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Greta Gerwig's "Barbie" luxuriates in the artificiality of Barbie's world, while injecting plenty of meta-commentary and dissonance.
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"Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One" trots out many of the old tricks, but the overall vibe is more somber this time around.
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"Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse" is more intricate and frenetic than its predecessor but maintains its sense of wonder and visual pop.
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"Slow Horses" pokes fun at the spy genre while honoring its conventions, with a scenery-chewing performance by Gary Oldman the cherry on top.
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Rian Johnson's "Glass Onion" is more acerbic and cutting than "Knives Out"—but is it better?
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Season 3 of "Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan" offers more of the same, in a story that bears an uncomfortably close resemblance to current events.
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"Top Gun: Maverick" is a shameless crowd-pleaser with show-stopping flying sequences that put other blockbusters to shame.
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"Everything Everywhere All At Once" is a silly, sloppy yet strangely affecting multiverse action comedy energized by Michelle Yeoh's performance.
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"Inventing Anna" plays fast and fun with the real-life story of scammer extraordinaire Anna Sorokin, but is there a point behind the hijinks?
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Amazon's first season of "Reacher" is a creditable stab at presenting the hard-boiled hero from Lee Child's novels.
