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High Glamour Infuses A Forbidden Love Affair In 'Carol'

1:29pm November 25, 2015

by David Edelstein

Todd Haynes' new film chronicles a lesbian affair between a middle-aged married woman and a young store clerk. Critic David Edelstein says Carol captures the thrill of a once-forbidden subculture.

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Not Just Another Boxing Movie. 'Creed' Has Cred

8:00am November 25, 2015

by Kenneth Turan

Creed is billed as a Rocky spinoff but it's actually something more interesting. It's a spiritual remake of the 1976 film that retells the original story in an unexpected and involving way.

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'Mockingjay — Part 2' Ends The 'Hunger Games' Series With A Potent Anti-War Message

1:33pm November 20, 2015

by David Edelstein

Jennifer Lawrence returns as Katniss in the final film adaptation of Suzanne Collins' dystopian Hunger Games novels. Critic David Edelstein says that the saga ends "less with a bang than a whimper."

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Jennifer Lawrence returns as Katniss Everdeen in The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 2.

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'Mockingjay — Part 2' Sees A Franchise Sputter To A Stop

5:48pm November 19, 2015

by Andrew Lapin

The final installment of the Hunger Games story has little left to say and few visual delights left to offer.

Dean Norris and Chiwetel Ejiofor in a scene from Secret in Their Eyes.

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'Secret In Their Eyes' Brings A Brutal Story To A New Home

5:03pm November 19, 2015

by Scott Tobias

The American remake of an Argentinian Oscar winner doesn't do enough to distinguish itself from the original, though it finds a few interesting angles.

Rooney Mara and Cate Blanchett in a scene from Carol.

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Women In Love In The Ravishing 'Carol'

5:03pm November 19, 2015

by Ella Taylor

Director Todd Haynes adapts a 1952 Patricia Highsmith novel about a divorcing woman who meets a young shop assistant.

Twin gangster brothers Ronnie and Reggie Kray are played by Tom Hardy in Legend.

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Two Tom Hardys Give A Boost To 'Legend'

5:03pm November 19, 2015

by Mark Jenkins

Tom Hardy plays both of the London-gangster Kray brothers and gives both palpable menace that helps boost a sometimes too-Hollywood story.

James White (Christopher Abbott) is a feckless New York City slacker doing the best he can to care for his mother, Gail (Cynthia Nixon).

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Arrested Development Meets Adulthood In 'James White'

11:28pm November 13, 2015

by Bob Mondello

James White is an indie drama about a slacker dealing with the death of one parent and the decline of another. NPR film critic Bob Mondello says it's both intimate and intense.

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(Left to right) Amanda Seyfried, Jake Lacy, Olivia Wilde, Maxwell Simkins, Blake Baumgartner, John Goodman, Ed Helms, Alan Arkin, Diane Keaton and Alex Borstein make up the Cooper family in Love the Coopers.

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No Christmas Cheer For 'The Coopers'

4:50pm November 13, 2015

by Scott Tobias

The Coopers are yet another family who've gift-wrapped their dysfunction and brought it home for Christmas.

Old And New Worlds Collide In An Unpredictable, Lovely 'Brooklyn'

1:34pm November 13, 2015

by David Edelstein

Saoirse Ronan plays a homesick Irish immigrant forced to choose between two suitors – and two countries — in the new film, Brooklyn. Critic David Edelstein says the movie "plays like a dream."

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