‘Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets’ Review: Luc Besson’s Loony Space Saga Is Gorgeous Nonsense
Dane DeHaan and Cara Delevigne flirt and blast their way through an exquisite universe of silliness
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‘Dunkirk’ Review: Christopher Nolan’s WWII Saga Spins a Sensational Story of Struggle and Survival
The director hits both heart and head (via the nervous system) as he captures one of the global conflict’s most harrowing chapters
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‘War for the Planet of the Apes’ Review: Simian Saga Sewn Up Satisfactorily
This climax to the trilogy of new “Apes” movies earns its quotations of John Ford and the Old Testament
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‘The Big Sick’ Review: Kumail Nanjiani Mostly Hits the Mark in Auto-Bio-Rom-Com
Telling his real-life love story, Nanjiani nails the comedy while Holly Hunter and Ray Romano tackle the dramatic heavy lifting
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‘The Confessions’ Review: Tedious Thriller Has Nothing New to Say About Banking and Greed
Toni Servillo (“The Great Beauty”) stars as an anti-materialist monk who does nothing but sermonize and receive exposition dumps
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‘The House’ Review: Will Ferrell and Amy Poehler Win a Few Laughs But Go Home Empty-Handed
This suburbanite casino comedy flirts with relevance and wit but mostly spins its (roulette) wheels
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‘Despicable Me 3’ Review: This Time, Not Enough Minions and Too Many Subplots
Moments of visual flair and absurd comedy get lost amid characters and story points that go nowhere
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‘Transformers: The Last Knight’ Review: Michael Bay’s Latest Hot Mess Is Only Slightly Less Messy
Fifth installment allows Mark Wahlberg to play yet another character who’s both the Chosen One and always right about everything
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’47 Meters Down’ Review: Mandy Moore Battles Sharks, Asphyxiation on the Ocean Floor
This no-frills B-movie effectively nudges any and all sea-based phobias
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‘Rough Night’ Review: Scarlett Johansson and Friends Have a Funny, Bumpy Ride
Hilarious gags and situations rescue this sloppy comedy from its total lack of structure
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‘Cars 3’ Review: Lightning McQueen Has Mid-Life Crisis as Series Spins Its Wheels
Little kids are the main audience for Pixar’s hit franchise — do they care about aging and obsolescence?
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‘Beatriz at Dinner’ Review: Salma Hayek Political Satire Oversells Its Message
This immigrant vs. real-estate mogul comedy couldn’t be timelier, but the sparks never fly
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‘My Cousin Rachel’ Review: Rachel Weisz Bewitches Sam Claflin in So-So Period Piece
This Daphne du Maurier adaptation falls somewhere between trashy and classy — but either way, it should be more fun
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‘Band Aid’ Review: Zoe Lister-Jones and Adam Pally Channel Marital Discord with Three Chords
Charming indie comedy explores an unhappily married couple that forms a band to express their dissatisfaction
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‘Dean’ Review: Demetri Martin Sulks Through Insufferable Comedy-Drama
Stop me if you’ve heard this one: adult man-baby is sad over loss of a parent, and only a really pretty lady can help
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‘Captain Underpants’ Review: Why Front? This Animated Comedy Is Fun for Kids and Silly Adults Alike
Cartoon adaptation of the popular children’s books piles on the giggles for those willing to surrender to its absurdity
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‘Wonder Woman’ Review: Gal Gadot’s Amazon Warrior Conquers Superhero Doldrums
Balancing sentiment and spectacle, director Patty Jenkins’ fresh take gets us out from under the dreary DC/Warner house style
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‘Baywatch’ Review: Dwayne Johnson and Zac Efron Sink in the Shallows
Torn between being a hard-R comedy, a coming-of-age story or a straight-up reboot, this film fails at all three
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‘War Machine’ Review: Brad Pitt Plays a General, But the Narration Takes Charge
Flat satire, muddled writing, an unconvincing lead performance and all that blah-blah on the soundtrack sink this War on Terror comedy
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‘Alien Covenant’ Review: Monsters Steal the Show in Stylish But Routine Sequel
Ridley Scott keeps his alien attacks as gross-scary-suspenseful as ever, but none of the dialogue scenes are nearly as compelling
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‘King Arthur: Legend of the Sword’ Review: Guy Ritchie’s Excesses Put the ‘A Lot’ in Camelot
How much you enjoy the extreme-ification of the legend will depend on your tolerance for Ritchie’s mad garble of images
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‘3 Generations’ Review: Elle Fanning Tries Hard in Timid Trans Tale
A teen’s transition takes a backseat to the family members (played by Naomi Watts and Susan Sarandon) who must learn how to cope
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‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2’ Review: Second Album Is All Hooks, No Deep Cuts
Chris Pratt and company keep the banter and breeziness coming, but this sequel comes off more as fun filler than a movie unto itself
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All 8 ‘Star Wars’ Movies Ranked Worst to Best: From ‘New Hope’ to ‘Rogue One’ (Photos)
Is “Rogue One” more “Phantom Menace,” or “New Hope”?
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‘Graduation’ Review: Dark Satire Examines Romanian Corruption
Romanian New Wave master Cristian Mungiu (“4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days”) examines his homeland with characteristic subtlety
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‘Born in China’ Review: Disney Animal Doc Is Cutesy and Contrived, But…Baby Panda!
This year’s Disneynature Earth Day release, narrated by John Krasinski, is a narratively unfocused visual delight
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‘Smurfs: The Lost Village’ Review: Smurfette Stars in Much-Improved, All-Animated Adventure
Aiming this CGI movie directly at kids is but one of many improvements over the last two big-screen outings for the blue ones
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‘Their Finest’ Review: British Screenwriters Keep Calm and Carry On in Stirring WWII Tale
Director Lone Scherfig (“An Education”) manages both to tweak and to champion the wartime perseverance that took place both on and off screen
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‘The Assignment’ Review: Michelle Rodriguez Snarls Through Tacky Trans-sploitation Saga
The handling of trans issues is all wrong here, but then so is everything else in Walter Hill’s shoddy, sloppy revenge tale
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‘The Boss Baby’ Review: Wit and Charm Gets Sunk in Too Much Formula
This sweet tale of sibling rivalry doesn’t need all the requisite chase scenes and ticking clocks of by-the-numbers animation
