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"Tetris."

"Tetris."

The Apple TV+ movie drops joyful blocks of simple fun on a complicated kinda true story that gets the Hollywood treatment.

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Apr 05, 2023
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It’s clear that the path of least resistance — and the one leading to the most amount of fun — was taken in the making of “Tetris,” about the addictive ‘80s video game and how it left the Soviet Union and conquered the world.

That’s the right path choice when you wind up with a breezy, surprisingly magnetic and entertaining film that leaves you glad you …

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