The Hollywood Bowles

Norm Macdonald could make kindness a punchline.. Netflix’s terrific “Norm: The Tale of Norm Macdonald” reminds us how much intelligence that required. Judd Apatow’s documentary began streaming October 16, alongside the theatrical release of Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim’s Elizabeth Holmes documentary, “You Can See Everything.” Anyone seeking another encounter with a master of misdirection …

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(Spoiler alert: I have a friend of a friend who talked to somebody who saw this movie.) A friend from the dog park recently saw You Can See Everything, Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim’s documentary about Elizabeth Holmes. Her one-word review was perhaps the best I’ve ever heard. “And?” Welcome to the Age of Unapologetics. …

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The most terrifying villain in movie history carries a cattle gun, wears a ridiculous haircut and looks like he would rather be anywhere else than work. He is Anton Chigurh, and Javier Bardem’s portrayal of him in the Coen brothers’ 2007 masterpiece No Country for Old Men remains the most frightening characterization ever put on …

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Netflix’s new documentary Tyson accomplishes something extraordinary: It turns one of the most compelling lives in American sports into riveting television, then allows some of the least trustworthy people in that life to undermine the enterprise. The four-part series, which premiered October 13, traces Mike Tyson’s rise from a troubled Brooklyn childhood to the heavyweight …

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