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Film Review: Cruella
Emma Stone plays "One Hundred and One Dalmatians" villain Cruella de Vil in this origin story directed by Craig Gillespie and co-starring Emma Thompson.
Release date: Friday, May 28. Rated PG-13, 2 hours 16 minutes.
by Lovia Gyarke
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Film Review: “Faya Dayi”
by Sherri Linden
Returning to the Ethiopian city of her childhood, a first-time filmmaker creates an immersive portrait of the land and its people.
When Jessica Beshir was a teen, her family fled the political unrest in Ethiopia for…
“Lost in America”: Film Review
by Frank Scheck
You'll find it hard to walk past a homeless person again after seeing this disturbing documentary.
105 minutes
The growing crisis of youth homelessness is explored in Rotimi Rainwater's documentary, executive…
TV Review: Netflix’s “Atypical”
by Tim Goodman
Netflix's newest series stars Jennifer Jason Leigh and Michael Rapaport as the parents of an autistic teen.
If enjoy watching good shows with the potential to be a very good shows suddenly shoot themselves repeatedly in…
Film Review: “Detroit”
by Todd McCarthey
Kathryn Bigelow's latest effort is a docudrama about the 1967 Detroit riots, focusing on a specific incident of police violence against a group of black men at a hotel.
Rated R, 143 minutes
A particularly…
Film Review: “Girls Trip”
by David Rooney
Regina Hall, Tiffany Haddish, Jada Pinkett Smith and Queen Latifah play college friends reuniting for a New Orleans weekend during the Essence Festival in Malcolm D. Lee's sisterhood celebration.
Rated R; 122 minutes…
Television: For Women Over 40, Feminism Is Flawed
Television remains a much richer medium when it comes to juicy roles for women, but why are so many female characters over 40 so dysfunctional?
by Inkoo Kang
The most inspiring women on television today are the 60-something justice…
Film Review—”Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul”
by Michael Rechtshaffen
Rated PG, 91 minutes
The ninth book in Jeff Kinney's graphic novel series becomes the fourth film in the successful big-screen franchise.
After a five-year break, the Heffley family is back in action —…
Hulu’s “The Handmaid’s Tale”: TV Review
by Dan Feinberg
Hulu's all-too-timely adaptation of Margaret Atwood's novel is one of the spring's best new shows and makes Elisabeth Moss an immediate Emmy contender.
Branching out from Nov. 8, 2016, is an alternate timeline in which…
Film Review: “The Zookeeper’s Wife”
by Peter Debruge
This powerful story of a woman who hides Jewish refugees in her husband's zoo curiously leaves us caring more about the animals than its human souls.
MPAA Rating: PG-13. Running time: 125 MIN.
When it came to…