‘Brand: A Second Coming’ Review: Russell Brand Captured in Warts-and-All Documentary
From an addict to an activist, Ondi Timoner’s film captures the British comedian’s metamorphosis, to striking effect
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‘The Intern’ Review: Anne Hathaway, Robert De Niro Boost This Bland Generation-Gap Comedy
Workplace comedy from Nancy Meyers barely works, but the stars earn overtime by putting their charm in overdrive
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‘Captive’ Review: Kate Mara and David Oleweyo Thriller Fails to Thrill
Well-intentioned but badly-made, this crime-and-religion true story lands on-screen with a thud
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‘The Perfect Guy’ Review: Michael Ealy and Morris Chestnut Can’t Redeem Slapdash Thriller
This love-triangle thriller, also starring Sanaa Lathan, never comes to a sharp point
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‘The Visit’ Review: M. Night Shyamalan Finds a Smaller Canvas for His Mistakes in Blumhouse B-Movie
Director’s latest thriller is smaller-scale, spooky-ish and more of the same …
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‘Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials’ Review: Dylan O’Brien Returns in Dull, Cobbled-Together YA Apocalypse
Director Wes Ball’s sequel continues the series’ broken, bargain-basement construction, like a Russian nesting doll made of layer upon layer of sci-fi cliches and meaningless revelations
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‘The Transporter Refueled’ Review: Rebooted B-Action Series Is No Match for Jason Statham Original
With its sunny locales, sleek cars and fisticuffs, film is a charmless follow-up to a franchise nobody missed that
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‘Tom at the Farm’ Review: Xavier Dolan’s Stunning Romantic Thriller Explores Big Love in a Small Town
French-Canadian prodigy’s dangerously hypnotic 2013 drama, just now released Stateside, mixes rural mystery and secret romance
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‘Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet’ Review: Liam Neeson and Salma Hayek Attempt to Put Poetry in Motion
Shabbily animated and altered from the original texts, this confusion of styles is a needless “improvement” on a classic
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‘Straight Outta Compton’ Review: Ice Cube, Dr. Dre and N.W.A. Get a Rich, Rousing Origin Story
The story of one of rap’s most controversial groups, this musical biopic is both rousingly radical and comfortingly conventional — and, perhaps, a little too ambitious in its sprawling scope
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‘The Gift’ Review: Jason Bateman and Rebecca Hall Make a New Enemy in Chilling Thriller
A familiar face as a character actor, Joel Edgerton’s feature-length directing debut delivers a serious set of scares
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‘Naomi and Ely’s No Kiss List’ Outfest Review: Victoria Justice & Pierson Fode Flounder in Gay-Straight Love Triangle
Two leads both have a weakness for men, which causes a rift among all parties involved
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‘The Stanford Prison Experiment’ Review: Real-Life Study Gone Wrong Makes for Gripping Drama
Armed with an extraordinary ensemble, director Kyle Patrick Alvarez isn’t afraid to expand truth into drama with an unexpected dose of comedy
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‘Mr. Holmes’ Review: Ian McKellen Plays an Aged Sherlock in Performance-Showcase Drama
No pipe, no magnifying glass, no Dr. Watson: Older, retired detective tries to untangle his own past at the dimming of the day
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‘Jenny’s Wedding’ Review: Katherine Heigl Comes Out, Gets Hitched in Standard-Issue Lesbian Drama
Moments of vivid characterization poke through the blandness of this slow piece about a suburban couple’s reaction to their daughter marrying a woman
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‘Boulevard’ Review: Robin Williams’ Final Dramatic Performance Walks Well-Worn Ground
Even burdened by tragedy, Dito Montiel’s new film gives the late actor an impressive showcase
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‘Terminator Genisys’ Review: Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Swagger Can’t Save This Redundant Tentpole
T-800’s “I’ll be back” promise becomes a curse 31 years later in flimsy fifth film of interminable franchise
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‘Escobar: Paradise Lost’ Review: Benicio Del Toro Shines as Cocaine Kingpin
This narco-drama is full of tension and buoyed by involving performances by Del Toro and Josh Hutcherson
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‘Madame Bovary’ Review: Mia Wasikowska Can’t Save This Shallow Riff on a Classic
Even with the “Alice in Wonderland” actress in the title role, director Sophie Barthes’ adaptation of Gustave Flaubert’s immortal novel falters
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‘Human Centipede III’ Review: More Boring Gore, To Even Less Effect
The third in writer-director Tom Six’s horror series is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and feces, signifying nothing
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‘The D Train’ Review: Jack Black, James Marsden Steer a Comedy Collision of Reunion and Regret
Black gives a career-highlight performance as an all-too-regular-guy tripped up by fame, fear, bad high school memories and a diabolically charming James Marsden in a strange, sharp comedy
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‘Black Souls’ Review: A Mafia Movie That Isn’t Enthralled With Cold Fury
Solemn, strong Italian film about family, crime and the deep roots of revenge offers widescreen visions and intimate murders, making for a very different Mafia saga
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‘Ride’ Review: Helen Hunt Writes, Directs, Stars and Surfs in Charming Comedy-Drama
Don’t be fooled by the glossy, bourgeois look and feel of the opening moments; Hunt’s second directorial effort is winning, warm, smart and tough
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‘Adult Beginners’ Review: Nick Kroll’s Comedy Is More Minor Splash Than a Cannonball
An indie comedy so generic it might as well come with a plain label and lettering in Comic Sans, “Adult Beginners” is more minor splash than major breakthrough
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‘Child 44’ Review: Tom Hardy’s a Good Soviet Cop in This Dim, Grim Fizzle
With an all-star cast including Hardy, Noomi Rapace, Gary Oldman and many more, “Child 44” turns a best-selling novel into a dreary, droning chore on-screen
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‘The Barber’ Review: Scott Glenn Is Razor-Sharp in Well-Groomed Thriller
With a slow-burn sensibility and the veteran actor used to strong effect, this modest thriller will make the hairs on the back of your neck stand up
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‘Home’ Review: Jim Parsons and Rihanna Team Up for Small Fry Sci-Fi
With space travel, hijinks and bonding between unlikely pals, ‘Home’ boasts a great voice cast
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‘Chappie’ Review: Hugh Jackman and Dev Patel Caught in Robotics vs. Ethics Battle
Neill Blomkamp’s robot is the prize in a tug-of-war between scientists, corporate scions and criminals, but special effects can’t make up for the lack of story and auto-recycling
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‘The Lazarus Effect’ Review: Olivia Wilde, Mark Duplass Learn That Sometimes, Dead is Better
Director David Gelb’s brisk, character-driven horror film delivers superb scares thanks to a great cast, strong script and clever camerawork
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‘Tracers’ Review: Taylor Lautner Stars in a Running-Jumping-Stealing Parkour Thriller
The ‘Twilight’ alum gets physical in a gritty-glossy New York story of crime, star-crossed love and Parkour-style stunts for an agreeably lightweight time-killer thriller
