‘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
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‘Enemy’ Review: It’s Jake Gyllenhaal vs. Jake Gyllenhaal for Double the Mystery
Denis Villenueve’s second collaboration with Jake Gyllenhaal feels like a riddle wrapped in an enigma wrapped in an arachnophobe’s worst nightmare
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‘Kelly & Cal’ Review: New Mom Juliette Lewis Finds an Unlikely Suburban Soulmate
This SXSW premiere stars Lewis and Jonny Weston as two outcasts who find each other in a sweet, sensitive film that doesn’t settle for easy answers
