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Herman Shumlin Billboard Feb 23, 2024 It is packed with laughable incidents, ridiculous tricks that will cause roars of real belly-laughs, and will send them home just a bit ashamed at having laughed so much, just as it did this reviewer. Go to Full Review Sherlock, Jr. (1924) 87% 95%

Melinda Newman Billboard Jan 26, 2024 In his confident directorial debut, Cooper is equally revelatory. Doing his own gruff singing and playing, he’s entirely credible... Go to Full Review A Star Is Born (2018) 90% 80%

Jeff Benjamin Billboard Jan 26, 2024 Despite a few typos on the translated captions, the documentary's message is clear: "9 Muses of Star Empire" is ultimately an examination of how humans treat each other — while following dreams in the Korean entertainment biz. Go to Full Review 9 Muses of Star Empire (2012) - - 29%

Larisha Paul Billboard Jan 26, 2024 The music of the album lends itself as an emotion-evoking guide... Go to Full Review If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power (2021) 100% - -

Paul Cantor Billboard Jan 26, 2024 No matter where you go, there you are. That's the central theme of As I AM: The Life and Times of DJ AM, a documentary on Adam Goldstein, who battled addiction, obesity and depression... Go to Full Review As I AM: The Life and Times of DJ AM (2015) 100% 88%

Mara Reinstein Billboard Jan 26, 2024 While Part of Me reveals a number of personal moments, the most endearing are the silly ones... Go to Full Review Katy Perry: Part of Me (2012) 75% 72%

Frank DiGiacomo Billboard Jan 26, 2024 There's something claustrophobic and foreboding about the combination, and Cobain, tossed aloft by moshing video extras, looks like a rag doll about to be ripped apart. Go to Full Review Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck (2015) 97% 81%

Steven J. Horowitz Billboard Jan 26, 2024 It's when the Boys contemplate the future that the film really compels... Go to Full Review Backstreet Boys: Show 'Em What You're Made Of (2015) 65% 84%

Sydney Urbanek Billboard Jan 26, 2024 As with everything else that Eilish does by way of visual accompaniment, there's simply too much at work conceptually to dismiss Happier Than Ever as a mere gift to fans. Go to Full Review Happier than Ever: A Love Letter to Los Angeles (2021) 100% 86%

Phil Gallo Billboard Jan 26, 2024 Drew DeNicola and Olivia Mori's finely detailed documentary... Go to Full Review Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me (2012) 92% 83%

Phil Gallo Billboard Jan 26, 2024 Hamilton smartly integrates some superb concert footage of the band on its American Idiot tour — a great reminder of how powerful that record is and how well it connected with fans. It provides a sharp contrast to how different the Broadway experience is. Go to Full Review Broadway Idiot (2013) 62% 73%

Mara Reinstein Billboard Jan 26, 2024 The catalogue serves as the beating heart and soul of Motown's story -- and hold together a glossy Showtime documentary that's more love letter than kiss-and-tell. Go to Full Review Hitsville: The Making of Motown (2019) 100% 82%

Mara Reinstein Billboard Jan 26, 2024 Arrogance and a self-congratulatory attitude permeates throughout David Foster: Off the Record, rendering the documentary almost impossible to glean any insight… Go to Full Review David Foster: Off the Record (2019) 78% 64%

Billboard Staff Billboard Dec 21, 2023 Sentimental lush, but sentimental slush handled with a deft, sparing hand. Go to Full Review Captain January (1924) 79% - -

M.H. Shapiro Billboard Dec 20, 2023 Any ordinarily good Hollywood product will probably please and prove more enjoyable to the average patron than this importation which taxes one too much to remember what it is all about. Go to Full Review Destiny (1921) 79% 88%

Billboard Staff Billboard Dec 5, 2023 It is powerful, it is convincing, it is a picture worthy of the history-making age which has produced it. It moves one to tears, it stirs one's patriotism and it brings a prayer to one's lips. Go to Full Review The Kaiser, the Beast of Berlin (1918) 100% - -

Billboard Staff Billboard Sep 8, 2023 The photography is far above the average, the direction skillfully handled and uniquely artistic. Go to Full Review Blind Justice (1915) 100% - -

Marion Russell Billboard Mar 28, 2023 This gripping, tension-holding piece of screen fiction will accomplish -- and without preaching -- great good thru the medium of cinema. Go to Full Review Earthbound (1920) - - - -

Nat Freedland Billboard Mar 28, 2023 ... Despite the occasional moments of daffy brilliance we'd expect with any product associated with Frank Zappa, 200 Motels is a chaotic bum-trip. Go to Full Review 200 Motels (1971) 50% 67%

Edward Morris Billboard Mar 28, 2023 Nelson and Kristofferson do quite well imparting interest in the frail script they have to work with. But it is Rip Torn who comes close to stealing the show... Go to Full Review Songwriter (1984) 88% 43%