Claire Shaffer
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‘Remember This’ Review: A Stark Portrait of Resilience
This film, featuring a captivating performance from David Strathairn as the Polish resistance fighter Jan Karski, is a straightforward adaptation of the play of the...
‘Hocus Pocus 2’ Review: Still Spelling Trouble
The Sanderson sisters return, bringing the same spooky humor with some modern twists.
‘This Land’ Review: Revisiting the 2020 Election
Matthew Palmer’s documentary may serve as an intriguing time capsule of the 2020 election in the years to come.
‘Adopting Audrey’ Review: Building a New Home Out of Nothing
Jena Malone plays a young woman who’s seeking to be adopted by a gruff patriarch. Deep down, he has, you guessed it, a heart of...
‘The Territory’ Review: Saving the Amazon, One Camera at a Time
This documentary is a thrilling look at an Indigenous group’s fight to keep illegal settlers from destroying their land in the Amazon rainforest.
‘Free Puppies!’ Review: A Fight to Save a Dog’s Life
This documentary focuses on volunteer animal rescue groups in the rural United States.
‘Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ Review: More Turtle Power
This continuation of the half-shelled foursome’s saga is rendered in snappy and brightly-colored animation.
‘Purple Hearts’ Review: A Marriage of Convenience
Netflix’s romantic drama, featuring the Disney-minted star Sofia Carson, follows a Marine and a musician who wed out of financial desperation.
‘Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank’ Review: A Tail of Two Samurai
Michael Cera and Samuel L. Jackson lend their voices to this unlikely animated adaptation of Mel Brooks’s “Blazing Saddles.”
‘Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank’ Review: A Tail of Two Samurai
Michael Cera and Samuel L. Jackson lend their voices to this unlikely animated adaptation of Mel Brooks’s “Blazing Saddles.”