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NoiseDon’t bet on sloppy comedy ‘The House’
Saturday, July 1, 2017 Like most SNL-influenced movies—it's long on semi-improvised goofiness and short on actual jokes.
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Pop Culture‘Twin Peaks’ returns to a TV world it helped pioneer
Thursday, May 18, 2017 You can see its DNA in everything from The Leftovers to Riverdale
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IntersectionLas Vegas’ geek game strengthens with Tables Board Game Spot
Thursday, May 11, 2017 For $5 a day, you’ll have unlimited access to some 1,000 games, from classics like Guess Who? to modern favorites like Catan.
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FeaturesThree limited-release films we hope hit Las Vegas
Thursday, April 27, 2017 Here are some of our indie wishes this summer.
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ScreenThe bonkers ‘Colossal’ works in spite of itself
Thursday, April 20, 2017 Colossal taps into the universal secret conviction that one’s most trivial actions are somehow world-consequential.
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Screen‘T2 Trainspotting’ fails to recapture the original film’s energy
Thursday, March 30, 2017 If you’ve never seen Trainspotting, watching it in preparation would be a good idea, as T2 assumes pretty strong familiarity.
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ScreenOffice workers go for the kill in The Belko Experiment
Thursday, March 16, 2017 A large cast of fine actors do their best to provide emotional ballast and some flashes of dark humor.
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ScreenFilm review: 'Billy Lynn' combines an awkward story with awkward visuals
Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2016 The movie version remains stubbornly on the surface—a surface, moreover, that only a tiny number of people will view as intended.
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ScreenHollywood doesn’t dumb it down with alien-encounter film 'Arrival'
Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2016 Here, for the first time in ages, is proof that “thrilling” and “analytical” aren’t mutually exclusive.
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ScreenFilm review: 'Blair Witch' fails to improve on the original's minimalism
Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2016 It simulates amateurishness in the same highly professional manner as countless Blair Witch rip-offs before it.
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ScreenWoody Allen goes through the motions with 'Cafe Society'
Wednesday, July 27, 2016 His wit is decidedly rusty now.
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Screen'The BFG' falters in bringing a beloved novel to life
Wednesday, June 29, 2016 The film was adapted from Roald Dahl’s beloved children’s book.
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Screen'The Neon Demon' creates memorable images and an overblown message
Wednesday, June 22, 2016 A worthy, progressive thesis, but subtext elevated to text makes for tedious viewing, even when it’s gorgeous as this.
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Screen'Warcraft' puts a lot of effort into being terrible
Wednesday, June 8, 2016 Watching it is a different sort of painful experience from watching a blatant hack job like Mortal Kombat or Silent Hill.
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Screen'The Lobster' explores a surreal world of mandatory coupling
Wednesday, June 1, 2016 If nothing else, it's endlessly creative, a quality in short supply these days.
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ScreenTriumphs and travesties of world cinema at this year’s Cannes Film Festival
Friday, May 27, 2016 The festival assembled arguably its best lineup in years, yet most of the finest achievements were completely ignored.
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Screen'Sing Street' gets by on enthusiasm and catchy tunes
Wednesday, May 4, 2016 It isn’t likely to spawn two hit soundtrack albums and a tour, as The Commitments did, but it does provide a little bit of soul, however plastic.
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FeaturesThree limited-release movies we hope make it to Vegas
Thursday, April 28, 2016 A documentary about tickling endurance, and Colin Farrell possibly playing a lobster.
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Screen'The Witch' makes early America a very scary place
Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2016 Its only goal is to freak the crap out of you, and it succeeds mightily.
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ScreenVeteran filmmakers show off exciting new works at this year’s Sundance Film Festival
Friday, Jan. 29, 2016 Reminding us that our best filmmakers are still at the top of their game isn't generally Sundance's brand, but who could possibly complain?
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ScreenLeonardo DiCaprio goes through hell in 'The Revenant'
Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2016 While DiCaprio doesn’t really get the chance to give a great performance, he does manage to convey the character’s intense will to live.
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Screen'The Big Short' turns the financial crisis into comedy
Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2015 The film does an admirable job of laying out, step by step, the series of greedy decisions that wound up ruining so many lives.
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ScreenWill Smith plays a crusading doctor in the predictable 'Concussion'
Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2015 Smith plays the neuropathologist who first identified a degenerative brain disease common among NFL players.
