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‘Summer of 69’ Review: Chloe Fineman Plays a Sexual Mentor in a Teen Comedy That’s More Sweet Than Spicy
In Jillian Bell's feature directorial debut, the 'SNL' star plays a stripper tasked with helping a high schooler get laid.
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Critic’s Notebook: At a Historic Met Gala, the Winning Looks Embraced Drama and Detail
From theatrical trains to ultra-wide shoulders, this year’s (relatively few) truly compelling red carpet outfits were the bolder interpretations of the Black dandyism theme.
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‘Rust’ Review: Alec Baldwin Leads a Competent but Uninspired Western Haunted by Death and Scandal
More than four years after a fatal on-set shooting, Joel Souza's feature about a misanthropic fugitive on the run with his grandson lands in theaters and on VOD.
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‘Until Dawn’ Review: Ella Rubin and Odessa A’zion in a Confused Video Game-Inspired Horror Flick
Five friends find themselves stuck in a time-loop nightmare in this offering based on the PlayStation game and penned by Blair Butler and Gary Dauberman.
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Can TikTok “De-Influencers” Save the World?
As Donald Trump's administration prepares to roll back even more climate legislation, young people have turned to de-influencing and underconsumption videos as a means of self-empowerment.
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‘Sneaks’ Review: Anthony Mackie, Chloe Bailey and Martin Lawrence in an Animated Comedy That Takes the High Out of Hi-Tops
Rob Edwards and Christopher Jenkins' film about a pair of coveted sneakers that get separated squanders a starry voice cast that also includes Swae Lee, Macy Gray and Laurence Fishburne.
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‘The Encampments’ Review: A Gripping Doc Goes Inside Gaza Protests at Columbia University
Kei Pritsker and Michael T. Workman's film, executive produced by Macklemore, chronicles the divestment movement that swept college campuses last spring.
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‘John Proctor Is the Villain’ Review: Sadie Sink Makes an Exciting Broadway Return in a Sharp and Funny Re-Interpretation of ‘The Crucible’
A group of high schoolers start a feminism club during the height of #MeToo in Kimberly Belflower's play, helmed by Danya Taymor and starring the 'Stranger Things' actress.
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‘G20’ Review: Viola Davis Does Her Swaggering Part as a President Under Duress in Silly but Serviceable Prime Video Popcorn Thriller
The Oscar-winning actress joins Anthony Anderson, Ramón Rodríguez, Douglas Hodge, Marsai Martin and Antony Starr in Patricia Riggen's action film.
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The 20 Sexiest TV Shows of All Time, Ranked
Just in time for the 'White Lotus' withdrawal and the post-'Dying for Sex' drought, THR critics rank the hottest television series to ever set the small screen a-sizzle.
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‘She’s the He’ Review: An Endearing Debut Takes on Coming Out While Coming of Age
Writer-director Siobhan McCarthy's first feature, which premiered at SXSW, sends up conservative bathroom panic to fashion a scrappy tale about self-discovery.
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‘A Minecraft Movie’ Review: Jason Momoa and Jack Black Lead Unimaginative Video-Game Adventure Comedy
Sebastian Hansen, Emma Myers, Danielle Brooks and Jennifer Coolidge also star in the story of four strangers who must find their way back home after being pulled into a cubic wonderland created by a doorknob salesman.
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