind of horror β the kind that happens inside one man's head.
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The Sheep Detectives
β β β β β4/5Hugh Jackman, a flock of suspiciously well-read sheep, and a small-town murder β a charming all-ages whodunnit that delivers exactly the warmth its premise promises.
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Dhurandhar: The Revenge
β β β ββ3/5A solid, bloody-handed sequel that lets Ranveer Singh swing for the fences β and then keeps swinging long after it should have stopped.
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Nimona (2023) review
β β―¨βββ1.5/5One of the most boring animated movies I have seen β so dull I could not even sit through the whole thing. Skip it.
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Guy Ritchie's The Covenant (2023) review
β β β β β4/5Drawn in by the director and stayed for the heart β a quietly rewarding war drama that surprised me.
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Polite Society (2023) review
β β β β β4/5Nostalgic, kinetic and full of charm β give it a watch if you loved Bend It Like Beckham.
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Kung Fu Hustle (2004) review
β β β β β―¨4.5/5Late to the party on this cult classic β extremely funny, highly memorable, and you can see how many films since have borrowed from it.
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Based on a True Story β Season 1 review
β β βββ2/5A fresh spin on the murder/thriller genre that drags so much it lands on Meh. So much potential, so little payoff.
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Jojo Rabbit
β β β β β―¨4.5/5Taika Waititi's coming-of-age tale of two boys in Nazi Germany is cute, horrific, painful, and joyful β a fresh, must-watch take on WWII.
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Searching
β β β β β4/5Aneesh Chaganti's screen-only thriller about a father hunting for his missing daughter through her social network is one of the best films of the year.
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Thugs of Hindostan
β β βββ2/5Aamir Khan single-handedly carries this big-screen Diwali spectacle, but unnecessary frills around Katrina Kaif and a predictable narrative keep it from must-watch status.
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Annihilation
β β β ββ3/5Natalie Portman leads an all-women expedition into a mutating alien shimmer in this sci-fi from Alex Garland β strong premise, divisive ending.
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Split
β β β β β4/5M. Night Shyamalan's fresh take on dissociative identity disorder, anchored by a chameleon James McAvoy performance β a thrilling weekend watch you shouldn't miss.
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Hidden Figures
β β β β β4/5Octavia Spencer, Janelle MonΓ‘e and Taraji P. Henson shine in this riveting true story of three Black women whose minds put a man in orbit β and exposed segregation inside NASA.
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