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'Three Identical Strangers' hits the documentary jackpot

8 years 3 months ago
"Three Identical Strangers" is an astonishing documentary, a look at how a feel-good, made-for-TV "separated at birth" story took on an unexpected, more sinister tone. Tim Wardle's film works on multiple levels -- from an underlying mystery to medical ethics to a rumination on the nature-vs.-nurture debate. Entertaining, thought-provoking and filled with surprises, it scores the equivalent of a cinematic hat trick.

Hugh Grant delivers in Amazon's brilliant 'A Very English Scandal'

8 years 3 months ago
A delicious three-part import with a first-class pedigree, "A Very English Scandal" tells the true story of British politician Jeremy Thorpe and his secret lover, played -- in a dream pairing -- by Hugh Grant and Ben Whishaw. Full of sly humor, poignant commentary and bizarre twists, it's almost like the perfect marriage of "The Crown" and a Coen brothers movie.

'Sicario' sequel delivers action while fumbling on border politics

8 years 3 months ago
A sequel that stands on its own, "Sicario: Day of the Soldado" works best as a taut, crisp action vehicle, and worst as a muddled look at geopolitics, the U.S.-Mexican border and terrorism. Given the prevailing political climate, the latter feels especially unhelpful and ill timed, putting the movie on firmer footing when it focuses on a hitman moved to protect the daughter of the cartel leader he otherwise despises.
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