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Review of The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021)

By Jocelyn Noveck (253) for The Associated Press (882) on 22 Dec 2021

No matter how cursed or unlucky the so-called “Scottish play” is in theater lore, the stars seem to be aligned here…

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Review of The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021)

By Jocelyn Noveck (253) for The Associated Press (882) on 22 Dec 2021

No matter how cursed or unlucky the so-called “Scottish play” is in theater lore, the stars seem to be aligned here…

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Review of The Lost Daughter (2021)

By Jocelyn Noveck (253) for The Associated Press (882) on 16 Dec 2021

Perhaps there’s something in this tale of two women — or really, three — that speaks to all who try to pretend that it’s unnatural…

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Review of Don't Look Up (2021)

By Jocelyn Noveck (253) for The Associated Press (882) on 09 Dec 2021

That the comet is a stand-in for climate change is hardly a secret going into Don’t Look Up, Adam McKay’s exceedingly watchable, funny…

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Review of The Humans (2021)

By Jocelyn Noveck (253) for The Associated Press (882) on 24 Nov 2021

Karam is adapting his own Tony-winning work here, a play inspired by the 2007-2008 financial crisis…

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Review of Clifford the Big Red Dog (2021)

By Jocelyn Noveck (253) for The Associated Press (882) on 10 Nov 2021

For older viewers, though, it may be hard to ignore some of the clunkier moments of a script that, in trying to update a story created in 1963,…

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Review of Passing (2021)

By Jocelyn Noveck (253) for The Associated Press (882) on 28 Oct 2021

Rarely have the hues of black and white, cinematographically speaking, looked so beautifully lush as in Passing, the hugely impressive directorial…

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Review of Passing (2021)

By Jocelyn Noveck (253) for The Associated Press (882) on 28 Oct 2021

Rarely have the hues of black and white, cinematographically speaking, looked so beautifully lush as in Passing, the hugely impressive directorial…

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Review of The Harder They Fall (2021)

By Jocelyn Noveck (253) for The Associated Press (882) on 20 Oct 2021

The violence is expertly choreographed, but some of us surely could have done with less bloodshed (there are Tarantino-esque flourishes here,…

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Review of The Velvet Underground (2021)

By Jocelyn Noveck (253) for The Associated Press (882) on 13 Oct 2021

Whatever your level of familiarity, Haynes’ doc — the first for this accomplished director — is so stylistically compelling, it doesn’t…

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Review of Queenpins (2021)

By Jocelyn Noveck (253) for The Associated Press (882) on 09 Sep 2021

Writer-directors Aron Gaudet and Gita Pullapilly offer up a commentary on the value of work…

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Review of Cinderella (2021)

By Jocelyn Noveck (253) for The Associated Press (882) on 01 Sep 2021

A feminist recasting of the familiar story is welcome, of course, but the screenplay focuses so insistently on its female-empowering message…

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Review of Cinderella (2021)

By Jocelyn Noveck (253) for The Associated Press (882) on 01 Sep 2021

A feminist recasting of the familiar story is welcome, of course, but the screenplay focuses so insistently on its female-empowering message…

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Review of Coda (2021)

By Jocelyn Noveck (253) for The Associated Press (882) on 12 Aug 2021

Heder, who adapted her screenplay from the 2014 French film La Famille Belier, makes crucially effective decisions throughout, but none more…

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Review of CODA (2021)

By Jocelyn Noveck (253) for The Associated Press (882) on 12 Aug 2021

Heder, who adapted her screenplay from the 2014 French film La Famille Belier, makes crucially effective decisions throughout, but none more…

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Review of Old (2021)

By Jocelyn Noveck (253) for The Associated Press (882) on 22 Jul 2021

Of course, it all comes down to a Shyamalan-style final twist — the most entertaining part of the film, but it comes way, way too late…

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Review of Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain (2021)

By Jocelyn Noveck (253) for The Associated Press (882) on 14 Jul 2021

One cannot fault Roadrunner for not coming up with clear answers…

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Review of The Ice Road (2021)

By Jocelyn Noveck (253) for The Associated Press (882) on 25 Jun 2021

Luckily, Neeson has a way of lending his rough-hewn dignity to even the most perfunctory of plots — because this one, it must be said, is…

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Review of In the Heights (2021)

By Jocelyn Noveck (253) for The Associated Press (882) on 08 Jun 2021

All characters are beautifully cast, but a standout is Hawkins, who has the soulful voice of a young Christopher Jackson (the original Benny,…

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Review of Cruella (2021)

By Jocelyn Noveck (253) for The Associated Press (882) on 26 May 2021

Stone is always compelling, and with an ace nemesis in Thompson, she’s having a blast…

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