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Jordan Hoffman is a writer and critic living in Queens, New York.
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Casting John Malkovich as a Popstar Was a Rotten Idea
NO, CHEFAlso egregiously wasting Ayo Edebiri, âOpusâ wants to say something about celebrity worship, but it makes a wrong move at every turn.

The Unbelievable Rise and Fall of Sly and the Family Stone
FAMILY AFFAIRQuestloveâs follow-up to âSummer of Soulâ celebrates a band that influenced the course of popular music before becoming victims of their own success.
Keke Palmer and SZA Are So, So Funny in âOne of Them Daysâ
CANâT LOSEWho said January releases canât be great? This hilarious new comedy heralds that SZAâs movie-star era has officially arrived.

The Biopic Where Robbie Williams Is Played by a Talking Ape
ROCK DJThe British pop star is played by a chimpanzee in âBetter Man.â Thankfully, the unconventional conceitâand some CGIâbrings panache to a genre that desperately needs some.

Netflix Has Made a Lot Worse Than âThe Six Triple Eightâ
WHAT TO STREAMKerry Washington, Ebony Obsidian, and Susan Sarandon star in Netflixâs fact-based drama about a group of female World War II soldiers.

âSonic the Hedgehog 3â Is the Worst Kidsâ Movie in Years
SAVE YOUR MONEYEven Jim Carrey is doing too much in this witless sequel, which has bad jokes, anachronistic music, andâŠa Malcolm X quote?

Ken Burnsâ da Vinci Series Gets Dishy About Homosexuality
HANG IT IN THE LOUVREThis four-hour profile of the Italian prodigy will remind of the many, *many* things da Vinci accomplished in his lifetime, including a couple of scandals.

Were the Horrors of the Stanford Prison Experiment Faked?
BEHIND THE BARSNat Geoâs new three-part documentary revisits Philip Zimbardoâs controversial saga from 1971, but it leaves a lot of unanswered questions.

Inside the Bruce Springsteen Concert No One Will Ever Forget
THE BOSS IS INâRoad Diary: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Bandâ is a look at the making of the Bossâs blockbuster tour, which has him putting on three-hour shows around the globe at age 75.

Will Ferrellâs Trans Road Trip Doc Gets Tearful Ovation
CHANGING MINDSOn the scene at the New York premiere of âWill & Harper,â where Ferrell and his transgender comedy friend Harper Steele spoke about how the film could save lives.
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