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'God's Time' Review: Frenetic NYC Buddy Caper Marks Fresh Debut from Daniel Antebi
Tribeca 2022 Rendy Jones 3/6/23 Tribeca 2022 Rendy Jones 3/6/23

'God's Time' Review: Frenetic NYC Buddy Caper Marks Fresh Debut from Daniel Antebi

Antebi channels bits of early Spike Lee grit and the Safdie brothers.

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‘Creed III’ Review: Michael B. Jordan Delivers a Directorial Debut TKO in Strong Spin-off Threequel
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‘Creed III’ Review: Michael B. Jordan Delivers a Directorial Debut TKO in Strong Spin-off Threequel

In traditional Rocky fashion, it was time for Michael B. Jordan to don the director’s beret while stepping back into the ring.

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'Cocaine Bear' Review: Elizabeth Banks Drops a Snorting Slasher Icon Who Roars Up a Gory Good Time
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'Cocaine Bear' Review: Elizabeth Banks Drops a Snorting Slasher Icon Who Roars Up a Gory Good Time

High-octane thrill ride that reinforces a crucial wilderness survival rule: don’t feed the animals.  

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'Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania' Review: MCU's First Fifth Phase Flick Starts With a Quantum Flop
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'Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania' Review: MCU's First Fifth Phase Flick Starts With a Quantum Flop

The longest episode of Rick and Morty you’ve ever seen, with little wiggle room for imagination.

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'The Civil Dead' Review: Let Me Tell You Bout my Dead Best Friend
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'The Civil Dead' Review: Let Me Tell You Bout my Dead Best Friend

Clay Tatum and Whitmer Thomas' supernatural comedy provides a refreshing take on the supernatural buddy comedy formula via a contemporary mumblecore lens.

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‘Magic Mike’s Last Dance’ Review: Cinema's Stripper Icon Delivers a Fun Albeit Offbeat Farewell
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‘Magic Mike’s Last Dance’ Review: Cinema's Stripper Icon Delivers a Fun Albeit Offbeat Farewell

If the first two entries were considered gender-fluid due to their structureless freedom in storytelling, this trilogy finale is the most binary Magic Mike has ever been.

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‘Knock at the Cabin’ Review: Killing of a Sacred Queer
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‘Knock at the Cabin’ Review: Killing of a Sacred Queer

M. Night Shyamalan’s latest is a refreshingly solid, brilliantly directed psychological thriller that showcases the talents of its featured ensemble.

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‘80 For Brady’ Review: Tomlin, Fonda, Moreno, and Field Score a Touchdown in  Sweet Football Comedy
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‘80 For Brady’ Review: Tomlin, Fonda, Moreno, and Field Score a Touchdown in Sweet Football Comedy

An instant winner of a studio comedy that tributes the spirit of football and the loving relationships we share from it.

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'You People' Review: Kenya Barris and Jonah Hill's Modern 'Meet the Parents' Riff Arrives Outdated
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'You People' Review: Kenya Barris and Jonah Hill's Modern 'Meet the Parents' Riff Arrives Outdated

Just Watch Shrek 2.

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'M3GAN' Review: Blumhouses' Latest Sci-Fi Horror Flick About Killer AI Doll Slays the New Year
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'M3GAN' Review: Blumhouses' Latest Sci-Fi Horror Flick About Killer AI Doll Slays the New Year

Struts her stuff and delivers the first great horror film of 2023.

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'Empire of Light' Review: Sam Mendes's Soapbox Paradiso
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'Empire of Light' Review: Sam Mendes's Soapbox Paradiso

 If only Sam Mendes had a Black consultant to slap his hand when he wandered into the wrong areas.

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'Babylon' Review: Here's to the Fools Who Dream in the 20s
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'Babylon' Review: Here's to the Fools Who Dream in the 20s

If La La Land represented Chazelle in his high school freshman era, then Babylon is him as a college senior desperate to graduate.

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'Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance With Somebody' Review: From Wiki to Whitney
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'Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance With Somebody' Review: From Wiki to Whitney

So transparent in its commercialization that Kygo’s “Higher Love” remix as the end credits song was like a perfect final bow.

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'Avatar: The Way of Water' Review: James Cameron's Sequel is a Majestic Ride Worth the Decade Wait
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'Avatar: The Way of Water' Review: James Cameron's Sequel is a Majestic Ride Worth the Decade Wait

A breathtaking technical marvel that reminds you that CGI can be a visual feast.

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'Saint Omer' Review: Alice Diop's Riveting Courtroom Drama Explores Motherhood's Complexities
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'Saint Omer' Review: Alice Diop's Riveting Courtroom Drama Explores Motherhood's Complexities

One of the year’s best pictures and one hell of a narrative debut for Diop.

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