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Katy Perry’s ‘143’ Review

REVIEW | Perry's new album strips away the remnants of the perky personality that catapulted her into early 2010s superstardom.

By Steven J. Horowitz

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Grace VanderWaal Grows Up

With new music and a 'Megalopolis' role, the 'America's Got Talent' winner is coming into her own -- even if it makes 'people really uncomfortable.'

By Ellise Shafer

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'Transformers One' Director Josh Cooley on the Influence of Art Deco, 'Ben-Hur' and the Original 1986 Animated Film

For at least one generation of “Transformers” fans, the death of Optimus Prime in the 1986 animated feature “The Transformers: The Movie” was a formative moviegoing experience, if…

By Todd Gilchrist

LONDON, ENGLAND - APRIL 15: Johnny Depp attends the "Jeanne du Barry" UK Premiere at The Curzon Mayfair on April 15, 2024 in London, England. (Photo by Neil P. Mockford/Getty Images)

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Johnny Depp to Receive Career Honor at Rome Film Festival

'Modì,' Depp's first directorial effort since 1997's 'The Brave,' will have its Italian premiere at the fest.

By Nick Vivarelli

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Keke Palmer and SZA’s R-Rated Buddy Comedy Gets 2025 Release Date

Keke Palmer and SZA’s highly-anticipated team-up movie is coming to theaters next January. The TriStar Pictures movie — produced by Issa Rae’s Hoorae, written by Syreeta…

By Angelique Jackson

‘Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story’ Cast Guide: Meet the Actors Portraying the Menendez Family

Javier Bardem, Chloe Sevigny, Nicholas Chavez and Cooper Koch lead the cast of Ryan Murphy's new series.

By Jack Dunn

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‘The Substance’

Demi Moore and Margaret Qualley star in a visionary feminist body-horror film that takes cosmetic enhancement to extremes.
‘Transformers One’

This animated origin story reveals there's more to the series' central conflict than meets the eye.
Critics Pick
‘A Different Man’

Sebastian Stan and Adam Pearson take on boundary-defying roles in Aaron Schimberg's dizzyingly rich think-piece.
‘Wolfs’

George Clooney and Brad Pitt are rival fixers in a winning action comedy spiked with movie-star chemistry.

‘A Man in Full’

A one-note Jeff Daniels stars in this empty Netflix series.
‘The Tattooist of Auschwitz’

Peacock's gruesome and grueling love story is set during the Holocaust.
‘The Veil’

Elisabeth Moss stuns in FX's fascinating spy thriller.
'Dead Boy Detectives’

This 'Sandman' spinoff adapts Neil Gaiman's comic as a zany teen procedural.

‘Hit Me Hard and Soft’

Billie Eilish and producer Finneas keep up their winning streak with a surprising and intimate third album.
‘Atavista’

Childish Gambino's latest is a masterpiece, and a kaleidoscopic showcase for his seemingly endless talents.
‘Dark Times’

Vince Staples searches for light on his new album, his most vulnerable project to date.
‘Radical Optimism’

Dua Lipa's new album is a joyous blast of pop savvy.

‘An Enemy of the People’

Sam Gold's production is an actorly face-off between Jeremy Strong and Michael Imperioli, but the script ultimately let's the audience off the hook.
‘Long Day’s Journey Into Night’

Patricia Clarkson gives a luminous performance in an otherwise uneven revival of Eugene O'Neill's family drama.
‘Tommy’

Strictly for the boomers.
‘Water for Elephants’

The stage adaptation has escapism, enchantment and heart, all elevated to new, literal heights that blend theater and cirque.

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Perfection is rarely achieved in movies, but this heaven-sent concert doc hits the sweet spot. Over two days in January 1972, the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin — she was 29 at the time — sweeps into the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Watts in front of a congregation and testifies to God in song. The blessed thing took nearly half a century to come out because director Sydney Pollack failed to sync the image with the sound. Then digital angels stepped in, and glory, glory, hallelujah!