‘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
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‘Life’ Review: Jake Gyllenhaal Battles Space Monster (and Familiarity)
Sci-fi horror flick delivers some impressive jolts despite its inescapable similarities to the “Alien” series
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‘Power Rangers’ Review: TV Teen Superhero Reboot Musters Some Spark
Yes, you’ve seen this origin story and world-saving saga a million times, but the quintet of charismatic leads gives life to this franchise cash-grab
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‘Frantz’ Review: François Ozon’s Post-War Tragedy Lacks Subtlety
The auteur’s examination of the perils of nationalism delivers most of its points with far too heavy a hand
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‘Personal Shopper’ Review: Kristen Stewart Sees Ghosts in Captivating Arthouse Thriller
Olivier Assayas (“Clouds of Sils Maria”) examines 20-somethings, living and dead, who find themselves stuck between places
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‘Kong: Skull Island’ Review: All-Star Monster Movie Satisfies Without Surprising
This skillful old-school creature feature — featuring Tom Hiddleston, Brie Larson and Samuel L. Jackson — hits its marks predictably, but with gusto
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‘The Last Word’ Review: Shirley MacLaine’s Still Got It, in a Movie That Doesn’t
The screen legend and co-star Amanda Seyfried are undone by a film that has not one single genuine emotion
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‘Get Out’ Review: Jordan Peele Scores With a Scary, Funny, Relevant Directorial Debut
Meeting the parents was never this unsettling – and somewhere, the Stepford Wives are smiling
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‘Logan’ Review: Hugh Jackman Puts the ‘R’ in Wolverine
You won’t get mature storytelling in this restricted-audiences outing, but there are F-bombs and head-stabbings galore
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‘The Great Wall’ Review: Matt Damon Battles Scary Chinese Monsters
This silly adventure is best enjoyed as a creature-feature for eight-year-olds of all ages
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‘A Cure for Wellness’ Review: Sludgy Horror Film Mistakes Art Direction for Suspense
There’s a terrible secret in this chic Alpine spa, but by the time it’s revealed, you’ll either have guessed it or you won’t care
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‘The Lego Batman Movie’ Review: Animated Superhero Saga Clicks Spoof to Sincerity
DC Comics’ satire/thrill ride understands its characters better than Zack Snyder ever did
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‘Fifty Shades Darker’ Review: At Least They Look Like They’re Enjoying Themselves This Time
Anastasia and Christian are back in a movie that resembles an un-asked-for collaboration between the Hallmark and Playboy Channels
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‘I Am Not Your Negro’ Review: Oscar-Nominated Doc Lets James Baldwin’s Words Echo Through 2017
Director Raoul Peck lets the great writer do all the talking, and his observations about race in America remain all too relevant today
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‘The Space Between Us’ Review: Martian Teen Saga Earthbound by Inanity
Ludicrous sci-fi romance will engage neither the space between your ears nor the space between your ribs
