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Spielberg’s Disclosure Day Wins Praise for Blunt and Spectacle but Critics Target Its Ending

Reviewers say the film stops at the alien reveal instead of examining the social, political and cultural consequences of that disclosure.

All the President’s Men at 50 Revives a Debate Over Journalism’s Power

Dwayne Johnson’s Transformative Turn in A24’s The Smashing Machine Draws Strong Early Reviews Ahead of Oct. 3 Release