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Burr is a film critic for the Living/Arts section. He previously worked as chief video critic for Entertainment Weekly, where he covered film, music, theater, books, and the web. An author of three books, Burr has contributed to numerous publications.
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Going undercover in ‘The East’
By Ty Burr , Globe Staff
The confused eco-thriller is torn between depicting its characters as Truth Warriors and confused children of privilege.
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Odd woman out in ‘Shadow Dancer’
By Ty Burr , Globe Staff
Up-and-comer Andrea Riseborough plays it tough as an MI5 informant in the drama set during the Irish Troubles of the early 1990s.
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A no-nonsense Superman in ‘Man of Steel’
By Ty Burr , Globe Staff
With “Man of Steel,” director Zack Snyder has made a superhero blockbuster that carries the weight of its fraught times — at least until the last half hour.
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‘This Is the End’ is Armageddon in Hollywood
By Ty Burr , Globe Staff
The comedy, in which the apocalypse comes to Hollywood and takes most of the A-list with it, sends up the new rules of celebrity engagement.