Owen Gleiberman

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‘Mamma Mia!’ Review: A Revival of the 2001 Jukebox Musical Offers Another Undiluted Shot of ABBA Joy. Only It’s Now a Double Layer Cake...

I have a theory about the music of ABBA (it’s just my experience, but maybe it’s yours too). Their songs, composed and produced by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus and sung...

Now That They’ve Relaunched, How Will DC and Marvel Avoid the Same Old Downward Spiral?

If superhero fatigue is a trend that became all too real, the making of the movies that brought it on might be likened to an addiction. The studios that produced those...

‘Freakier Friday’ Review: Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis Reunite for a Sequel That Kicks Up the Body-Swap Complications but Not the Comedy

A body-swap comedy, when it’s really cooking, is built on a device that won’t quit. An actor, generally an adult, pretends to be inhabited by someone totally different from him or...

‘Happy Gilmore 2’ Review: Adam Sandler Tees Off a Happy Orgy of Raucous Fan-Service Nostalgia

“Happy Gilmore 2” is a happy orgy of raucously well-executed Adam Sandler fan service. It’s a pointed exercise in nostalgia, but with a present-tense edge. It’s not some fake update of...

50 Years Ago, Robert Altman’s Tumultuous and Transcendent ‘Nashville’ Told the Story of What America Would Become

As a film critic, the question I get asked more than any other is, “What’s your favorite movie?” For decades, I’ve given the same answer. But in the last 10 years...

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