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Director: Title of Polish cardinal’s biopic has dual meaning
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Director: Title of Polish cardinal’s biopic has dual meaning

Mark PattisonDecember 1, 20224 min read
The movie “PROFIT,” a biopic about 20th-century Polish Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski, delves into the Polish Communist Party’s yearslong operation to delegitimize him.
Movie Review: ‘She Said’
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Movie Review: ‘She Said’

John MulderigNovember 22, 20223 min read
Working from Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor’s 2019 bestseller, director Maria Schrader depicts the dogged determination of the newswomen, the courage and resilience of their victimized sources and, ultimately, the power of journalism to reveal wrongdoing. Although their efforts take a toll on family life, both leading characters are shown to be in strong marriages.
TV Review: ‘Fleishman is in Trouble’
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TV Review: ‘Fleishman is in Trouble’

John MulderigNovember 22, 20223 min read
Honorable underlying values and believable characters are sabotaged by excessively explicit sexual content in the limited drama series “Fleishman is in Trouble.”
Movie Review: ‘The Fabelmans’
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Movie Review: ‘The Fabelmans’

John MulderigNovember 16, 20223 min read
Set in the 1950s and ’60s, The Fablemans recounts the childhood and adolescence of Steven Spielberg’s fictional counterpart, Sammy Fabelman (Gabriel LaBelle).
Movie Review: ‘Black Panther: Wakanda’
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Movie Review: ‘Black Panther: Wakanda’

John MulderigNovember 11, 20223 min read
Grown viewers will be treated to another rousing visit to this realm’s inviting precincts and to the tumultuous, but ultimately pleasing, alternative reality that prevails there.
Movie Review: ‘All Quiet on the Western Front’
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Movie Review: ‘All Quiet on the Western Front’

John MulderigNovember 9, 20223 min read
Director and co-writer Edward Berger’s eponymous production of “All Quiet on the Western Front” is streaming on Netflix.
Movie Review: ‘The Banshees of Inisherin’
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Movie Review: ‘The Banshees of Inisherin’

John MulderigNovember 4, 20223 min read
There are some things to celebrate but others to bewail about “The Banshees of Inisherin.” In fact, this bleak combination of black comedy and rural drama incorporates elements that make it acceptable for only a small number of grown movie fans.
Analysis: Even if you’re getting TV for free, you’re paying for it somehow
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Analysis: Even if you’re getting TV for free, you’re paying for it somehow

Mark PattisonNovember 3, 20225 min read
Our latest advance is streaming TV. For those unclear on the concept, you pay a monthly fee in exchange for everything in that streamer’s library of titles and episodes.
TV Review: The Watcher
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TV Review: The Watcher

John MulderigOctober 23, 20223 min read
Grown TV fans in search of eerie programming appropriate to the Halloween season may find that the mystery series “The Watcher” fits the bill. Made up of seven hour-long episodes, the show is currently streaming on Netflix.
Movie Review: ‘Black Adam’
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Movie Review: ‘Black Adam’

John MulderigOctober 21, 20223 min read
Debates about the true nature of justice and heroism, as well as the proper use of force, pace the predictable dustups in “Black Adam,” director Jaume Collet-Serra’s adaptation of DC Comics lore.
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