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‘Your Place or Mine?’ finds comfort in two likable stars going through the amorous paces

Reese Witherspoon, Ashton Kutcher show terrific chemistry in a rom-com that’s predictable every step of the way, and that’s just fine,

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‘Sharper’ stars seem to savor playing pros at doing cons

Julianne Moore, Sebastian Stan head up brilliant cast of slick thriller set in New York.

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‘Stolen Youth’: Heartbreaking Hulu doc details how Sarah Lawrence students fell under the spell of a cruel manipulator

Video clips show bright young people surrendering themselves to Larry Ray’s brainwashing techniques and psychological and physical abuse.

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‘Magic Mike’s Last Dance’: Channing Tatum series stumbles again with relentlessly dumb sequel

Third film in the stripper trilogy is by far the most ridiculous.

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‘Titanic’ at 25: No, Jack didn’t survive, but the movie sure did

As the $2 billion hit returns to theaters for its anniversary, here’s some flotsam and jetsam about James Cameron’s epic.

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Jennifer Grey embodies Gwen Shamblin, a diet guru with big ambitions, big hair

Lifetime movie neatly summarizes the bizarre life of the late weight-loss evangelist, who built a church around her faith-based nutrition philosophy.

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‘Dear Edward’ shows tears, laughter of those reeling from a plane crash — including the boy who survived it

Keep tissues close at hand during poetic show about the ways we grieve.

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‘Body Parts’ covers a lot in viewing movie sex scenes from women’s perspective

Jane Fonda, Rosanna Arquette and other stars contribute to insightful and comprehensive documentary.

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After 30 years, ‘Groundhog Day’ holds up, and you can say that again

Chicago connections are many for the Bill Murray classic that’s funny, poignant and way better than sweet vermouth on the rocks, with a twist.

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‘Knock at the Cabin’ holds mystery and originality inside its walls

The uneven M. Night Shyamalan scores this time with an involving psychological thriller starring Dave Bautista.

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‘80 For Brady’: When faced with clunky jokes and implausible football, opt to pass

While it’s fun to see Rita Moreno, Lily Tomlin, Jane Fonda and Sally Field living it up, Super Bowl comedy has a shortage of laughs and an excess of Tom.

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An $80 million dog? ‘Gunther’s Millions’ has some but not all of the answers

Four-part Netflix doc makes too much of a saga full of gimmicks and fakery.

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‘Pamela, A Love Story’ succeeds on the strength of Anderson’s warmth and wit

In Netflix doc, the longtime celeb opens up her diaries and speaks with candor about her difficult childhood, her sex tape and her roller-coaster marriages.

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COVID’s an inconvenience for the privileged folks of ‘Life Upside Down’

Bob Odenkirk stars in wryly effective social satire set during the pandemic.

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Don’t be afraid of the horror-movie cliches in ‘Fear’

Joseph Sikora from ‘Power’ stars in a wonderfully nasty film that revels in its lack of originality.

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‘Shrinking’ builds a wonderful world around a therapist in a spiral

Jason Segel and Harrison Ford star in the hilarious, heartfelt Apple TV+ series.

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Couple’s trip turns trippy in unsettling but intriguing ‘Infinity Pool’

Horror whiz Mia Goth goes all-out in skillfully made, gruesome commentary on class.

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‘Poker Face’: Natasha Lyonne unravels mysteries as she travels the country

With its charismatic star and crackling dialogue, Peacock series flashes back to great gumshoe shows like ‘Columbo.’

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Roeper on the Oscar nominations: Even now, the Academy can surprise

Nods for Ana de Armas and ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ are a stretch, but hooray for unexpected contenders Brian Tyree Henry and Andrea Riseborough.

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‘Shotgun Wedding’: No funnier than J. Lo’s other bridal movies, but much louder

Fights and explosions fail to perk up the rom-com veteran’s latest mediocre walk to the altar.

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A new defendant’s story in each episode grows repetitious on Fox series ‘Accused’

Michael Chiklis, Malcolm Jamal-Warner, Keith Carradine among the stars of anthology show that rarely skims beneath the surface of its criminal cases.

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‘You People’ weighs down powerhouse cast with maddeningly obvious racial humor

Heavy-handed Netflix comedy puts Eddie Murphy, Jonah Hill and other greats into conversations that lack any nuance.

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‘When You Finish Saving the World’: Jesse Eisenberg directs a comedy of the smug and clueless

Julianne Moore delivers a surprisingly one-note performance as a shelter worker giving her maternal attention to the wrong teenager.

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‘That ’90s Show’ a hackneyed update of a hackneyed sitcom

Netflix revival sticks to formula as a new generation of teens invades Red and Kitty’s basement.

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‘The Son’: Tone-deaf follow-up to ‘The Father’ has none of its originality

Star Hugh Jackman can’t overcome an emotionally manipulative screenplay and an amateurish young co-star.

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