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‘The Courier’ is a throwback to the kind of solid yet fun spy thriller they don’t make anymore

Benedict Cumberbatch delivers an appealing, technically tricky performance in “The Courier,” in which he plays Greville Wynne, a British salesman who in the 1960s became an improbable player in Cold War tradecraft at its most high-stakes. Wynne really did exist, a fact that bears noting because his story is often too wildly dramatic to believe. […]

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How to watch the 2021 Oscar nominees

While “Parasite” winning best picture marked one of the final widely celebrated moments before we all went into lockdown, award season chatter has been (rightfully) overshadowed this year. And with inconsistent theatrical releases, the Oscar nominees announced Monday largely consist of titles that managed to emerge as front-runners from the glut of films on streaming […]

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‘The Father’ is a meticulously constructed story in which very little is what it seems

In the intricate, exquisitely crafted movie “The Father,” Anthony Hopkins plays Anthony, an elderly gentleman living in a well-appointed flat in London, which he’s been sharing with his daughter Anne (Olivia Colman) until she informs him that she’s moving to Paris to be with a man she’s recently met. Such is the inciting incident in […]

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Nico Walker’s life story made for a gripping novel. The movie version is less effective.

Tom Holland goes to impressive lengths to become unrecognizable in “Cherry,” an ambitious adaptation of Nico Walker’s semi-autobiographical novel. In that highly regarded book, the author recounted his descent from middle-class security and a promising education to his service as an Army medic in the Iraq War; when he returned home he was wracked with […]