‘Shazam!’ Film Review: DC Comics Gets a Bouncy Burst of Big-Screen Ebullience
This sweetly silly escapade puts the gee-whiz into Whiz Comics’ most famous character
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Agnès Varda Appreciation: She Had Endless Curiosity About People and Filmmaking, And It Shows
Even in her 80s, the French New Wave icon embraced digital technology to make moving, witty, empathetic documentaries
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‘Dumbo’ Film Review: Tim Burton Remake Trips Over Its Own Ears
Neither poignant nor eccentric, this just feels like a lesser 1970s Disney live-action comedy smothered in digital effects
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‘A Madea Family Funeral’ Film Review: Tyler Perry’s Leading Lady Single-Handedly Resuscitates Moribund Comedy
When the Perry-in-latex senior citizens are off-screen, this farce is DOA
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‘Cold Pursuit’ Film Review: Liam Neeson Plows Through an Action-Comedy With ‘Fargo’ on Its Mind
This remake of Norway’s “In Order of Disappearance” strives for that Coen Brothers flavor, and falls just short of making it work
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‘Holmes & Watson’ Film Review: Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly Stagger Through Stultifying Sherlockian Spoof
The game’s a-flat in this tedious and unfunny letdown that feels too much like a comedy first draft
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13 Christmas Movies That Definitely Aren’t for Kids (Photos)
“Anna and the Apocalypse” isn’t the only film that brings an R-rated sensibility to the holiday season
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‘Mary Poppins Returns’ Film Review: Emily Blunt, Lin-Manuel Miranda Languish in the Shadow of Giants
The stars give their all to a never charmless (but often charm-adjacent) movie that slavishly follows in the original’s footsteps
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12 Worst Movies of 2018, From ‘Happytime Murders’ to ‘Ready Player One’ (Photos)
TheWrap’s Best & Worst 2018: Naughty puppets, toe shoes and midlife crises all had a role in the year’s lousiest films
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11 Best Movies of 2018, From ‘Paddington 2’ to ‘Eighth Grade’ (Photos)
TheWrap’s Best & Worst 2018: TheWrap reviews editor Alonso Duralde picks the best narrative features in a competitive year
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11 Best Documentaries of 2018, From ‘Minding the Gap’ to ‘Monrovia, Indiana’ (Photos)
TheWrap’s Best & Worst of 2018: Critic Alonso Duralde picks the best non-fiction films that span a gamut of styles and stories
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‘Roma’ Film Review: Alfonso Cuarón’s Intimate Epic Proves Less Is More
This intimate tale of a housekeeper in early-70s Mexico proves the “Gravity” director doesn’t need a sprawling canvas to tell a powerful story
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‘Once Upon a Deadpool’ Film Review: Ryan Reynolds Cleverly Milks Cash Cow a Second Time
It’s a PG-13 “Deadpool 2,” but the highlights are new interstitials with Reynolds and Fred Savage
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‘Bathtubs Over Broadway’ Film Review: Ebullient Doc Sheds Light on Musicals Aimed at Corporate America
It’s a wild look at song-and-dance extravaganzas aimed at Xerox salesmen, yes, but it also celebrates post-irony
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‘Anna and the Apocalypse’ Film Review: Zombies, Musicals and Christmas Make a Merry Mash-Up
Delightfully shaggy and low-budget, this cheeky indie marries song, dance, the undead, and the holidays
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‘The Favourite’ Film Review: Emma Stone Plays an 18th Century Eve Harrington in a Twisted Historical Farce
Venice 2018: Olivia Colman’s needy, vulnerable Queen Anne steals the show in the latest from Yorgos Lanthimos (“The Killing of a Sacred Deer”)
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‘Ralph Breaks the Internet’ Film Review: Disappointing Sequel Offers a Few Good Clicks
A handful of great sequences lifts this by-the-numbers animated film only so much
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Stan Lee Appreciation: Marvel Comics Mogul Was Interactive Long Before the Internet
He didn’t need Twitter or Reddit to make fans feel like he was talking directly to them — often about himself
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‘Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch’ Film Review: Benedict Cumberbatch Helps Make Third Time Charming
Nothing will replace the 1966 original, but this shiny remake is full of warmth and wit
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‘The Ballad of Buster Scruggs’ Film Review: Coen Brothers Western Anthology Makes for an Uneven Binge
This omnibus film is an entertaining fribble that peaks early
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‘Nobody’s Fool’ Film Review: Tyler Perry Makes Tiffany Haddish Do All the Work
Sloppy and slipshod even by Perry standards, this R-rated comedy perks up only when Haddish is on screen
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‘The Nutcracker and the Four Realms’ Film Review: This Sugarplum Is Rancid
Too much eye-assaulting CG and not enough Misty Copeland are just two of the problems with this bloated, un-whimsical tale
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‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ Film Review: Queen Bio Won’t Exactly Rock You
Rock saga is more interesting as an origin story of Queen’s hits than as a Freddie Mercury biopic
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‘Suspiria’ Film Review: Luca Guadagnino’s Misguided Horror Remake Falls Flat
Despite Dakota Johnson and Tilda Swinton’s best efforts, this remake is crammed with too many aimless ideas and not enough scares
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‘Can You Ever Forgive Me?’ Film Review: Melissa McCarthy Forges Strong Performance
As a legendary literary faker, McCarthy brings the bubbling rage of her best comic creations to a dramatic role
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‘First Man’ Film Review: Ryan Gosling and Damien Chazelle Slip the Surly Bonds of Earth
Venice 2018: This haunting, thrilling space saga reminds us that the path to the moon was littered with chaos and catastrophe
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‘The Hate U Give’ Film Review: Teen Drama Unflinchingly Examines Racism
Amandla Stenberg leads a talented ensemble in a powerful tale of the aftermath of a police shooting
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‘A Star Is Born’ Film Review: Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga Reinvigorate a Classic
Venice 2018: First-time director and first-time leading lady breathe new life into a Hollywood mainstay
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‘Venom’ Film Review: Tom Hardy Gets Buried in CG Goo, as Does the Plot
Spider-Man’s legendary arch-nemesis returns to the screen in a listless dud
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‘Smallfoot’ Film Review: Fun Ideas Get Buried Under Avalanche of Mediocrity
There’s more than the usual kid-movie moralizing here, but the jokes, music and visual design break no new ground
