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Bateman’s Dysfunctional Family Fang Has Some Teeth
This offbeat dysfunctional family saga sidesteps clichés with its tale of adult children trying to escape the past — specifically, a family legacy of practical jokes that straddled the line between performance art and child abuse.
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The Charms of Key and Peele Carry the Dumb Comedy of Keanu
It may be a one-joke movie that uses cheap tricks, but I laughed a lot.
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Superhero Formula Meets Its Nemesis, Named Deadpool
For a film obviously positioned as another franchise starter, its sardonic antihero takes a new path during his origin story, and his big-screen debut stands capably on its own.
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In Hail, Caesar!, the Coen Brothers Lovingly Re-Create 1950s Hollywood
We get to see what the famed directors might have produced during the golden age of the studio system.
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The Passion Feels Distant in Todd Haynes’ Lesbian Romance, Carol
Otherwise, it's a nicely crafted film.
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Spike Lee Has Plenty to Say in Chi-Raq, But is Anyone Listening?
The venerable Brooklyn filmmaker takes on Chicago gun violence in this sharp-tongued satire based on the Greek comedy Lysistrata. Equally pretentious and provocative, the audacious effort is highly uneven but certainly can’t be easily dismissed.
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Raunch-Com The Night Before Smokes a Bowl Full of Christmas Cheer
Three friends try to make their way to the legendary Nutcracker Ball.
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Thankfully, Charlie Brown Isn’t Grown Up in The Peanuts Movie
It’s a pleasant surprise that the first feature adaptation of Charles Schulz’s characters in 35 years sidesteps its pitfalls with an amusing charm.
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WaterTower Theatre’s Creepy Jack the Ripper Musical Shows Promise
Despite some technical difficulties, the ambitious Dallas-made world premiere musical could go places.
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Whether You Own or Rent, 99 Homes Is an Eye-Opener
This indictment of contemporary socioeconomic class division finds just enough hope amid its cutthroat maze of greed and corruption to allow for audience sympathy, especially for those who can relate to missing a house payment or feeling the financial pinch.