‘Another Day of Life’ Film Review: Animated True Story Vacillates Between Documentary and Artificiality
An intense and violent look at war in Angola is undone by the slick, “Grand Theft Auto”-style animation aesthetic
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‘Depraved’ Film Review: Larry Fessenden’s Latest Is a Mumblecore Frankenstein
The film answers the question no one asked: “What if the scientists who brought the dead back to life were immature jerks?”
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Every Stephen King Movie, Ranked Worst to Best (Photos)
Where does the “It Chapter Two” place among the many big-screen adaptations of the horror master’s work?
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‘Next Level’ Film Review: YouTube Teens Star in Well-Meaning But Borderline Inept Musical
Production values in a musical don’t matter if the songs and dances are great, but in this case, they are not
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‘Giants Being Lonely’ Film Review: Teen Baseballers Come of Age in the Shadow of Their Parents’ Errors
Venice 2019: Grear Patterson’s striking debut plays like a Terrence Malick memory piece without the distance of nostalgia
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‘Jacob’s Ladder’ Film Review: Michael Ealy’s Powerful Performance Gets Lost in a Shabby Remake
This who-asked-for-it redo of the 1990 thriller spins a mystery that, this time, is both pointless and disappointing
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‘American Factory’ Film Review: Obama-Produced Doc Takes Bleak Look at Chinese-Owned Plant in Ohio
In the first film from the Obamas’ production shingle, a Chinese entity takes over a Dayton, Ohio, factory and clashes abound
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‘Cold Case Hammarskjöld’ Film Review: Formless Documentary Tackles Two Topics, Reveals Little About Either
As a whodunit regarding the death of Dag Hammarskjöld, or an exposé about the exploitation of Africa, this scattered film fails
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‘Love, Antosha’ Film Review: Anton Yelchin’s Brief, Voracious Life Celebrated in Poignant Doc
The “Star Trek” actor had a hunger for work, life and experience, and left behind a legacy both on-screen and off
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Every Quentin Tarantino Film Ranked From Worst to Best (Photos)
Where does “Once Upon a Time in … Hollywood” fall among the grindhouse auteur’s films?
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‘The Lion King’ Film Review: Impressive Technical Mastery Drains the Life From the Original
Jon Favreau’s remake looks incredibly literal, but the digital animal performers lack the facial expressions and body movement to tell the story
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‘The Art of Self-Defense’ Film Review: Jesse Eisenberg Yearns for Confidence in Brilliant Dark Comedy
Riley Stearns’ indie about insecure adults and the sensei who exploits them is bold and unsettling
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All 15 Disney Live-Action Remakes of Animated Classics, Ranked from Worst to Best (Photos)
How does Jon Favreau’s “The Lion King” rank among the studios remakes of its animated hits?
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‘Anna’ Film Review: Luc Besson Repurposes His Own ‘La Femme Nikita,’ But Hey, the Wigs Look Great
Supermodel-turned-actress Sasha Luss gives a star turn in a tired thriller that feels dreadfully familiar
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All 8 ‘Child’s Play’ Movies Ranked, Worst to Best (Photos)
Where does the 2019 remake fare against the previous adventures of homicidal doll Chucky?
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‘The Spy Behind Home Plate’ Film Review: Documentary Recounts Moe Berg’s Improbably True Life Story
Baseball, brilliance and espionage (but not sexuality) all surface as topics in Aviva Kempner’s fascinating biography
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‘Men in Black International’ Film Review: Chris Hemsworth and Tessa Thompson Outcharm a By-the-Numbers Script
This franchise has decided that 2019 is when it should stop having something to say about immigration, but hey, it looks cool and it’s fun
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‘Funan’ Film Review: Bleakly Powerful Animated Film Captures Real-Life Historical Horror
Two parents try to survive, and to reunite their family, under the Khmer Rouge in this effective and hauntingly minimalist feature
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‘Dark Phoenix’ Film Review: X-Men Saga Wraps Up With Overly Familiar, Mediocre Sequel
It’s not as bad as “The Last Stand,” although it does recycle many of that film’s plot points
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‘Domino’ Film Review: Brian De Palma Half-Heartedly Directs Terrorism Thriller
You can sense the auteur perking up with his bad guys shoot their own violent propaganda, but this is otherwise a snooze
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‘Aladdin’ (2019) Film Review: Guy Ritchie Delivers Chintzy Live-Action Remake With Will Smith
Seemingly set in a sanitized corner of Adventureland, the real fantasy offered here is getting to be in Will Smith’s entourage
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‘The Professor and the Madman’ Film Review: Mel Gibson and Sean Penn Lack Definition in OED Biopic
The book about the creation of the Oxford English Dictionary thrilled readers, but this screen adaptation is listed under “boring”
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‘Tolkien’ Film Review: Laughable Biopic Indulges in Infinite Great-Artist Clichés
Nicholas Hoult is set adrift in a film seemingly more interested in Tolkien as a spawner of blockbusters than as a man of letters
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‘Meeting Gorbachev’ Film Review: Werner Herzog Gets Up Close and Personal With Former Soviet Leader
Herzog and André Singer’s film is no definitive historical portrait, but it is an intimate one
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‘Penguins’ Film Review: Ed Helms Narrates a Plucky Pygoscelis in Disneynature’s Latest Doc
Sun Valley 2019: The Adélie penguin is smaller than his flightless cousins but makes for an engaging subject in this new Disney nature doc
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‘Master Z: Ip Man Legacy’ Film Review: Michelle Yeoh and Dave Bautista Kick It in Gorgeous, Muddled Martial-Arts Tale
Barely a sequel to the prior “Ip Man” movies, this pulpy crime tale still delivers the action and a gloriously artificial Hong Kong
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‘Hellboy’ Movie Review: Rebooted Superhero Saga Hits the Hard-R Horror Sweet Spot
Neil Marshall’s take is scruffier than Guillermo del Toro’s,, sprawling out into multiple horror sub-genres — and that’s a good thing
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‘The Haunting of Sharon Tate’ Film Review: Sleazy Thriller Exploits Manson Murders
Tate and her four fellow victims deserve better than this witless grotesque, which ghoulishly throws in documentary footage alongside re-enactments
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‘Out of Blue’ Film Review: Patricia Clarkson Tracks a Killer in Unwieldy Philosophical Whodunit
This adaptation of a Martin Amis novel wants to be both coolly contemplative and a detective thriller, and the balance rarely holds
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‘The Hummingbird Project’ Film Review: Jesse Eisenberg Launches an Overly Ambitious Scheme
Alexander Skarsgård and Salma Hayek co-star in a watchable caper comedy that fumbles when it becomes too serious
