The two-time Oscar winner plays a devout Muslim and contract killer forced to care for his three kids after his wife dies in Bassam Tariq's Texas-set thriller.
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Last Night of the Proms review – musical chaos ensues in near four-hour finale
‘Girl Group’ Review: Rebel Wilson’s Bawdy Pop Comedy Is All Fizz and Little Substance
‘The Stunt Driver’ Review: Jay Baruchel Takes a Leap into Tepid Biopic Territory
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WorldPingTwenty-five-year-old newcomer Adia never really imagined becoming a movie star. Growing up, she was focused on becoming a professional dancer before a hip injury derailed that dream. That’s when the high school senior discovered acting.
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WorldPingAfter years of fielding questions about whether she wants to be a mom, Lauren Miller Rogen gives the definitive answer in the form of her witty, heartfelt comedy Babies.
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Marvel's mishandling of its Blade reboot will likely go down as one of the studio's biggest mistakes. There was a great actor in place to play the vampire hunter (Mahershala Ali), and a promising director set to take over the reins (Bassam Tariq).
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WorldPingIn “The Stunt Driver,” Jay Baruchel reteams with his “Goon” director Michael Dowse and takes on a showy lead part as stunt driver Ken Carter, who’s best remembered for a jump he didn’t make: a proposed mile-long leap over the St.
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WorldPingToward the end of Rebel Wilson’s “Girl Group,” a fizzy, gaudy clone of “Pitch Perfect” sculpted from the mentor formula of “Bad News Bears,” the movie spirals into an interminable sequence of pop music performances.
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WorldPingRoyal Albert Hall, London The evening features everything from a rendition of an inscrutable Samuel Barber concerto to a celebration of Dolly Parton, but the real star is tartan-clad tenor Nicky Spence In Richard Strauss’s Ariadne auf Naxos, a wealth…
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