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!['Gordon Lightfoot: If You Could Read My Mind' Is a Familiar Tale Well Told Directed by Joan Tosoni and Martha Kehoe]()
Reviews'Gordon Lightfoot: If You Could Read My Mind' Is a Familiar Tale Well Told Directed by Joan Tosoni and Martha Kehoe Published May 23, 2019Rock docs rarely offer contrition from their subjects. Yet it's the first things we see in the opening scene of the new Gordon Lightfoot doc...
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!['Booksmart' Is 'Superbad' With a Heart Directed by Olivia Wilde]()
Reviews'Booksmart' Is 'Superbad' With a Heart Directed by Olivia Wilde Published May 22, 2019A pair of teenage misfits aim to loosen up and put some notches in their bedposts (both figuratively and literally) on the last day of high...
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!['All Is True' Gives Branagh a Chance to Play the Bard Himself Directed by Kenneth Branagh]()
Reviews'All Is True' Gives Branagh a Chance to Play the Bard Himself Directed by Kenneth Branagh Published May 21, 2019Without being immersed in certain theatrical scenes, I can't say where a man like Kenneth Branagh ranks among the interpreters of William Sh...
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!['I'm Going to Break Your Heart' Reveals the Creative Tensions of Chantal Kreviazuk and Raine Maida Directed by Annie Bradley and Jim Morrison]()
Reviews'I'm Going to Break Your Heart' Reveals the Creative Tensions of Chantal Kreviazuk and Raine Maida Directed by Annie Bradley and Jim Morrison Published May 21, 2019Legend has it that Chantal Kreviazuk and Raine Maida (of Our Lady Peace) first met at a Pearl Jam concert in 1996. The two Canadian musician...
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![Saturday Night Live: Paul Rudd & DJ Khaled May 18, 2019]()
ReviewsSaturday Night Live: Paul Rudd & DJ Khaled May 18, 2019 Published May 19, 2019Paul Rudd delivered another solid, fully committed turn as host and DJ Khaled could only get by with a little help from his friends. Here's...
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!['John Wick: Chapter 3 — Parabellum' Is a Maximalist Object of Beauty Directed by Chad Stahelski]()
Reviews'John Wick: Chapter 3 — Parabellum' Is a Maximalist Object of Beauty Directed by Chad Stahelski Published May 12, 2019When we first saw Keanu Reeves unleash a symphony of brutality on a group of baddies that killed his dog in 2014, it was hard to imagine tha...
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![Saturday Night Live: Emma Thompson & Jonas Brothers Saturday May 11, 2019]()
ReviewsSaturday Night Live: Emma Thompson & Jonas Brothers Saturday May 11, 2019 Published May 12, 2019Emma Thompson was a playful and great host, while the Jonas Brothers indulged in nostalgia during their comeback campaign. Here's everything...
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!['Tolkien' Is Not Nearly as Epic as it Wants to Be Directed by Dome Karukoski]()
Reviews'Tolkien' Is Not Nearly as Epic as it Wants to Be Directed by Dome Karukoski Published May 09, 2019In the world of high fantasy literary epics, The Lord of the Rings stands firmly atop the canon. The makers of Tolkien know this, which is w...
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!['Pokémon Detective Pikachu' Is Flashy But Has No Spark Directed by Rob Letterman]()
Reviews'Pokémon Detective Pikachu' Is Flashy But Has No Spark Directed by Rob Letterman Published May 07, 2019Nothing is safe in this age of reboots and remakes, and Pokémon is the latest victim. Instead of telling the classic story of an intrepi...
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![I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson]()
ReviewsI Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson Published May 07, 2019In a cultural landscape where the relevance of sketch TV ebbs and flows, seemingly and perpetually existing in the shadow of the Saturday Ni...
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!['Long Shot' Doesn't Risk Political Heavy-Lifting in Its Rom-Com Construction Directed by Jonathan Levine]()
Reviews'Long Shot' Doesn't Risk Political Heavy-Lifting in Its Rom-Com Construction Directed by Jonathan Levine Published May 06, 2019Charlotte Field (Charlize Theron) is a high-powered, sophisticated U.S. Secretary of State with her eye on the Presidency. Fred Flarsky (Set...