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ScreenTina Fey and Amy Poehler hold the flimsy 'Sisters' together
Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2015 Some jokes hit, others miss, but the movie as an actual movie feels almost irrelevant.
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Screen'Room' unevenly adapts a powerful novel
Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2015 The story is about a boy who has spent his entire life—literally, since birth—living with his mother in a sociopath’s garden shed.
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Screen'Suffragette' flatly dramatizes an important movement
Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2015 As its title suggests, the film tells the story of the battle to secure women the vote.
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Screen'Our Brand Is Crisis' turns a political documentary into Hollywood mush
Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2015 The only thing less believable than the ending is the fact that this movie exists in the first place.
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ScreenTom Hanks confidently carries Cold War drama Bridge of Spies
Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2015 Steven Spielberg's latest flick makes rooting for integrity fun.
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Screen'He Named Me Malala' does a disservice to a great activist
Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2015 Such remarkable courage deserves better.
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FilmFilm review: Robert Redford and Nick Nolte grumble and stumble through 'A Walk in the Woods'
Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2015 Like most actual walks in the woods, the result will be forgotten as soon as it’s over.
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FilmWoody Allen brings a light touch to weighty matters in 'Irrational Man'
Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2015 The flick stars Emma Stone and Joaquin Phoenix (sporting an impressive beer belly).
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Film'Amy' artfully explores the life and career of Amy Winehouse
Wednesday, July 8, 2015 The film is as much a celebration as an elegy.
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Film'Inside Out' packs an emotional journey for kids and adults
Wednesday, June 17, 2015 Bring the tissues, parents.
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A&EFilm review: 'In the Name of My Daughter'
Wednesday, May 27, 2015 Based on a true story only recently resolved in court, the French drama is in incisive character study.
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FilmAt this year’s Cannes Film Festival, the best movies were often the most overlooked
Wednesday, May 27, 2015 The best film that screened, Sicario starring Emily Blunt and Josh Brolin, went home empty-handed. Find more on this year's film fest here.
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FilmLife under jihad: 'Timbuktu' is a timely story of struggle
Wednesday, May 20, 2015 The film illustrates life under sharia law in Mali.
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Film'Far From the Madding Crowd' is a refreshing take on a classic
Wednesday, May 13, 2015 It’s a solid telling of Thomas Hardy’s classic story.
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FilmSci-fi thriller ‘Ex Machina’ isn’t as smart as it pretends to be
Wednesday, April 22, 2015 Everything in this techno-paradise isn’t as it appears.
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Film‘Seymour’ introduces a remarkable man
Wednesday, April 15, 2015 Ethan Hawke imperfect documentary profiles a charismatic piano teacher.
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Film‘It Follows’ is relentlessly scary
Wednesday, March 25, 2015 From now on, Jay will be relentlessly pursued by a malevolent force that’s always walking in a straight line toward her, no matter where she goes.
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A&EBest of 2014: Films
Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2014 Weekly film critics pick their 10 favorite movies of the year.
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EntertainmentFilm review: 'Into the Woods' offers up only half an adaptation
Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2014 Fans of the Broadway musical will be sorely disappointed.
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EntertainmentA fascinating true story gets underwhelming treatment in 'Foxcatcher'
Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2014 A requiem for America this is definitely not.
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FilmFilm review: 'Whiplash' is a war movie—set inside a music conservatory
Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2014 To say that Fletcher is a hardass would be inaccurate—even the hardest ass in the world is still at least a little bit pliable.
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FilmFilm review: Michael Keaton makes a stunning return to form in the showy 'Birdman'
Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2014 Nice to see you back, Michael.
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FilmFilm review: 'St. Vincent' can't rise above the usual forgettable fluff
Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2014 But at least it has Bill Murray in a starring role.
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FilmFilm review: 'Men, Women & Children' gets hysterical about the Internet
Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2014 This clueless movie feels like the work of a perplexed octogenarian who’s just signed up for his first AOL account.
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FilmFilm review: Bill Hader and Kristen Wiig shine in 'The Skeleton Twins'
Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2014 The Saturday Night Life alums star in the dramatic dual character study.
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FilmFilm review: 'This Is Where I Leave You' drowns its emotion in dumb comedy
Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2014 The dramatic comedy stars Jason Bateman, Tina Fey and Jane Fonda.
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A&E2014 Fall A&E Guide: Film
Thursday, Aug. 28, 2014 The Hunger Games returns -- and so does Dumb and Dumber.
