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‘Paddleton’ Film Review: Ray Romano and Mark Duplass Face Mortality in Moving, Funny Bromance
The story deals with cancer and assisted suicide, but ultimately this Netflix piece is about two losers helping each other navigate life
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‘American Chaos’ Film Review: Day-Late, Dollar-Short Doc Traces Trump’s Rise to the White House
After endless profiles in The New York Times about What Trump Voters Really Think, the last thing we need is a movie on the same subject
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‘White Boy Rick’ Film Review: Real-Life Drug Saga Bolstered by Strong Performances
Even if Richie Merritt never acts again, he’s made an indelible mark with his naturalist turn as a teenage drug dealer and FBI informant
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‘Peppermint’ Film Review: Jennifer Garner Vengeance Saga Lacks Snap
“Taken” director Pierre Morel returns with another gloriously dumb (and vaguely racist) parental revenge tale
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‘Kin’ Film Review: Genre Mashup About an Alien Weapon Shoots Itself in the Foot
This debut feature from Jonathan and Josh Baker wants to launch a franchise, but it can’t even juggle sci-fi with family drama
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‘Overboard’ Film Review: Flimsy Remake Lacks Buoyancy
This retread, starring Anna Faris and Eugenio Derbez manages some charm, but its take on class and labor packs no punch
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‘Active Measures’ Film Review: How Putin’s Tactics Stole Russia, and How They’re Corrupting the USA
Hot Docs 2018: Hillary Clinton and other experts detail Putin’s chicanery — and Trump’s refusal to push back against it
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‘Traffik’ Film Review: Paula Patton Overdoes It in Overwrought Thriller
The scenes run too long, and the characters invariably make ridiculous decisions, but at least Dante Spinotti makes it all look great
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‘The Miracle Season’ Film Review: Volleyball Drama Serves Few Dramatic Spikes
Even with Oscar winners Helen Hunt and William Hurt in the cast, this faith-based sports docudrama gets caught in a formulaic net
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‘Unsane’ Film Review: Claire Foy Is or Isn’t Going Mad in Steven Soderbergh’s Thriller
This tense character piece abandons gimmickry to explore the ways in which women’s voices are ignored
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‘Flower’ Film Review: Talented Cast Set Adrift in Disappointing Teen Satire
Zoey Deutch leads a strong ensemble, but Max Winkler’s dark comedy goes from unfocused to sleazy before a tidy ending
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‘Peter Rabbit’ Movie Review: Beatrix Potter’s Bunny Reduced to Flopsy Sweat
Annoyingly “hip” and clamoring to please, this shrill kid movie lacks charm and fun
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‘The Signal’ Review: Fun with Genre, Even When the Director Out-Clevers Himself
William Eubank’s reach exceeds his grasp, but his twisty second feature establishes him as an interesting filmmaker to watch
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‘Oculus’ Review: Siblings Investigate Things That Go Bump in Their Past
An uneven metaphorical core and a decidedly incomplete mythology prevents “Oculus” from reflecting anything truly haunting
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‘Cesar Chavez’ Review: Michael Peña Captures the Labor Leader’s Magnetic Intensity
Like its namesake, this portrait of the iconic activist thrives on quiet efficacy rather than conspicuous theatricality
