‘Cyrano’ review: Peter Dinklage stars in a musical film that doesn’t hit enough of the right notes

Shared from www.cnn.com Dinklage trades in the customary prosthetic nose for his stature, which provides the impediment here to expressing his love for his cousin Roxanne (Haley Bennett), whose fondness for him is strictly platonic. […]

Brown Girls by Daphne Palasi Andreades review – raised by Queens | Fiction

Brown Girls by Daphne Palasi Andreades

Shared from www.theguardian.com Very early on, in a chapter titled “Musical Chairs”, we’re told that teachers at a New York City school can’t tell brown girls apart. They call upon Nadira but stare at Anjali; […]

‘The Endgame’ review: Morena Baccarin stars in NBC’s latest ‘The Blacklist’-like drama

'The Endgame' review: Morena Baccarin stars in NBC's latest 'The Blacklist'-like drama

Shared from www.cnn.com Like “The Blacklist” (which has lingered past its expiration date), the series opens with Baccarin’s Elena Federova, an international arms trafficker with just a tuch of a Natasha Fatale accent and plenty […]

Hybrid Humans by Harry Parker review – man and machine in harmony | Health, mind and body books – Culture | The Guardian

Harry Parker.

Shared from www.theguardian.com It is now 13 years since Harry Parker stepped on an improvised explosive device in Afghanistan, creating a blast that would result in the loss of both legs. Alongside the physical pain […]

‘Marry Me’ review: Jennifer Lopez finds a rom-com love match – Movies

'Marry Me' review: Jennifer Lopez finds a rom-com love match

Shared from www.latimes.com In the past, rom-coms starring Jennifer Lopez often saddled her with professions that are just too unbelievable. “Maid in Manhattan”? “The Wedding Planner”? Not our Jenny from the Block. So it’s refreshing […]

‘Marry Me’ review: Jennifer Lopez and Owen Wilson star in a ‘meet dumb’ rom-com – CNN.com – RSS Channel – Entertainment

Jennifer Lopez and Owen Wilson in 'Marry Me.'

Shared from www.cnn.com CNN —   Designed to showcase Jennifer Lopez playing a character that could hardly be called a reach, “Marry Me” trades in the “meet cute” rom-com formula for “meet dumb.” Lopez still […]

‘Inventing Anna’ review: A Netflix miniseries puts the accent in the wrong place, diluting Anna Delvey’s juicy true story – CNN.com – RSS Channel – Entertainment

Julia Garner as Anna Delvery in 'Inventing Anna' (David Giesbrecht/Netflix).

Shared from www.cnn.com CNN —   “Inventing Anna” transforms a juicy real-life drama about a con artist among the influencer crowd into a fairly inert limited series, in part by giving almost equal weight to […]

‘Minamata’ review: Johnny Depp stars in a redemption tale – Movies

'Minamata' review: Johnny Depp stars in a redemption tale

Shared from www.latimes.com In the biographical drama “Minamata,” Johnny Depp plays W. Eugene Smith, an acclaimed and innovative photojournalist who by the early 1970s — according to the movie, anyway — had developed a reputation […]

‘Brighton 4th’ review: A refreshing take on immigrant saga – Movies

'Brighton 4th' review: A refreshing take on immigrant saga

Shared from www.latimes.com Long serving as potent fodder for neorealist filmmakers, the immigrant experience is presented in a fresh, compelling context in Levan Koguashvili’s “Brighton 4th,” a gorgeously cinematic familial tragicomedy that constantly and movingly […]

‘jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy’ review: Kanye West’s superstar origin story, as told in a docuseries more than 20 years in the making – CNN.com – RSS Channel – Entertainment

'jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy' review: Kanye West's superstar origin story, as told in a docuseries more than 20 years in the making

Shared from www.cnn.com Kanye West performs onstage at the iHeartRadio Music Festival in 2015. West, at center in red, hangs out with some famous friends in the music industry, including John Legend, Mos Def, Consequence […]

‘Severance’ review: Adam Scott and producer Ben Stiller team on an Apple series that puts a creepy sci-fi spin on work-life balance – CNN.com – RSS Channel – Entertainment

'Severance' review: Adam Scott and producer Ben Stiller team on an Apple series that puts a creepy sci-fi spin on work-life balance

Shared from www.cnn.com The title refers to a procedure practiced by corporate giant Lumon Industries in which employees sever their memories of what transpires at work from what happens outside, and vice versa, theoretically bringing […]

‘Uncharted’ review: Tom Holland’s star power can’t keep the PlayStation game-turned-movie on the right course – CNN.com – RSS Channel – Entertainment

'Uncharted' review: Tom Holland's star power can't keep the PlayStation game-turned-movie on the right course

Shared from www.cnn.com Clearly recognizing its best sequence, the film begins with Holland’s Nathan Drake hanging on for dear life tethered to the floating cargo of an airborne plane, providing an adrenaline rush before flashing […]