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What’s new in theatres this weekend, including the unforgettable Clemency, unnecessary Bad Boys for Life and unintelligible Dolittle
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Dolittle is muddled CGI chaos with a grotesque irony at its core
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Bad Boys for Life revives the franchise’s tired tropes, but at least dials back the misogyny
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Buck Henry, who helped create Get Smart and adapt The Graduate, was an ubiquitous figure in comedy for decades
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Your weekly guide to the latest film reviews, including people-pleaser Just Mercy, shallow Underwater and simplistic Like a Boss
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Heartbreaking addiction drama Luba explores the depths of everyday pain
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Kristen Stewart thriller Underwater is about as deep as a kiddie pool, but fun nevertheless
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Tiffany Haddish should be treated like a boss, yet her new comedy deserves to be fired
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1917, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood win top Golden Globes
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Schitt’s Creek stars on the emotional end to the beloved Canadian comedy
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Alex Trebek says he’s rehearsed what he’s going to say when he hosts his final Jeopardy! taping
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Full Stream Ahead: Your best Netflix, Kanopy, and AppleTV+ streaming bets for this Jan. 4-5 weekend
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Barry Hertz
Barry Hertz
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2020 movie preview: The 10 most intriguing, under-the-radar films to watch out for
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Barry Hertz
Barry Hertz
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Full Stream Ahead: Your best Netflix, Crave and Amazon Prime Video streaming bets for this Dec. 28-29 weekend
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Barry Hertz
Barry Hertz
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Let’s talk about 1917’s ‘one-shot’ conceit, and the line between gimmick and greatness
Barry Hertz
Barry Hertz
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2020 movie preview: Blockbusters that might set the world on fire (and that aren’t from the Marvel Cinematic Universe)
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The top film trends of 2019, from the Keanu Reeves-aissance to yet more depressing news for journalists
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Barry Hertz
Barry Hertz
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2020 television preview: The shows you can’t afford to miss, from a space tourism comedy to a mystic who develops a cult following
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John Doyle
John Doyle
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Globe Arts writers pick their favourite cultural moments of 2019, from Watchmen to The Irishman, Rooney to Rembrandt, Jojo to Momo
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Binge-watching guide: The shows you need to catch up on, all available to stream
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John Doyle
John Doyle
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Me-ow: The celebrity-jammed Cats is a horrifying monstrosity that deserves to be buried in the world’s largest litter box
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Is Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker repetitive, boring, distressing, or all of the above?
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Full Stream Ahead: Your best Netflix, Crave and Canadian streaming bets for this Dec. 21-22 weekend
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Barry Hertz
Barry Hertz
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Spies in Disguise promises Will Smith-as-a-bird shenanigans, and Will Smith-as-a-bird shenanigans it delivers, gosh darn it
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The worst of the worst: 2019’s biggest film failures
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Barry Hertz
Barry Hertz
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The Empire strikes back? The sale of Canadian Cineplex to a British company is just a sequel of an old story
Paul Moore
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The best music documentaries of 2019, from Amazing Grace to Mountaintop
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Cineplex suitor seeks to defy the odds in a streaming world
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Konrad Yakabuski
Konrad Yakabuski
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‘One-shot’ First World War thriller 1917 deserves biggest screen possible, if only for a game of ‘Spot the Cut’
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The 10 most overlooked, underrated and unfairly dismissed movies of 2019
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Barry Hertz
Barry Hertz
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The National Ballet of Canada’s Nutcracker is seasonal magic
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Danny Aiello, actor in ‘Do the Right Thing,’ dies at 86
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Unnecessary but entertaining, Jumanji: The Next Level plays well enough with others
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The best TV shows of 2019: A year of searing truths more powerful than fantasy
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John Doyle
John Doyle
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Bend It Like Beckham: The Musical is the South Asian representation I needed
Aparita Bhandari
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Erik Anderson’s My Thesis Film is the strangest, angriest, funniest and most challenging Canadian movie you’ve never seen
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