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MOVIE REVIEW | ★★1/2
Tom Cruise is at his Tom Cruise-iest in ‘Top Gun: Maverick’
It’s been 36 years since the original. The sequel is more of the same: expertly crafted action, gorgeous visuals, and mindless, muscular shamelessness.
Matt Damon slammed for crypto commercial amid market meltdown
The Cambridge native is facing backlash after his high-profile endorsement of cryptocurrency in recent months.
MOVIE REVIEW | ★★★
‘The Automat’: A tribute to ‘the house that nickels built’
Lisa Hurwitz’s documentary is a very loving tribute to the fabled Horn & Hardart restaurant chain, which flourished in New York and Philadelphia for much of the 20th century.
MOVIES
Jessie Buckley: Now you see her, now you don’t
An Oscar nominee for ‘The Lost Daughter,’ and about to star in ‘Men,’ the 32-year-old Irish actress possesses an uncanny ability to disappear into her roles — but she’s not going anywhere.
MOVIE REVIEW | ★½
‘Operation Mincemeat’: When a dead man told a tale, a very important one
This based-on-fact story about the most celebrated espionage deception of World War II plays somewhat fast and loose with those facts. Starring Colin Firth, the film is streaming on Netflix.
Commentary
3 films that capture the messiness of being a mom
In a year of movies with maternal themes, "Umma," "Turning Red," and "Everything Everywhere All at Once" seek to mend the fractures of cultural and generational warfare between Asian and Asian American moms and daughters.
MOVIE REVIEW | ★★½
In ‘Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness,’ Benedict Cumberbatch is back as the sourest of Marvel superheroes
It’s been six years since the first “Doctor Strange” movie. Now there’s “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.” It opens in theaters on Friday.
Willing ourselves to see; looking back at Marilyn Monroe; and listening to John Wayne Gacy
Spotlighting "The Will to See," “The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes,” and “Conversations With a Killer: The John Wayne Gacy Tapes.”