‘Papi Chulo’ Film Review: Matt Bomer Stars in Misguided Cross-Cultural Bromance
Bomer and co-star Ernesto Patiño do fine work, but this is another white-perspective comedy about an interracial friendship
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‘The Sun Is Also a Star’ Film Review: Star-Crossed Teen Romance Offers Plenty to Like, But Never Earns Love
There’s delight in this interracial love story, but the YA adaptation suffers from director Ry Russo-Young’s odd choices
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‘Poms’ Film Review: Diane Keaton and Jacki Weaver Bring Good Cheer to Senior Sports Comedy
A talented ensemble leaps over the occasional lapses of the writing and directing in this retirement-community underdog charmer
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‘El Chicano’ Film Review: Well-Intentioned Latinx Superhero Movie Gets More Wrong Than Right
Overstuffed with specific references to Chicano culture, the movie nonetheless offers up more fear-mongering cartel tropes
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‘The Kill Team’ Film Review: Nat Wolff’s Soldier Has a Crisis of Conscience in Afghanistan
Tribeca 2019: Narrative adaptation of the documentary explores tough choices in America’s longest-lasting conflict
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‘Fast Color’ Film Review: Gugu Mbatha-Raw’s Got the Power in Feminist Superhero Indie
Julia Hart’s second feature is less about cataclysms and more about generations of women defending themselves against a cruel world
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‘Pet Sematary’ Film Review: Stephen King Remake Digs Up Fresh New Scares
SXSW 2019: Whether you’re familiar with the Mary Lambert-directed original or coming in cold, this creepy tale will get under your skin
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‘The Day Shall Come’ Film Review: ‘Four Lions’ Director Returns With Another Blistering Political Satire
SXSW 2019: The comedy mocks the FBI and possible terror suspects equally, not that those two groups have a similar real-life balance of power
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‘Good Boys’ Film Review: Naughty Boys Need Love Too in Coming-of-Age Comedy
SXSW 2019: The novelty of kids cursing wears thin, but the feelings of outsider-dom remain relatable and hilarious
