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Glenn Kenny

Glenn Kenny

Film Critic at The New York Times Online

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‘Reagan’ Review: The Gipper Takes on Moscow

In this unabashed love letter to former president Ronald Reagan, Dennis Quaid fights the Cold War with conviction.
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‘The Killer’ Review: John Woo With a French Twist

Woo’s new version of his Hong Kong action movie “The Killer,” starring Nathalie Emmanuel and Omar Sy, may be a remake, but it’s not a retread.
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‘The Greatest Surf Movie in the Universe’ Review: Humongously Bad

A mix of too much lousy animation and too little wave-riding footage.
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‘Girl You Know It’s True’ Review: Milli Vanilli, Fictionalized. Again.

This film, based on the lives of the duo who lip-synced their way to stardom and downfall, fills in many of the details behind the facade.
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‘Harold and the Purple Crayon’ Review: He’s a Big Kid Now

Harold is an adult on a quest in this tale based on the beloved children’s book by Crockett Johnson.
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‘Cirque du Soleil: Without a Net’ Review: How the Magic Happens

This documentary chronicles the reboot and reopening in Las Vegas of the acrobatic show “O,” which shutdown during the pandemic.
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‘My Spy the Eternal City’ Review: An Explosive Roman Holiday

The sequel stars a teenage Sophie (Chloe Coleman), who goes on a school trip to Italy with J.J. (Dave Bautista) as her burly chaperone.

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‘Fly Me to the Moon’ Review: This NASA Rom-Com Stays Earthbound

Greg Berlanti’s movie, starring Scarlett Johansson and Channing Tatum as only mildly mismatched lovers, is set against the backdrop of the Apollo 11 landing.
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‘Mother, Couch’ Review: The Family That Stays Together

A stubborn matriarch played by Ellen Burstyn lodges in a furniture store and wages emotional warfare with her adult children.
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‘A Family Affair’ Review: A Rom-Com With a Third Wheel

When Zara (Joey King) realizes that her mom (Nicole Kidman) is dating her boss (Zac Efron), she tries to split them up.
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She Walked in Beauty: The Subtle Seductiveness of Anouk Aimée

The French star created characters who could be fantasies or enigmas, but they always intrigued, even when she was miscast in Hollywood.
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‘Reverse the Curse’ Review: Baseball Is Life

The writer-director David Duchovny plays a long-suffering Red Sox fan with cancer who may yet live to see the team defeat the Yankees.
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‘Young Woman and the Sea’ Review: Fighting Sexism and Rough Waters

Daisy Ridley plays Gertrude Ederle, who persuades her father to pay for swim lessons, and then goes on to be a pioneer.
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‘Sight’ Review: An Eye Doctor’s (Inner) Journey From China

Based on the real life of the pioneering ophthalmologist Ming Wang, this movie follows the character’s struggle to see inside himself.
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‘Jeanne du Barry’ Review: A Versailles Scandal at Its Snooziest

Maïwenn wrote, directed and stars in the film, playing opposite Johnny Depp, who is Louis XV. Though he declares he loves her, their chemistry is weak.
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‘Nowhere Special’ Review: Old Bonds, New Family

This understated tear-jerker sees a dying single father making future family plans for his toddler son.
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‘Kim’s Video’ Review: Following the Tapes to Italy

This documentary details how the coolest video collection in downtown New York ended up in a small Italian town.
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‘The Beautiful Game’ Review: A Different Kind of World Cup

This heart-string-tugging Netflix movie about a homeless soccer team, featuring Bill Nighy and Micheal Ward, puts the emphasis on play and uplift.
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‘Road House’ Review: This Remake Amps Up the Action

Jake Gyllenhaal stars as a pro fighter turned bouncer at a juke joint in the Florida Keys, taking on Patrick Swayze’s role in the original.
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‘Free Time’ Review: Take This Job and Shove It. (Now What?)

Colin Burgess carries this comedy by Ryan Martin Brown about a 20-something who quits his job and finds that life without work isn’t all that thrilling.
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‘Code 8: Part II’ Review: Helping a Child in Danger

In this Netflix sequel, the acting cousins Robbie and Stephen Amell again play gruff men of action — physical and psychic — navigating an urban dystopia.