Peter Debruge

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‘Him’ Review: From Concussions to Contracts, Jordan Peele-Produced Thriller Shows That Football Can Be a Lot Scarier Than Most People Realize

Cameron Cade has only one mission in life: to be the best player in American football. Nothing else matters to this college sports star (played by Tyriq Withers, a statue-like figure...

‘Easy’s Waltz’ Review: Vince Vaughn Reveals a Hidden Talent for Singing in Nic Pizzolatto’s Low-Key Debut

Who knew Vince Vaughn could carry a tune? Turns out, the actor’s been singing right under our noses for years, from the ironic Alanis Morissette cover he delivered in “The Internship”...

‘Good Fortune’ Review: Keanu Reeves’ Brainless Angel Runs Away With Aziz Ansari’s Clever Directing Debut

It wasn’t meant as a joke when a Hollywood studio cast Nicolas Cage as an emo angel who risks his wings to save Meg Ryan, a mortal with dark thoughts and...

‘Spinal Tap II: The End Continues’ Review: The Ultimate Spoof Band Gets a Cheeky Send-Off, With a Little Help From Their Friends

With Spinal Tap, the joke never gets old, even if the hilarious-as-ever heavy metal trio is now bordering on geriatric. Well into their 70s, hall-of-fame improv talents Michael McKean and Christopher...

‘I Swear’ Review: Down-to-Earth Tourette Syndrome Drama Is a Fine Showcase for ‘Rings of Power’ Star Robert Aramayo

Based on the real life of Tourette Syndrome campaigner John Davidson, who takes an exec credit here, “I Swear” is a biopic about a man who came of age in 1980s...

With ‘Franz,’ Agnieszka Holland Shares Her Unique View of Kafka, Informed by a Career of Outsider Insights

Guillermo del Toro isn’t the only celebrated international filmmaker who managed to realize a decades-long passion project this year. Where Del Toro had “Frankenstein,” Agnieszka Holland has “Franz,” in which the...

‘Roofman’ Review: Channing Tatum Charms as a Homeless Fugitive Who Shacks Up Inside a Toys R Us Store

Getting robbed at gunpoint can be a traumatizing thing, though “Roofman” subject Jeffrey Manchester’s victims describe him as unusually conscientious. Breaking into McDonald’s restaurants to steal the loot, he’d lock the...

‘Rental Family’ Review: Hiring Actors to Play Relatives Would Be Weird Enough Without Brendan Fraser Being One of the Options

Six years ago, the inimitable Werner Herzog made “Family Romance, LLC,” an odd pseudo-documentary about a Japanese service that specialized in hiring actors to play a loved one, colleague or potential...

Peter Debruge

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