With Barbie, Greta Gerwig shows how well she can play with dolls

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Reviews

With Barbie, Greta Gerwig shows how well she can play with dolls

By: Shannon Campe

Margot Robbie fills the plastic heels of the iconic girls' doll in Gerwig's bubbly, socially-conscious comedy.

Reviews

Life & Beth charms in spite of its uneven format

By: Ashley Lara

Amy Schumer shines as a thirtysomething wine seller dealing with grief in Hulu's new dramedy.

Festivals

Sundance 2021: “Cryptozoo” is a visually bonkers trip

By: Matt Cipolla

The new film from Dash Shaw and Jane Samborski uses its breadth of bold psychedelic inspirations to distract from a tepid script.

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Anniversaries

At 10, “Scott Pilgrim vs. the World” can still take on all comers

10 years later, Edgar Wright's comic adaptation lingers for its bevy of influences as much as its originality.

Features

“This is the End” predicted how boring the apocalypse would be

Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg's armageddon comedy feels strangely familiar in a world where celebrities are stuck in quarantine like the rest of us.

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