The New York Times – Film:
This real-life inspired boxing drama has muscular ambitions, but too little finesse.
Author: Lisa Kennedy
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‘Night Nurse’ Review: An After-Hours, Erotic Con
The New York Times – Film:
In this thriller, a phone scam is being run out of an elder care facility. Eleni, a skittish but observant nurse, quickly becomes enmeshed with two others in the grift.
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‘Strung’ Review: A Tease of a Thriller
The New York Times – Film:
Chloe Bailey, Lynn Whitfield and Lucien Laviscount have delivered more of a camp classic than a taut psychological film.
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‘Girls Like Girls’ Review: Hayley Kiyoko Brings Her Song to Life
The New York Times – Film:
The pop star Hayley Kiyoko turns her hit single and best-selling book into a coming-of-age romance.
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‘Office Romance’ Review: Prepare for Turbulence
The New York Times – Film:
Jennifer Lopez and Brett Goldstein cause professional headaches in this workplace comedy about an airline.
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‘Propeller One-Way Night Coach’: John Travolta’s Directing Debut
The New York Times – Film:
John Travolta makes his directing debut with this short and sentimental coming-of-age film about a son’s first plane trip taken with his single mother.
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‘Is God Is’ Review: The Fires This Time
The New York Times – Film:
Kara Young and Mallori Johnson play twins bent on revenge in the playwright Aleshea Harris’s powerhouse film debut.
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‘Newborn’ Review: After Solitary Confinement, New Horrors Await
The New York Times – Film:
The writer-director Nate Parker focuses on the societal costs of imprisonment in this drama starring David Oyelowo as a Queens dad who goes upstate on a family trip.