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‘Manhunt: Unabomber’ a gripping portrayal of the Kaczynski case (TV review)

Last week I was scrolling through Netflix looking for something to pass the time. I came across “Manhunt: Unabomber” (2017, Discovery Channel) and decided to

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‘Battle of the Sexes’ a warm portrayal of King and Riggs and their bizarre, pivotal match (Movie review)

When I first got into tennis fandom and learned about the Billie Jean King-Bobby Riggs Battle of the Sexes of the 1970s, I assumed it

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‘Chuck’ a lightweight portrayal of the boxer who inspired ‘Rocky’ (Movie review)

Available via streaming and Redbox, “Chuck” was quietly in and out of theaters in 2017. The biopic’s titular character, Chuck Wepner (Liev Schreiber), is also

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‘The Big Sick’ is the year’s feel-better comedy (Movie review)

I used to listen to Kumail Nanjiani’s “X-Files Files” podcast, and occasionally he’d reference the time when his girlfriend was in a coma. Although it registered

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‘Snowden’ is a warm portrayal of a modern hero, but without many surprises (Movie review)

Whether Trump or Clinton wins the election tonight, the NSA’s spying program will continue, so it seems like a good time to watch “Snowden,” the most hyped-up

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‘Rocky’ franchise appears to be in good hands with ‘Fruitvale Station’s’ Coogler, Jordan (Movie review)

The seventh “Rocky” film, “Creed” — which comes out on Nov. 25 – is on paper quite a departure from the first six, which were all written

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WikiLeaks drama ‘The Fifth Estate’ not quite as great as the ideas in it (Movie review)

“The Fifth Estate” is the liberty-themed movie I was most looking forward to this year. But while it is too loaded with important ideas to dismiss

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‘The Conjuring’ effectively delivers standard scares

I kept the lessons of Hollywood horror movies in mind as I hunted for my new apartment. I like living in a somewhat older place,

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‘42’ a beautiful time capsule of Jackie Robinson’s heroic journey to the big leagues (Movie review)

Similar to “Miracle” and “61*,” “42” isn’t a particularly challenging sports movie, but it is thoroughly enjoyable and an important historical document. People very familiar with Jackie

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‘Won’t Back Down’ a rousing underdog tale about the fight for better schools (Movie review)

Being both an “important” movie and a “feel-good” movie, right off the bat “Won’t Back Down” is in danger of being filled with cartoon villains that you

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