Amy Nicholson
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‘Fresh’ Review: First Date? Try the Veal.
Daisy Edgar-Jones and Sebastian Stan star in a dazzling (and very funny) cannibal romance from Mimi Cave.
‘Tyler Perry’s A Madea Homecoming’ Review: Tyler’s Hard Lemonade
Tyler Perry revives his signature character — this time for Netflix — in a fast, nonsensical new Madea movie.
‘Strawberry Mansion’ Review: Adventures in Slumberland
A taxman lives in a future world that evokes the disarray of dream logic in this creative and surreal sci-fi movie.
‘Blacklight’ Review: He’s Off the Books (But You’ve Read This One Before)
Liam Neeson plays a top-secret operative in an action movie that teeters between subverting the genre and obeying convention.
‘Jackass Forever’ Review: A Visit From the Goon Squad
Sharp cinematography and enviable camaraderie continue to hoist Johnny Knoxville and friends above their many imitators in this deceptively kindhearted sequel.
‘Home Team’ Review: Fumblecore
Kevin James plays the complicated N.F.L. coach Sean Payton in an uncomplicated Netflix family flick.
‘The Royal Treatment’ Review: Heavy is the Head (and Shoulders)
Laura Marano and Mena Massoud star in a romantic comedy that tweaks a familiar formula but still feels inane.
‘The 355’ Review: Exile in Bondville
Jessica Chastain, Penélope Cruz, Lupita Nyong’o, Diane Kruger and Fan Bingbing star in an espionage thriller that’s slick but banal.
Five Joan Didion Movies You Can Stream Right Now
The writer, working with her husband, John Gregory Dunne, saw Hollywood as a way to make cash to support her art. It did and didn’t...
‘Sing 2’ Review: Taking the Show on the Road
The amateur ensemble is back, this time in animal Las Vegas.